RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
John Roth * John Snell * John Petty * Jim Porras * Theresa Griffin
9:30 A.M.
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING - RIVERSIDE COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF PALM DESERT COUNCIL CHAMBERS
73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260
CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
NOTE: If you wish to speak, please complete a "SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION
FORM" and give it to the Secretary. The purpose of the public hearing
is to allow interested parties to express their concerns. Please do not
repeat information already given. If you have no additional information,
but wish to be on record, simply give your name and address and state
that you agree with the previous speaker(s).
1.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
1.1 No Items at this
time.
2.0 ORAL COMMUNICATION ON ANY MATTER NOT ON
THE AGENDA.
3.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 9:30 a.m., or as soon as
possible thereafter.
3.1 FAST TRACK TENTATIVE
TRACT MAP NO. 28976 (FTA 98-30) - Exempt from CEQA - Del Webb California
Corporation - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District
- Easterly of Del Webb Blvd, extended, northerly of Ave 38, westerly of
Adams St - SP Zone - Schedule A - REQUEST: Divide 100 acres into 251 single
family residential lots. (Quasi-judicial) (RF)
3.2 CHANGE OF ZONE
NO. 6390 - EA 37473 - Ismael Vela - Fourth Supervisorial District
- Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District - Southerly of Ave 64, easterly
of Pierce St, westerly of Highway 111 - A-1-10 Zone - 16 Acres - REQUEST:
Change zone from A-1-10 to R-A-2-1/2
WITH
PARCEL MAP NO. 29034
- EA 37473 - Ismael Vela - Fourth Supervisorial District Lower Coachella
Valley Zoning District - Southerly of Ave 64, easterly of Pierce St, westerly
of Highway 111 - A-1-10 Zone - Schedule H - REQUEST: Divide 16 acres into
4 lots. (Legislative)
3.3 CHANGE OF ZONE
6388 - EA 37492 - The CBM Group - Fourth Supervisorial District -
Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Westerly of Yucca Lane, southerly of Emerald
Crest Dr, easterly of Washington St - 9 Acres - REQUEST: Change zone
from R-2A-3500 and R-1-20,000 to R-3
WITH
TRACT MAP NO. 28991
- EA 37492 - The CBM Group - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes
Zoning District - Westerly of Yucca Lane, southerly of Emerald Crest Dr,
easterly of Washington St - 9 Acres - Schedule B - REQUEST: Divide 9 acres
into 5 lots
AND
PLOT PLAN NO. 15683
- EA 37492 - The CBM Group - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes
Zoning District - Westerly of Yucca Lane, southerly of Emerald Crest Dr,
easterly of Washington St - 9 Acres - REQUEST: 90 unit two- story apartment
complex at a height of 30 feet. (Legislative) (PFC)
4.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 10:30 a.m., or as soon
as possible thereafter.
4.1 FAST TRACK CHANGE
OF ZONE NO. 6369 (FTA 98-16) - EA 37416 - California Bio-Mass - Fourth
Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District - 80 acres,
southerly of Ave 62, easterly of Jackson St - REQUEST: Change zone from
A-1-10 to A-2-10, etc. (Legislative) (Cont. from 10/7/98 and 12/2/98)
WITH
FAST TRACK CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT NO. 3221, REVISED PERMIT NO. 1 (FTA 98-16) - EA 37416 -
California Bio-Mass - Fourth Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella
Valley Zoning District - 80 acres, southerly of Ave 62, easterly of Jackson
St - REQUEST: Expansion from 15 acres to 40 acres for an organic waste
compost facility; also known as a "full composting operation"
accepting green, paper, food and liquid wastes and manures. (Quasi-judicial)
(Cont. from 10/7/98 and 12/2/98) (PFC)
4.2 PUBLIC USE PERMIT
792 - EA 37357 - Cox Communications PCS, LP - Fourth Supervisorial
District - Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District - 5 acres, northerly
of Ave 53, southerly of Ave 52, northerly of Ave 53, easterly of Monroe
St - R-A-2 1/2 Zone - REQUEST: Unmanned telecommunications site with monopole
at a height of 85 feet. (Quasi-judicial) (Cont. from 12/2/98) (PFC)
4.3 TRACT MAP NO. 13178
- Exempt from CEQA - Dennis A. Martin - Fourth Supervisorial District
- Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Southerly of Bermuda Dunes Dr, easterly
of Adams St - R-2-6000 Zone - Schedule "A" - REQUEST: Amendment
to the Final Map to revise floor plans, elevations and landscaping within
a recorded planned residential development subdivision containing 20 dwelling
units. (Quasi-judicial) (Cont. from 12/2/98) (PFC)
5.0 PUBLIC HEARING: 1:30 p.m., or as soon as
possible thereafter.
