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Home My WebLink About2004-07-20 PC Regular Meeting Agenda \✓ �..+ �� AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION - � - TUESDAY - JULY 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 June 1 and June 15, 2004 meeting minutes. Action: V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION (June 24 and July 8, 2004) 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. `,r r..� POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 VII. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Case No. PMW 04-05 - G.L. LAND HOLDINGS, Applicant Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to merge Lots 27 and 28 of Tract 26068 within Bighorn for building purposes. B. Case No. PMW 04-07 - LAWRENCE AND BARBARA SPARKS, Applicants Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to merge two lots identified as APNs 625-241-035 and 048 located on Fairway Drive. C. Case No. PMW 04-08 - ELAINE M. PIZZA AND BIGHORN DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Applicants Request for approval of a parcel map waiver to merge Lots 2 and 3 of Tract 27301 within Bighorn for building purposes. D. Case No. PP 03-10 - GILL DESERT PROPERTIES, INC., Applicant Request for approval of a first one-year time extension for a 93,842 square foot office complex on 8.72 acres located at the northeast corner of Cook Street and Hovley Lane. 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. 2 \.r� �./ POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 A. Case No. PP/CUP 04-11 - RANCHO MIRAGE BUILDERS, INC., Applicant (Continued from June 15, 2004) Request for approval of a precise plan/conditional use permit for a 2,210 square foot single story office building located at the northwest corner of Alessandro Drive and San Jacinto Avenue, 73-900 Alessandro Avenue. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , continuing Case No. PP/CUP 04-1 1 to August 17, 2004 by minute motion. B. Case No. TT 31490 - PONDEROSA HOMES II, INC., Applicant Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact, a tentative tract map to subdivide 81 .45 acres into 237 single family lots and modified setbacks for dwellings on 237 lots. Property is located at the northwest corner of Portola Avenue and Gerald Ford Drive, 74-000 Gerald Ford Drive. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , continuing Case No. TT 31490 to August 17, 2004 by minute motion. C. Case No. PP 04-10 - TIM DiTOMASO, Applicant (Continued from May 4, May 18, June 1 and July 6, 2004) Request for approval of a precise plan of design for a 7,475 square foot food court and a 3,300 square foot drive-thru restaurant located on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive approximately 250 feet east of Cook Street (APN 653-690- 017 and 0181. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , continuing Case No. PP 04-10 to August 3, 2004, by minute motion. 3 \/ `..� POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 D. Case No. CUP 04-14 - KAREN ALEXANDER, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to convert an existing four-unit apartment complex into a bed and breakfast hotel with three guest units plus a manager's unit located at 73-435 Shadow Mountain 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 04-14, subject to conditions. E. Case No. PP 04-14 - WILLIAM, SHARON, SMITH CONSULTING ARCHITECTS FOR D'MUNDO TILE, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan and height exception to allow construction of a 19,565 square foot showroom/ warehouse and associated vehicle storage yard on a 1 .14- acre parcel. Project is generally located approximately 900 feet east of Cook Street on the north side of Gerald Ford Drive, APN 653-410-023 and 025. 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 No. PP 04-14, subject to conditions. F. Case No. PP 04-13 - EN ENGINEERING FOR LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan of design and Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact for a 4 � � POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 135,152 square foot home improvement center with a 31 ,048 square foot garden center at the northeast corner of Monterey Avenue and Gerald Ford Drive, 35-850 Monterey Avenue. 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 No. PP 04-13, subject to conditions. G. Case No. PP 04-07 - ALLAN ZYLSTRA, Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan to construct a two- story 5,250 square foot office/commercial retail building at 73-168 Highway 111 . 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 04-07, subject to conditions. H. Case Nos. PP 04-12 and TT 32420 - BRAVA DEVELOPMENT, LLC., Applicant Request for approval of a precise plan to construct 38 triplex buildings totaling 1 14 units, a tentative tract map to subdivide the 12.7-acre site into 13 lots for condominium purposes, and a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact as it relates thereto for property located at 73-200 Country Club Drive. 5 � ..r POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 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 Nos. PP 04-12 and TT 32420, subject to conditions. I. Case No. CUP 02-15 - JEROME M. BEAUVAIS, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow a one-bedroom, 579 square foot attached second unit at 44- 536 Portola Avenue. 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 No. CUP 02-15, subject to conditions. J. Case No. CUP 02-16 - JEROME M. BEAUVAIS, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow a two-bedroom, 856 square foot attached second unit at 74- 041 San Marino Circle. 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 No. CUP 02-16, subject to conditions. 6 � ..►r POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 K. Case No. CUP 02-17 - JEROME M. BEAUVAIS, Applicant Request for approval of a conditional use permit to allow a one-bedroom, 997 square foot attached second unit at 74- 060 San Marino Circle. 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 No. CUP 02-17, subject to conditions. IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. Request for Determination of Conformity with the City's General Plan the Street Right-of-Way Vacation for a two-foot wide by 114- foot strip on the east side of Ocotillo Drive north of Grapevine Street.. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , determining by minute motion that the subject street right-of-way vacation is in conformity with the City's General Plan. B. Request for Determination of Conformity with the City's General Plan the Street Right-of-Way Vacation of a five-foot strip located at the northeast corner of Fairhaven Drive and Arboleda Avenue. Recommended Action: Move by , second by , determining by minute motion that the subject street right-of-way vacation is in conformity with the City's General Plan. X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES 7 � � POSTED AGENDA PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2004 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, July 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, July 16, 2004. Dated: July 16, 2004 � �d'J C�2� TONYA MONROE, Administrative Secretary City of Palm Desert, California 8