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All ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIPORIIIA,
ADOPTING CHAPTISR 23. SECTIONS 25.19 - 25.2) Of THE
PALM DESERT MINICIPAL CODE.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES NERZBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: Sections 25.19 - 2S.21 attached hereto and
labeled Exhibit "A", and all revisions thereto, labeled
Exhibit "B". are hereby adopted as portions of Chapter 25
of the Palm Desert Municipal Code.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert,
California, is hereby directed to cause this Ordinance to
be published within fifteen (15) days of adoption in the Palm
Desert Post. a newspaper published and circulated within the
City of Palm Desert. California and the same shall be in force
and effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
PASSED. APPROVED, and ADOPTED this llthday of December ,
1975, by the following vote:
CAYES: ASTON ,BENSON, BRUSH, ►tcPHERSON h CLARK
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: _ NONE
Mayor
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ARTICLE 25.21 PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (PI)
MEW Intent and Purpose
It is the purpose of the "PI" District to provide for flexibility in
development, creative and imaginative design, and the development of
parcels of land as coordinated projects involving a mixture of light
industrial, research, and community facility uses, both public and private.
The "PI" District is further intended to provide for the optimum integration
of urban and natural amenities within developments. The•"PI" District
is also established to give a land developer assurance that innovative
and unique land development techniques will be given reas:.•,able consider-
ation for approval and to provide the City -of Palm Desert witlf assurancds
that the completed project will contain the character envisioned at the
time of approval. -
2S.21-2 Uses Permitted by Approved Development Plan
- Light industrial and researcli%nd development;
- Community Facilities;
- AcDessory office uses;
- Accessory recreational and open space uses;
t - Related Institutional Facilities; -
- Related Accessory Uses;
- - Ancillary commercial land uses as designated on an ,.
approved Development Plan;
- Utility Facilities.
25.21-2 Application Procedures
25.21-3.01 Pre -Filing Procedure
Prior to the submittal of the complete official application, an applicant
oust profile a preliminary draft of the required documents and sketch
plans for the project with the Director of Environmental Services for
review. It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Environmental
Services to contact interested department and agency personnel regarding
necessary meetings with the applicant. After review, the Director of
Environmental Services shall furnish the sippiicant with written comments
regarding the project, including appropriate recommendations to -inform
and a!sist the applicant prior to preparing the final components of the
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25.21-3.02 Filing Procedure
To initiate the review, process, the applicant shall file a petition
for a change of zone to a "PI" District along with a Development Plan
and supporting documentation as required in Article 25.21-4 with the
Planning Commission through the Planning Division office of the Department
of Environmental Services. The Planning Commission shall hold a public
hearing to consider the petition for a change to a "PI" District and
the accompanying Development Plan. The change of zone and accompanying
Development Plan shall be subject to approval by Ord'.iance of the
Palm Desert City Council..
25.21-4 Relonina and Development Plan Reouirements
The Planning Commission may initiate at its discretion the rezoning
of properties, according to the provisions of Article 25.39-8 of this
Ordinance. In cases of City initiated rezoning, the change of zone peti-
tion my be processed alone; an approved Development Plan shall be
required prior to any development.
Rezoning initiated by a property owner (other than the City of Palm
Desert) must be accompanied by a Development Plan as a part of the chanle-
of-zone application. Except as specified above, the following materials
shall be submitted with all applications:
25.21-4.01 .Development Plan
A Development Plan shalt be filed Kith the rezoning request for the
entire property. The Plan shall set for the following:
1. ilrittee Documents
(a) Legal description of the total site proposed for
development, including a statement of present and
proposed ownership.
(b) A statement of planning objectives to be achieved
by the project through the particular approach•
proposed by the applicant. This statement shall
ide a description of the character of the
proposed development and the rationale behind the
assumptions and choices made by the applicant.
(c) A preliminary development schedule indicating the
proposed phasing program and the approximate date
when construction of the project or the stages of
the project can be expected to begin and be com-
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�. (d) A statement of the applicant's.intentions with regard to the
future selling or leasing of all or portions of the project.
(e) Quantitative date for the following: total number and size
of buildings • total gross floor area (leasable and service);
parcel size net and gross); total amount of open space/lot
coverage; location and size of ancillary commercial uses and
Justification for construction of said uses; traffic gener-
ating potential of project; written indication'af compliance
or non-compliance to establish standards of this article;
economic feasibility studies (if available) and uthor studies.
as required by the City.
