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Home My WebLink About2004-04-20 PC Regular Meeting Agenda . Y,,,,� � � ��--� POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION `-� TUESDAY - APRIL 20, 2004 6:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER ' � 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 March 16 and April 6, 2004 meeting minutes. Action: V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION (April 8, 20041 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 APRIL 20, 2004 VII. CONSENT CALENDAR None. 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 03-19 - PREST VUKSIC ARCHITECTS FOR SCOTELLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan of design for five (5) office buildings totaling 53,662 gross square feet and a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact as it relates thereto. The property is located on the east side of Portola Avenue, known as APN 620-430-018. 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 03-19, subject to conditions. B. Case No. CUP 03-12 - LISA D. STINSON, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow a .55-acre vacant lot planted with grass to be used as a playground by children from an after school tutoring and home work club operating within an existing building at St. John's Lutheran Church located at 42-695 Washington Street. 2 . �.r �` � POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 20, 2004 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. CUP 03-12, subject to conditions. C. Case No. CUP 04-08 amending PP 06-83 - DESERT SPRINGS CHURCH, Applicant Request for a approval of an amendment to the original precise plan to allow a two-phase expansion to the existing church facility. First phase to be a two-story 6,313 square foot classroom/flex space building, and second phase a second story youth assembly area 4,370 square foot building to be constructed over the existing rear parking lot. Church is located at 43-435 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 CUP 04-08, subject to conditions. D. Case Nos. DA 97-2 Addendum #3, TPM 31563 and PP 04-05 - HOLT ARCHITECTS, Applicant Request for approval of an addendum to the Wonder Palms Master Plan to expand permitted uses in Planning Area 1 to include planned industrial uses, a master plan for Planning Area 1 , a tentative parcel map for a 21 .86-acre commercial/office/industrial project, a precise plan for five (5) two-story buildings totaling 166,000 square feet on 10.59 acres of the site and a height exception for mechanical equipment screening purposes. The site master 3 . �✓ `.+� ' POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 20, 2004 plan includes 236,450 square feet of commercial/office/ industrial, 14,750 square feet of restaurants (including two drive-thrus), and a three story hotel with up to 104 rooms. This project has been previously assessed for purposes of CEQA. The project is generally at the northeast corner of Cook Street and Gerald Ford Drive, more particularly described as APN 653-410-023 through 025, 653-690-015 through 019. 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 DA 97-2 Addendum #3, TPM 31563 and PP 04-05, subject to conditions. E. Case Nos. C/Z 03-13, TPM 31730 and DA 97-2 Addendum #4, Applicant Request for approval of a change of zone from PR-5 (planned residential, five dwelling units per acre) to PCD (planned community developmentl, an addendum to the Wonder Palms Development Plan to expand Planning Area No. 5 and the uses therein, a master plan of development for the new Planning Area No. 5, and a tentative parcel map dividing 296 +/- acres into 15 parcels. Property is generally located south of Gerald Ford Drive between Portola Avenue and Cook Street, 37-500 Cook 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- 13, TPM 31730 and DA 97-2 Addendum #4, subject to conditions. 4 . � � ' POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 20, 2004 F. Case No. TPM 31515 - RICK EVANS, Applicant Request for approval of a tentative parcel map subdividing a 23.7-acre parcel into 14 parcels and 2 lots for development of an approved precise plan (PP 03-1 1 ) at the southwest corner of Cook Street and Gerald Ford Drive, 37- 001 Cook Street. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , approving TPM 31515, subject to conditions. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. Request for Street Vacation of Frankonia Court. Request for a determination that the vacation of Frankonia Court is in conformity with the City's General Plan. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , determining by minute motion that the vacation of Frankonia Court is in conformity with the City's General Plan. B. Case Nos. PP 90-12 and PP 96-9 - STEPHEN ANDERSON, Applicant Request for amendment to Precise Plan Nos. 90-12 and 96-9 for two industrial buildings relative to the termination of previous approvals expanding office use in a 10,000 square foot building at 75-100 Mediterranean and its reconversion to industrial warehouse space, and the deletion of Condition Nos. 10 and 12 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 1770 requiring assignment of 12 off- street parking spaces at 75-071 St. Charles Place as mitigation for the expanded office use. 5 . �r.. ...+ ' POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 20, 2004 Action: Move by , second by , approving the findings as presented by staff. Move by , second by , adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. , deleting certain provisions and Condition Nos. 2 and 3 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 1737 of PP 90-12, and Condition Nos. 10 and 12 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 1770 of PP 96-9, subject to conditions. X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES B. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE C. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE 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, April 20, 2004, was posted on the bulletin board by the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, on Friday, April 16, 2004. Dated: April 16, 2004 �� TONYA MONROE, Administrative Secretary City of Palm Desert, California 6