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Home My WebLink About2003-12-02 PC Regular Meeting Agenda 6:00 p.m. .......... POSTED AGENDA / ab, ! `^ ' %' PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION • '/1/, b.��_ : ,.,�, •z TUESDAY - DECEMBER 2, 2003 •� 6:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER .� •••'94T'a� °•••••• '•�°_ 3:••' 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Request for consideration of the October 21 , 2003 8:30 a.m. meeting minutes. Action: V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION No meeting. 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 giving 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. POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 2, 2003 VII. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Case No. PP 00-11 - KENNETH & VANESSA KATZ AND WILLIAM BROZ, Applicants Per Mr. Drell's direction, request for approval of a second one-year time extension for a precise plan of design for a 64,521 square foot two-story professional office complex located on the north side of Fred Waring Drive, 300 feet west of Fairhaven Drive at 72-600 Fred Waring Drive. 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. A. Case No. PP 03-20 - RICK JOHNSON, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan of design to allow the construction of a 3,986 square foot duplex located at 74-210 Alessandro Drive. The property is also known as APN 625- 083-006. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. PP 03-20, subject to conditions. 2 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 18, 2003 B. Case Nos. PP/CUP 03-16 and VAR 03-03 - HOWARD HAIT, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan / conditional use permit and variance to construct a 6,192 square foot two-story office building on O.P. zoned property with a reduction of one side yard setback from five feet to zero and approval to construct a related parking lot on an R-1 zoned portion of a .4-acre site located at 44-650 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 Case Nos. PP/CUP 03-16 and VAR 03-03, subject to conditions. C. Case No. CUP 03-20 - STARLIGHT DANCE CENTER, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to operate a 1 ,400 square foot dance studio at 73-910 Highway 1 1 1 , Suite L. Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving Case No. CUP 03-20, subject to conditions. D. Case Nos. GPA 03-05, C/Z 03-04, TT 31363, PP/CUP 03-06 and DA 03-02 - SARES REGIS GROUP, Applicant Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact as it relates to a General Plan Amendment from Low Density Residential (3-5 dwelling units per acre) to High Density Residential (7-18 units per 3 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 18, 2003 acre), a Change of Zone from PR-5 (planned residential five units per acre) to PR-13 (planned residential 13 units per acre), a Precise Plan / Conditional Use Permit and Tentative Tract Map for condominium purposes to construction 320 residential condominium units on a 25-acre site on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive 636 feet east of Monterey Avenue, 73-240 Gerald Ford Drive, APN 653-260-029. Project includes a height exception for roof elements 28 feet in height and a Development Agreement which will include, among other matters, provisions for affordable housing units. 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 Case Nos. GPA 03-05, C/Z 03-04, TT 31363, PP/CUP 03-06 and DA 03-02, subject to conditions. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. Case No. TT 31346 - CENTENNIAL HOMES, Applicant Request for clarification of requirement of Department of Community Development's condition number ten of Planning Commission Resolution No. 2232. Recommended Action: X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES B. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE C. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE 4 POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 18, 2003 acre), a Change of Zone from PR-5 (planned residential five units per acre) to PR-13 (planned residential 13 units per acre), a Precise Plan / Conditional Use Permit and Tentative Tract Map for condominium purposes to construction 320 residential condominium units on a 25-acre site on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive 636 feet east of Monterey Avenue, 73-240 Gerald Ford Drive, APN 653-260-029. Project includes a height exception for roof elements 28 feet in height and a Development Agreement which will include, among other matters, provisions for affordable housing units. 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 Case Nos. GPA 03-05, C/Z 03-04, TT 31363, PP/CUP 03-06 and DA 03-02, subject to conditions. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. Case No. TT 31346 - CENTENNIAL HOMES, Applicant Request for clarification of requirement of Department of Community Development's condition number ten. Recommended Action: X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES B. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE C. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE 4 40, POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 18, 2003 XI. COMMENTS XII. ADJOURNMENT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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, December 2, 2003, was posted on the bulletin board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, on Wednesday, November 26, 2003. Dated: November 26, 2003 k_ )71 TONYX MONROE, Administrative Secretary City of Palm Desert, California 5