5.1 SPECIFIC PLAN
NO. 295 - EA 35980 - Desert Crest Country Club/Adkan Engineers - Fourth
Supervisorial District - Pass and Desert Zoning District - Northerly of
Dillon Rd, easterly of Long Canyon Rd, southerly of Ave 16 - 142 Acres
- REQUEST: A 129 acre mixed use master planned expansion of the existing
Desert Crest Community with 625 single family dwellings on 98 acres, 6.6
acres as neighborhood commercial, 2.2 acres for outdoor RV storage and
22.3 acres as open space and golf course. (Legislative) (Cont. from 12/2/98)
WITH
CHANGE OF ZONE NO.
6062 - EA 35980 - Desert Crest Country Club/Adkan Engineers - Fourth
Supervisorial District - Pass and Desert Zoning District - Northerly of
Dillon Rd, easterly of Long Canyon Rd, southerly of Ave 16 - 142 Acres
- REQUEST: Change zone on 142 acres from R-T to R-T, C-P-S and R-5, etc.
(Legislative) (Cont. from 12/2/98)
AND
COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 344 - EA 35980 - Desert Crest Country Club/Adkan
Engineers - Fourth Supervisorial District - Pass and Desert Zoning District
- Northerly of Dillon Rd, easterly of Long Canyon Rd, southerly of Ave
16 - 142 Acres - REQUEST: Amend the Western Coachella Valley Plan's Land
Use Allocation Map designation from "Residential 2B" to "Adopted
Specific Plan No. 295." (Legislative) (Cont. from 12/2/98) (PFC)
5.2 FAST TRACK COMPREHENSIVE
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 474 (FTA 98-25) - EA 37491 - Dick Darling/Richards,
Mueting, Wilkes - Fourth Supervisorial District - Chuckwalla Zoning District
- Southerly of I-10, easterly of Wiley's Well Rd - 6.5 Acres - N-A Zone
- REQUEST: To amend Open Space and Conservation Map from "Desert"
to "Areas Not Designated as Open Space (ANDOS)" of a 6.5 acre
portion of a 75 acre site; and, to add text to the Chuckwalla Land Use
Planning Area to establish a Wiley's Well Road/State Correctional Facility
Subarea addressing tourist commercial and other uses supportive of highway
travelers and the correctional facilities
WITH
FAST TRACK CHANGE
OF ZONE NO. 6389 (FTA 98-25) - EA 37491 - Dick Darling/Richards, Mueting,
Wilkes - Fourth Supervisorial District - Chuckwalla Zoning District -
Southerly of I-10, easterly of Wiley's Well Rd - 6.5 Acres - REQUEST:
Change zone from N-A to C-P-S on a 6.5 acre portion of a 75 acre site.
AND
FAST TRACK COMMERCIAL
PARCEL MAP NO. 29014 (FTA 98-25) - EA 37491 Dick Darling/Richards,
Mueting, Wilkes - Fourth Supervisorial District - Chuckwalla Zoning District
- Southerly of I-10, easterly of Wiley's Well Rd - N-A Zone - Schedule
E - REQUEST: Planned commercial development to
divide 6.5 acres into 6 lots with two remainder parcels
AND
FAST TRACK CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT NO. 3276 (FTA 98-25) - EA 37491 - Dick Darling/Richards,
Mueting, Wilkes - Fourth Supervisorial District - Chuckwalla Zoning District
- Southerly of I-10, easterly of Wiley's Well Rd - 6.5 Acres - N-A Zone
- REQUEST: Motel, gas station, restaurant, retail and convenience store
with the sale of beer/wine for off-premise consumption. (Legislative)
(PFC)
6.0 COMMISSION WORKSHOP: 2:30 p.m., or as soon
as possible thereafter.
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 348 - EA 37540
- County of Riverside Initiative - All Supervisorial Districts - PROPOSAL:
To modify development standards in Ordinance No. 348 for Wind Energy Conversions
Systems (WECS, also known as wind turbines) and modify commercial WECS
noise technical specifications and criteria resolution. Ordinance amendment
is county wide in nature, but the primary scope of potential impact is
in the San Gorgonio Pass area, extending northerly from the Cities of
Palm Springs/ Cathedral City on the south to the Riverside/San Bernardino
County Line on the north; and, extending easterly of the Cabazon community
on the west to the Thousand Palms community on the east, with the City
of Desert Hot springs on the northeasterly edge. (Legislative) (PFC)
7.0 PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT
8.0 COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
