HomeMy WebLinkAboutDevelopment Services - Civic Academy 4-14-2025Development Services
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4 Steps in Development
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Entitlement: Let’s
design a project!
Civil Construction:
Let’s move some
dirt around!
Construction: Let’s
go vertical!
Post-Construction:
Let’s use these
buildings!
What can I build here?
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49/5/2023 AGENDA ITEM 7.C
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Vicinity Map
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Background
Zoning: Mixed Residential (R-2)
General Plan: Small Town Neighborhood
Title 25 Zoning Palm Desert Municipal Code
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CEQA
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Every
project requires analysis by staff to inform
decisionmakers and public about potential
environmental impacts.
- Exemption vs MND vs EIR
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Decision Time – The Public Process!
Notices mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of the project site
Project noticed in The Desert Sun
Public hearing(s) held
Approved by an Architectural Review Commission and Planning Commission
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Questions!
Carlos Flores
Principal Planner
cflores@palmdesert.gov
760 776 6478
Current Development Projects
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