HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 09-23RESOLUTION NO. 09-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, DENYING A CHANGE OF ZONE FROM PLANNED
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) TO PLANNED RESIDENTIAL 14
DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE (PR-14), A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (TPM),
TO SUBDIVIDE AN 11.8 ACRE PARCEL INTO TWO (2) LOTS AND A
PRECISE PLAN (PP) OF DESIGN TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF
144 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WITH AMENITIES. IN ADDITION, THE
PROJECT REQUESTED A FIVE-FOOT HEIGHT EXCEPTION AND A
MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS
LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 35TH AVENUE BETWEEN GATEWAY
DRIVE AND CORTESIA WAY (C STREET), ALSO KNOWN AS APN 694-130-
005.
CASE NO.s CZ/PP 08-191 and TPM 36000
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, did on the 9th day of
April, 2009, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider the request by Urban Housing
Communities, LLC, for approval of the above noted; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and
arguments, if any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard, said City Council did find
the following facts and reasons to exists to justify denial of said request:
1. The Change of Zone and Tentative Parcel Map as proposed do not wholly
meet the findings for density allowance in accordance with the criteria of the
Land Use Element and City Council's discretionary analysis of the General
Plan.
2. The City Council concludes that in order to approve the proposed density the
project would be required to be 100% affordable.
3. The proposed Precise Plan as designed inadequately responds to the need
for greater diversity in housing stock and to the City Council's view that a
sufficient number of rental housing and similar product types abound in the
north area of the City.
4. The request for additional height is not found to be consistent with the City
Council's vision for this district.
RESOLUTION NO. 09-23
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of the
City Council in this case.
2. That Case No.s CZ/PP 08-191 and Tentative Parcel Map 36000 are hereby
denied.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City
Council, held on this 23rd day of April , 2009 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, FERGUSON, FINERTY, KELLY, and SPIEGEL
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSE City Clerk
Palm Desert City Council
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Robert A. Speigel, Ma or