(f) A copy of any proposed Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions
(CC and R's).
2. Site Plan and Supporting Maps
(a) The existing site conditions including contours at two -foot
intervals, water course. flood plains, unique natural
features and any forest cover:
(b) Proposed lot lines and plot designs.
(c) The location and floor area size of all existing and proposed
buildings, structures and other -improvements including
C , maximum heights, types of structure, preliminary architectural
renderings of typical structures.
(d) The location and.size in acres or square feet of all areas to
be conveyed, dedicated. or reserved as common open spaces,
public parks, recreational areas, school sitff, and similar
public and semi-public uses.
(e) The existing and proposed circulation system of arterial,
collector, and local streets including off-street parking areas,
service areas. loading areas, and major points of access to
public rights -of -way. Notations of proposed ownership -
public or private.
(f) The existing and proposed pedestrian circulation system,
including its interrelationships with the vehicular cir-
culation system.
(g) The existing and proposed utilliy systime
(b) A general landscape plan indicating the treatment of
materials for private and common open areas.
• (i) ►r+eliminary grading plan.
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(3)Enough information on lands adjacent to the project to
indicate the relationships between the proposed development
and adjacent areas.
(k) The proposed treatment of the perimeter of the project
including materials and techniques used such as mounding,
screens, fences and walls.
(1) A detailed sign program for the total area.
(gym) Any additional information as required by the City necessary
to evaluate the character and impact of the proposed development.
(a) The above information must be submitted for all of the land
intended to be included in the application. Where projects
are developed in stages, the detail information shall be sub-
mitted for those stages to be developed immediately. Sketch
plans including the bare essentials - land uses, densities. -
site design, adjacent uses, circulation, shall be submitted
for the remaining lands to be developed in future stages of
the project. Subsequent phases shall be evaluated in terms of _
these pions. If substantial deviation exists, the applicant shall
file all the information as required above for the subsequent
phases as an amended Development Plan.
2S.21-4.02 ._ "hdments to Development Plan
Minor changes in the location, siting, and height of buildings and
structures may be authorized by the Planning Commission without additional
public hearings if required by engineering or other circumstances not
foreseen at the time the development plan was approved. No change
Ituthorized by this subsection may cause any of the following:
(1) A change in the use or character of the development.
(2) An increase of greater than ten (10) percent in overall
coverage of structures.
(3) An Increase in the intensity of use.
(4) An increase in the problems of traffic circulation and
public utilities.
(6) A reduction of more than ten (10) percent of the area
shots+ as open space.
(6) A reduction of more then ten (10) percent of the epproved
off-street parking.
• (7) A reduction in'required pavement widths.
Ail ether changes in use. or rearrangement of lots, blocks and building
tracts, or any changes other then listed above must be made by the
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City Council after a recommendation by the Planning Commission.
ts.21-4.03 Design Review of Protect
Within one year following the final approval of the development plan,
the applicant shell file for the Design Review of the project by filing
the Information required in Section 25.39-2.03. The Design Review process,
-in addition to its normal finding, shall deem the precise construction
plans in substantial compliance with the development plan, provided
modification by the applicant does not involve a change of one or more
of the following:
(1) Violate any provision of :he Zoning Ordinance.
(2) vary the lot area requirement by more than ten (10) percent.
(3) Involve a reduction of mope than ten (10) percent of the
area reserved for the common open space and/or useable
open space.
(4) Increase or decrease the floor areas proposed by more than -
ten (10) percent.
(5) Increase the total ground area covered by buildings by more
than five (5) percent.
If it is determbedthat the plans are not in substantial compliance,
a new development plan shall be processed through the City.
25.21-4.04 Development Plan Processing as Separate Matter
When the City has initiated the rezoning procedures and has established
a "PI" zoning designation on property, no development shall occur on
said property until a development plan has been processed and approved
by the City. Said plan shall be processed as a Conditional Use Permit
by the procedures established in this Ordinance. The submitted
requirements shall be as specified in Section 25.21-4.
25.21-S Development Standards Applicable
All areas on the Development Plan shell be subject to the following:
The Standards for Development of "PI" Districts set forth
in this Article of this Ordinance and any supplemental
-standards for the Project designated in the Development
Plan.
