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PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION
- TUESDAY - JULY 15, 2003
7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER
" � 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE
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I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II1. ROLL CALL
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (June 3 and June 17, 2003)
V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION
(June 26 and July 10, 2003)
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 qiving 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. PP 02-02 - INDUSTRIAL WEST, Applicant
Request for approval of a first one-year time extension for a
10,000 square foot office warehouse located at 42-460
Ritter Circle.
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B. Case Nos. TT 30314 and PP/CUP 01-21 - STATE COLLEGE
BUSINESS PARK PARTNERS, Applicant
Request for approval of a first one-year time extension for a
five building industrial/office complex (73,928 square feet of
total building area) and a five tot tentative tract map for a
6.10 acre site located on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive
approximately 1,100 feet east of Cook Street, 75-300 Gerald
Ford Drive.
Recommendation 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.
A. Case No. CUP 03-04 - BIGHORN DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Applicant
(Continued from April 15, May 20 and June 3, 2003)
Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow
Bighorn Development to operate an abandoned public utility
well site for private water irrigation located at 47-600 Chia
Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. approving CUP 03-04, subject to conditions.
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B. Case No. PP 02-15 - A.R. WOOLWORTH / WESTWIND
DEVELOPMENT, INC., Applicant
Request for approval to delete or defer Planning Commission
Condition No. 7 of Planning Commission Resolution No.
2170 requiring a six-foot wide sidewalk along the frontage
of the project located at 74-140 Candlewood Street.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. denying the applicant's request to delete or defer
Condition No. 7 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 2170 and
approving staff's recommendation to amend Condition No. 7 to reduce
the sidewalk width from six feet to five feet.
C. Case No. TT 31377 - CENTENNIAL HOMES, Applicant
Request for approval of a tentative tract map to subdivide
five acres into 20 single family lots (8,000 square foot
minimum size) located on the south side of Hovley Lane
West 2,300 feet east of Monterey Avenue.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. approving TT 31377, subject to conditions.
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D. Case No. C/Z 03-05 - DOLORES J. LAUX, Applicant
Request for approval of a change of zone from R-1 single
family district to R-3 (3) multifamily residential district for a
7,380 square foot lot at 74-1 10 Chicory Street.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. recommending to City Council approval of C/Z 03-
05, subject to conditions.
E. Case No. Cup 03-10 - GARY CASSEL for SPRINT PCS, Applicant
Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow
construction of a wireless telecommunications site
camouflaged as a 10-foot high by 24-foot long faux boulder
designed to match the hillside.
� Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. approving CUP 03-10, subject to conditions.
F. Case No. PP 03-09 - PREST-VUKSIC ARCHITECTS, Applicant
Request for approval of a precise plan to construct a two-
story 24,474 square foot office building on a 1 .4-acre
vacant parcel. The proposed project is located at 74-812
Technology Drive.
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Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. approving PP 03-09, subject to conditions.
G. Case No. TT 31071 - WORLD DEVELOPMENT, INC., Applicant
Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact and tentative tract map to subdivide
36.63 acres on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive 1 ,413
feet east of Monterey Avenue into 123 residential lots
located at 73-400 Gerald Ford Drive.
Recommended Action:
Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by
staff.
Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission
Resolution No. denying TT 31071 .
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
None.
X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES
A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - (June 18, 2003)
B. CIVIC CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
C. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
D. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
E. ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - (No meeting)
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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 15, 2003, was posted on the bulletin
board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm
Desert, on Friday, July 1 1 , 2003.
Dated: July 1 1 , 2003 '
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TONY; MONROE, Administrative Secretary
City of Palm Desert, California
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