HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1341ORDINANCE NO. 1341
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, TO APPLY A CHANGE OF ZONE FOR THREE
PARCELS OF LAND (APNs: 637-190-021, 637-190-024, AND 637-190-027)
FROM R-2 TO R-2 WITH AN OPEN SPACE/RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY
DISTRICT AS THEY RELATE TO THE PALM DESERT COUNTRY CLUB
PROJECT
CASE NO: ZOA/CZ 18-0003
WHEREAS, at its meeting of May 10, 2018, the City Council directed staff to prepare a
Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) to establish development standards, outline public
outreach requirements, and preservation of forty-five (45) percent of open space for golf
course conversion projects, and have the ordinance applied to the former Palm Desert
Country Club Executive Course; and
WHEREAS, the property owner for the Palm Desert Country Club consented to the
Change of Zone for an Open Space/Residential Overlay at the time of City Council approval
on May 10, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Open Space/Residential Overlay District establishes procedures for all
proposed golf course conversion projects and includes provisions for: community outreach,
development standards for the addition of community benefits, the preservation of open space,
density limitations, and the application review process; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert, California, did on the
19th day of June 2018, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider the request by the City of
Palm Desert for approval of the above -noted, and adopted Resolution Nos. 2722 and 2723,
recommending that the City Council adopt the ZOA, subject to minor grammatical changes
and apply the overlay district to three parcels that previously were occupied by the former
Palm Desert Country Club Executive Course; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, did on the12th day
of July, 2018, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider the request by the City of Palm
Desert for approval of a ZOA, and has determined that applying the Open Space/Residential
Overlay District to said parcels is consistent with the General Plan; 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 exist to approve said request:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Adoption of Recitals. The City Council hereby adopts the foregoing
recitals as its findings in support of the following regulations and further finds that the
following regulations are beneficial and appropriate to protect the health, safety, and welfare
of the residents and businesses of Palm Desert within the City limits.
ORDINANCE NO. 1341
SECTION 2. Apply the Open Space/Residential Overlay district to three parcels „e
located within Palm Desert Country Club as identified in Exhibit "A" attached to this
Ordinance.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance irrespective of the
invalidity of any particular portion thereof.
SECTION 4. Publication. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California, is
hereby directed to publish this ordinance in The Desert Sun, a newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated in the City of Palm Desert, California, and shall be in full
force and in effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, at its regular meeting held on the 23rd day of August, 2018, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: KELLY, NESTANDE, WEBER, and JONATHAN
NOES: HARNIK
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
SABBY-JO'NATHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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