In addition. the following Development Standards Lhall apply:
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL (PI)
IS.21-S.01 General Standards
C (1) Off -Street Parking and Loading Requirements
All parking and lading shall comply with the provisions of
Article 25.33 of this Ordinance.
.(2) Utilities
See Article 25.32-6.
(3) Signs
All signs shall be in compliance with Article 25.38.
(4) Outside Storage
No outside storage shall exceed the height of actual perimeter
screening.
(5) Screening
Ail screening requirements for developments within the
'PI" District shall be determined by the Design Review
Board during its Site Plan Review proceedings.
(6) Trash Handling
Trash handling facilities shall be provided for all developments
within the "PI" District. A trash enclosure will be provided
for all but excepted uses, unless the proposed location of
the trash area is completely enclosed by walls or buildings.
The free standing trash enclosure shall be constructed of
masonry block. No trash shall be allowed to extend above
or beyond the enclosure.
(7) Site Plan Review
Site Plan Review as prescribed in Article 25.39-2 shall be
rtq�iired before a building permit is issued for any
dwelopment in the "PU District.
25.21-5.02 S,p-ecial Standards
In addition to requiring all Development Plans to comply to the
following special standards, the City Council and/or Planning Commission
my impose such other conditions to the Development Plan as it deems
necessary or desirable in carrying out the general purpose and intent
of this Article.
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(1) Minimum Project Area
S acres.
(2) Minimum Protect Perimeter Setback
30 feet from ultimate right-of-way line.
(3) Maximum Project Building Site Coverage
50 percent of the net area of the site.
(4) Minimum Front, Side and Rear Yard `
30 feet or as approved on the DevOopnent Plan, except
that the interior side setback may be Zero (0) feet
provided the main building structure on the same lot line
of the abutting parcel is sAtback-at zero (0) feet and
both parcels are developed'ht the same time.
(5) Architectural Feature Setback Exceptions
-(a) Roof overhangs may project six (6) feet into a
thirty (30) foot or greater setback and three
(3) feet into any setback less than thirty (30)
feet.
C,(b) Steps and open and unenclosed staircases may
project into the setback area.
(6) Maximum Buildin9_Neicht
30 feet or two (2) stories. whichever is less.
(7) Reauired landscaping
All landscaping requirements shall be determined by the
Design Review Board during its site plan review proceeding.
(8) Required Width of Private Roads
With no parking - 46 feet
With parking on one side 66 feet
With parking on two sides - 61 feet
Srid roadways shall be a iminimrmn of asphaltic concrete with concrete
curbs and gutters as approved by the Director of Environmental Service
Standards of design and construction of roadways, both public and
• private, within the project may be modified as is deemed appropriate
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by the City, especially where it is found that the development plan
provides for the separation of vehicular and pedestrian circulation
petterns and provides for adequate off-street parking facilities.
(9) Exceptions
The above standards shall be required unless modified by
the Development Plan.
(10) Performance Standards
All development within this toning district shall comply to
the standards as specified in Section 25.20-7.16 of this
Ordinance.
2511-6 Building -Setbacks from the Planned Street Line
The minimum setback for all developments within the "PI" District shall
be the designated distances from the ultimate right-of-way line of the
streets hereinafter specified unless otherwise provided herein or in
the approved Development Plan or Conditional Use Permit.
Freeway 50 feet
Major • 32 feet
Arterial - 32 feet
Collector - 30 feet
Local - 30 feet
25.21-7 Modifications
The Planning Commission and/or City Council may approve a Development
Plan only after finding that the requirements of this Ordinance and
-other ordinances affecting the property have been satisfied. In granting
such approval, the City Council may impose and enforce such specific
conditions as to site development, phasing and building construction,
maintenance and operation as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes
of this Ordinance and the General Plan.
All development within the "PI" District shall comply with the Develop-
ment Plan as approved and adopted by the City Council.
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ARTICLE 25.19 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
25.19-1 Intent and Purpose
The industrial districts are included in the zoning regulations to a-
chieve the following purposes:
- To allow for the manufacture, distribution and service thereof
of products intended primarily for local usage within Palm Desert,
its Sphere of Influence, and surrounding Cove Communities.
