HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 244ORDINANCE NO. 244
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT, PERTAINING TO
CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES IN THE R-3 (MULTI-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT) ZONE.
CASE NO. ZOA 05-80
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
did on the 12th day of February, 1981, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing, to
consider an amendment of the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to conditionally
permitted uses in the R-3 (Multifamily Residential District) zone; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, by Resolution No. 669 has
recommended approval; and,
WHEREAS, said application has complied with the requirements of
the "City of Palm Desert Procedures to Implement the California Environmental
Quality Act, Resolution No. 80-89", in that the Director of Environmental
Services has determined that the project will not have a significant adverse
impact on the environment and a Negative Declaration has been prepared; and,
WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering'
all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said
City Council did find the following facts and reasons to exist to approve a
Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment:
1. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment is consistent
with the objectives of the Zoning Ordinance.
2. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment is consistent
with the adopted General Plan.
3. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment would better
serve the public health, safety, and general welfare,
than the current regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Palm Desert, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and
constitute the considerations of the Council in this
case.
2. That it does hereby approve a Zoning Ordinance Text
Amendment, as provided in the attached exhibit, labeled
Exhibit "A", to amend Municipal Code Section 25.20.030,
by adding a new use "N" to conditionally permitted uses
in the R-3 (Multifamily Residential District)zone.
3. That said Negative Declaration is hereby approved.
4. The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance
once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated in the City of
Palm Desert, and shall certify to the passage of adop-
tion of this ordinance,,and the same shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
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City Council, held on this 26 day of Feb. �1981 , by the following vote,
to wit:
ATTEST:
AYES: McPherson, Pulugi., and Snyder
NOES: Newbrander
ABSENT: S. Roy Wilson
ABSTAIN: None
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EXHIBIT "A"
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25.20.030 Conditional Uses: The following uses may be permitted subject to
a Conditional Use Permit:
A. Churches, convents, monasteries and other religious institutions;
B. Clubs, private;
C. Commercial parking lots servicing a commercial establishment within
three hundred feet;
D. Day nurseries and nursery schools;
E. Hospitals.
F. Hotels with a maximum of eighteen units to the gross acre;
G. Neighborhood governmental offices of less than five thousand square
feet of building area;
H. Planned residential developments (cluster development.or condominiums);
development standards shall be as approved;
I. Private recreational facilities such as country clubs, tennis and swim
clubs, golf courses, with incidental, limited commercial uses which are commonly
associated and directly related to the primary use; -
J. Private schools and colleges, not including art, business, or trade
schools or colleges;
K. Public educational institutions;
L. Public utility and public service facilities;
M. Social Institutional use; and,
N. Professional offices, provided property to be developed is abutting or
across the street, or across an alley from commercially zoned property; residential
development standards to be used to insure compatibility.