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PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
TUESDAY - JULY 17, 2001
� 7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER
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73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE
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I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (June 19, 2001)
Action:
V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION
(June 21 , 2001 )
VI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
A. Any person wishing to discuss any item not otherwise on the
Agenda may address the Planning Commission at this point by
stepping to the lectern and givina his/her name and address for the
record. Remarks shall be limited to a maximum of five minutes
unless additional time is authorized by the Planning Commission.
B. This is the time and place for any person who wishes to comment
on non-hearing Agenda items. It should be noted that at Planning
Commission discretion, these comments may be deferred until
such time on the Agenda as the item is discussed. Remarks shall
be limited to a maximum of five minutes unless additional time is
authorized by the Planning Commission.
VII. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Case No. PMW 01-06, 07 and 08 - MAMMOTH EQUITIES, LLC,
Applicant
Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to merge Lots
1 , 2 and 3 of Parcel Map Waiver 97-12 for property located
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at the southeast corner of Country Club Drive and Harris
Lane.
B. Case No. PMW 01-24 - WORLD DEVELOPMENT, SCHMID
INVESTMENTS AND JACQUES DEBONNE, Applicants
Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to move a lot
line between two office professional lots, parcels 14 and 15
of PM 28596, located on Village Court.
C. Case No. PMW 01-19 - HOWARD HAIT, FRED AND ELIZABETH
PIZZUTO, Applicants
Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to move a lot
line between an office professional lot fronting on Monterey
Avenue and a single family residential lot fronting on San
Antonio Circle.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the Consent Calendar by
minute motion.
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to
raising only those issues he, she or someone else raised at the public
hearing described herein, or in written correspondence delivered to the
Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. Remarks may be
limited to a maximum of five minutes.
A. Case Nos. GPA 01-02, C/Z 01-03, PP 01-07 - THE FOUNTAINS,
Applicant (Continued from May 15 and June 19, 2001 )
Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact for a general plan amendment and
change of zone to add "Senior Overlay" to the existing PR-
10 zoning and a precise plan of design for conversion of the
existing assisted living facility into a skilled nursing facility
and addition of 52 assisted living units, 32 independent
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living casitas, and 21 Alzheimer beds. Said additional units
will be located on 6.6 acres on the existing Carlotta site on
the west side of Carlotta Drive, north of Hovley Lane, 41-
505 Carlotta Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. , approving PP 01-07 as revised (77 total new
units), subject to conditions.
B. Case No. CUP 01-08 - VERIZON; 02 WIRELESS SOLUTIONS,
Applicant (Continued from June 5 and June 19, 2001 )
Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow
the installation of a 50-foot high wireless communication
tower, camouflaged as a flagpole located at 74-535
Highway 74.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , by minute motion continue Case No.
CUP 01-08 to August 21 , 2001 .
C. Case No. TT 30216 - GHA PALOMA GROUP, LLC AND THE
KEITH COMPANIES, Applicants
Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact and tentative tract map to subdivide
10 acres into 32 single-family lots located on the west side
of Shepherd Lane, 990 feet north of Frank Sinatra Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. , approving TT 30216, subject to conditions.
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D. Case No. TPM 29956 - ROYCE INTERNATIONAL AND WARNER
ENGINEERING, Applicants
Request for approval of a tentative parcel map to subdivide
13 +/- acres within the Portofino project (southwest corner
of Country Club and Portola) into three parcels including a
.58 acre CVWD well site at 73-755 Country Club Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. , approving TPM 29956, subject to conditions.
E. Case No. PP 01-08 - PREST/VUKSIC ARCHITECTS FOR KLAFF
REALTY, Applicant
Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact and a precise plan to demolish an
existing building located at the northwest corner of EI Paseo
and San Pablo and construct a two-story 19,300 square
foot retail/office building; remodel the existing building
located at the northeast corner of EI Paseo and Lupine Lane
with a 1 ,400 square foot addition at the east end of the
building; construct a new 7,000 square foot restaurant
fronting on Highway 1 1 1 ; and remodel the north elevation
of the OfficeMax building.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. , approving PP 01-08, subject to conditions.
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F. Case No. PP 01-13 - CARL VOCE AND ROBERT RICCIARDI,
Applicants
Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of Environmental
Impact and a precise plan of design for a three building office
complex (34,760 square feet) on a 96,000 square foot site on the
north side of Alessandro between San Pascual and San Juan, 73-
720 Alessandro.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Comrriission
Resolution No. , approving PP 01-08, subject to conditions.
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Case No. TT 26562 Amendment #1 - RBF CONSULTING
ENGINEERS AND AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC., Applicants
Request for approval of a one-year time extension to TT
26562 Amendment #1 , a 687 unit residential development,
18 hole golf course and 225 suite hotel on 420 acres
located on the north side of Frank Sinatra Drive between
Cook Street and Portola Avenue, 74-500 Frank Sinatra
Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. , denying a one-year time extension to TT 26562
Amendment #1 .
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X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES
A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - (No meeting)
B. CIVIC CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
C. DESERT WILLOW COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
D. GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE - (July 5, 2001 )
E. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - (July 10, 2001 )
F. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
G. PALM DESERT/RANCHO MIRAGE MONTEREY AVENUE
CORRIDOR PLANNING WORK GROUP - (No meeting)
H. ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
XI. COMMENTS
XII. ADJOURNMENT
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DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, Tonya Monroe, Administrative Secretary of the City of Palm Desert Community
Development Department, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the
Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, July 17, 2001, was posted on the bulletin
board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm
Desert, on Friday, July 13, 2001 .
Dated ly 13, 2001
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ONY ONR E, Administrative Secretary
City of Palm Desert, California
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