- To allow for research and development facilities which will enable
high calibre technological centers to develop in a manner com-
patible with the intended character of the community.
- To insure the proper development of the community as indicated
within the City's General Plan.
- To prevent undue industrialization from occurring at the expense
of the residential/resort/recreational nature of the community.
- To protect areas appropriate for industrial use from intrusion
by dwellings and other inharmonious uses.
- To protect residential and commercial properties and to protect
nuisance -free, non -hazardous industrial uses from noise, odor,
insect nyisarce, dust, dirt. smoke, vibration, heat and cold,
glare, truck and rail traffic, and other objectionable influences,
and from fire. explosion. noxious fumes, radiation, and other
hazards incidental to certain industrial uses.
- To provide opportunities for certain types of industrial facilities
` to concentrate in mutually beneficial relationship to each other.
- To provide adequate space to meet the needs of.modern industrial
development, including off-street parking and truck loading areas
and landscaping.
- To provide sufficient open space around industrial structures to
protect them from the hazard of fire and to minimize the impact
of industrial plants on Mrby residential or commercial zones.
- To minimize traffic congestion.
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ARTICLE 25.20 SERVICE INDUSTRIAL (SI)
C2S.W1 Intent and Purpose
The intent and purpose of the Service Industrial District is to allow
for the manufacture, distribution and service thereof of products
intended for local usage within Palm Desert, its Sphere of Influence
and surrounding Cove Communities. Industrialism of any larger mag-
nitude would not be in keeping with the intended residential, resort,
recreational character of the community, and therefore would not be
permitted.
25.20-2 Permitted Uses
The following uses shall be permitted:
- Mortuaries.
- Support facilities for local construction, renovation and
installation of related equipment.
- Vehicle service and storage facilities. •
- Maintenance facilities (bulk laundering, Janitorial, etc.).
r - Pest control facilities.
- liarehotisl or storage facilities.
- Public utility and public service facilites.
- Production of home and office decor accessories.
- Preparation of foodstuffs (no processing) e.g., baking,
bottling, etc.
- Equipment maintenance and storage•facilities.
- Uses customarily related to any of the above uses.
- The Planning Commission may, by resolution, permit other
uses which are similar and no more objectionable than those
enumerated in this section.
95.10-3 Conditional Uses
The following uses shall be permitted subject to a Conditional Use
faits
• Industrial Fla+rned Unit Oavelopments (P,U.D.'s)
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- gellports.
Other retail and commercial service uses necessary to serve
the other uses in the SI District.
Veterinarian hospitals including kennel facilities.
- Trucking yard.
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1S.20-6 Accessory Uses
The following accessory uses shalt be permitted;
(1) Accessory structures and uses located on the same site
as -a permitted or conditional use;
(2) Incidental services for employees on a site occupied by a
permitted or conditional use;
(3) Watchman's or caretaker's living quarters only when inci-
dental to and on the some site as a permitted or condi-
tional use.
2S.20-S Prohibited Uses
- Dwelling Units.
- Other uses and structures which the Director of Environmental
Services determines do not fall within the intent and purpose
of this District.
25.20-6 - Provisions for Site Plan Review
All development shall comply with the requirements for site plan re-
view as prescribed in Article 25.39-2.
25.20-7 Development Standards
25.20-7.01 Lot Area Minimum
Twenty thousand (20,000) squartfeet.
25.20-7.02 Minianmm Lot Width
One bandred (100) feet.
25.20-7.03 1,1niM Lgt pe-,pth
on iwowred (100) feet.
1f.20-7.04 111n�ren� -
TWty (20) foot.
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1S.20-7.05 Mininaan Side Yard
Ten (10) feet. -
25.20-7.06 Ninimum Rear Yard
Twenty-five (25) feet.
25.20-7.07 Maximum Building Height
Thirty (30) feet, or two (2) stories, whichever is ?:ss. _
25.20-7.08 Off -Street Parking and Loading Requirements •
All parking and loading shall comply with the provisions of
Article 25.33 of this Ordinance.
25.20-7.09 Utilities
See Article 25.32-6.
25.20-7.LQ Trash Handling
A trash enclosure will be provided for all uses, unless the
proposed location of the trash area is completely enclosed by
walls or buildings.. The free standing trash enclosure shall be
( constructed of masonry block. No trash shall be allowed to extend
above or'beyond the enclosure.
25.20-7.11 signs
All signs shall be in compliance with Article 25.38. •-
25.20-7.12 Access
A maximum of two (2) entrances per property will be allowed subject
• to their conformance with acceptable circulation patterns and traffic
control m:aasures.
25.20-7.13 eutside Storage
No outside storage shall exceed the height of actual perimeter screening.
25.20-7.14 Required Landscaping
Landscaping within required setback adjacent to public rights -of -way
shall be provided and maintained, subject to the following conditions:
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( (1) A'distinct demarcation between asphalt paving and landscaped
area shall be provided through the use of maintained turf,
WAintained aggro ate, or other means of landscaping (plantings,
rock walls, etc.;.
(2) At least one third (113) of the total landscaped area will
be in vegetation.
(3) Bering (undulating or embanked) shall be required with
a minimum variation of elevation being thirty (30) inches.
(4) An automatic underground sprinkler system for landscaped
area shall be provided.
(5) No other usage or storage is permitted within required
landscaped area.
25.20-7.15 Perimeter Screening
All developments shall be screened according to one of the following
alternatives:
(1) A masonry wall at a minimum height between five (5) and
seven (7) feet shall be provided along all property lines
C except those adjacent to public rights -of -way, in which
use a setback of twenty (20) feet will be maintained.
(2) A dense hedge row at a minimum height of seven (7) feet shall
be provided along all property lines except for those adjacent
to public rights -of -way, in which case a setback of twenty (20)
feet will be maintained (common perimeter screening between
adjoining properties is allowable upon mutual consent of the
-respective owners). Planting materials used for perimeter
•screening shall be the type which shall, within eighteen (18)
months after property development, provide the intended screening
effect.
(3) Perimeter screening will not be required if deemed unnecessary
by the Design Review board, based upon their approval of sub-
mitted development andslandscaping plans which establish to its
satisfaction that attractive development will occur In keeping
with the intended residentiai/resort/recreational nature of
the Community.
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t IS.20-7.16 . Special Standards
(1) SOUND, shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable
due to intermittance, beat frequency or shrillness. The
measurements of sound shall be measured at the lot lines
and shall be measured to decibels with a sound level meter
and associated octave band filter, manufactured according
to standards prescribed by the American Standards Associa-
tion. Maximum permissible sound pressure levels shall
comply with the following standards:.
Maximum Sound Pressure Level in Decibels 0.002 Dynes per Square.
Centimeter
Octave Bank in Adjacent Residential Lot Line of Use _
Cycles -Second District Boundaries in the I-P Zone
0- 75 72 79
75- 150 59 74
150- 300 52 66
300- 600 46 59
600-1200 42 53
1200-2400 39 47
2400-4800 34 41
Above 4800 32 39
(2) TOXIC GASES OR MATTER, shall not be emitted which can cause
any damage to health, to animals or vegetation, or other
forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling
beyond the lot lines of the use.
(3) VIBRATION, from any machine, operation or process which can
cause a displacement of .003 of one inch as, measured at the
lot lines of the use shall be prohibited. Shock absorbers
or similar mounting shall be allowed which will reduce
vibaration below .003 of one inch as measured at the lot
lines.
(4) GLARE and HEAT, from awy source shall not be produced
beyond the lot lines of the use.
(5) STORAGE of refuse, trash, rubbish or other waste material
outside a permanent building shall be kept in enclosed
containers, in areas other than the front and side yards.
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LIGHTING, including spot lights, flood lights, electrical
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reflectors and other means of illumination for signs, structures,
landscaping, parking areas, lading and unloading areas and the
like shall be focused, directed, and so arranged as to prevent
glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.
(7)
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. Unless specific additional uses
are permitted by the Certificate of Occupancy the use of
radioactive materials within the SI District shall be limited
to measuring, gauging and calibration devices, as tracer •
elements, in X-ray and like apparatus, and in connection with
the processing and preservation of foods. In no event shall
radioactivity, when measured at each 4z line be in excess of
2.7 X 10-11 microcuries per milli11•ter of air at any moment
of time.
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ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONIC devices and equipment shall be
suitably wired, shielded and controlled so that in operation
they shall not, beyond the lot lines, emit any electrical
impulses or waves which will adversely affect the operation .
and control of any other electrical or electronic devices and
equipment.
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