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April 29, 2009
9:30 A.M.

AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF LA QUINTA COUNCIL CHAMBERS
78-495 CALLE TAMPICO
LA QUINTA, CA 92253-1504

CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
SALUTE TO THE FLAG

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CONSENT CALENDAR

 

1.1

NONE

 

 
 

2.0

ORAL COMMUNICATION ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA.

 
 

3.0

ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BE CONTINUED WITHOUT DISCUSSION: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter. (Presentation available upon Commissioners request)

 

3.1

ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 348.4637 - This ordinance amendment is designed to create a new zoning overlay in the Mecca Community called the "Mecca Additional Dwelling Unit Overlay Zone". This new overlay zone will be bounded by 7th Street to the North, 66th Avenue to the South, Lincoln Street to the West, Hammond Road to the Southwest, and Johnson Street to the East. The Mecca Additional Dwelling Unit Overlay Zone is intended to provide for a regulatory mechanism to allow additional dwelling units on a lot in which a primary single family home now exists.

Project Planner: Larry Ross, Principal Planner
Ph: (951) 955-3585 or E-mail lross@rctlma.org
(Legislative)

Staff Recommendation: CONTINUE WITHOUT DISCUSSION OFF CALENDAR

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3.2

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 34651 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Palm Desert 53 Investment, LLC - Engineering/Representative: Lee Consulting Group. - Fourth Supervisoral District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development: High Density Residential (CD-HDR) (8-14 Dwelling Unit per Acre) - Location: Northerly of Varner Road, southerly of Avenue 38, and westerly of Washington Street - 55 Gross Acres - Zoning: Controlled Development Areas (W-2)

REQUEST: The tentative tract map proposes to divide approximately 55 acres into 416 single-family residential lots.

APN: 626-130-019

Project Planner: Maurice Borrows
Ph: (760) 863-7063 or E-mail mborrows@rctlma.org
(Quasi-Judicial) (Continued from 2/18/09)

Staff Recommendation: CONTINUE WITHOUT DISCUSSION OFF CALENDAR

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3.3

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 35058 - Adendum to EIR No. 486 - Applicant: Mirasera, LLC/Hunsaker & Associates, Inc. - Fourth Supervisoral District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development: Specific Plan 338 - Location: Northerly of Varner Road, southerly of Avenue 38, and westerly of Washington Street - 190 Gross Acres - Zoning: Specific Plan (SP338), Controlled Development Areas (W-2-10), and Scenic Highway Commercial (C-P-S)

REQUEST: The tentative tract map proposes to divide approximately 190 acres into 16 lots ranging in size from two acres to twenty acres and grading both on and off-site to move approximately two-million cubic yards of earth.

APNs: 626-140-003, 626-150-004, 626-150-005, 626-150-006, 626-150-008, 626-150-009, 626-150-010, 626-150-011, 626-150-012, 626-150-013, 626-150-014 and 626-150-025

Project Planner: Maurice Borrows
Ph: (760) 863-7063 or E-mail mborrows@rctlma.org
(Quasi-Judicial) (Continued from 2/18/09)

Staff Recommendation: CONTINUE WITHOUT DISCUSSION OFF CALENDAR

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ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL UNDER ONE MOTION UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE MATTER: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter.

 

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NONE

 

 
 

5.0

PUBLIC HEARING: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

5.1

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 878 / CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 7569 / TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 30038 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Harold Tyler/ Patricia Beall - Engineer/Representative: Southland Engineering - Third Supervisorial District - Aguanga Zoning Area - Riverside Extended Mountain Area Plan (REMAP): Rural: Rural Residential (R:RR) (5 Acre Minimum), Rural and Rural Mountainous (R:RM) (10 Acre Minimum) - Location: Northerly of State Highway 79, southerly of Los Alamos Road, and northwesterly of Italo Street, Sage Road intersects and divides the existing parcels north to south. - 21.34 Gross Acres - Zoning: Rural Residential - 5 Acre Minimum (R-R-5)

REQUEST: The general plan amendment proposes to amend a portion of the site's existing land use designation from Rural: Rural Mountainous (R:RM) (10 Acre Minimum) to Rural: Rural Residential (R:RR) (5 Acre Minimum). The change of zone proposes to change the existing zoning classification from Rural Residential (R-R) to Residential Agricultural - 5 Acre Minimum (R-A-5). The tentative parcel map proposes a Schedule H subdivision of 21.34 Gross Acres into four (4) residential parcels with a five (5) acre minimum lot size.

APNs: 583-020-014 and 538-020-035

Project Planner: Jeff Horn
Ph: (951) 955-4641 or E-mail jhorn@rctlma.org
(Legislative)

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL

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5.2

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3355, REVISED PERMIT NO. 1 / VARIANCE CASE NO. 1851 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Bhatti Enterprises, Inc. - Engineer/Representative: Civil Trans Inc. / Jay Aslam, P.E. - Fourth Supervisorial District - Pass & Desert Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development: Commercial Retail (CD: CR) (.20-.35 FAR) - Location: Southerly of Dillon Road, easterly of Corkill Road, westerly of Langlois Road at 70041 Dillon Road in the Desert Edge Community - 1.30 Gross Acres - Zoning: Scenic Highway Commercial (C-P-S)

REQUEST: A revised conditional use permit proposes to extend the life from existing expiration date of 7/1/2009 for a previously non-conforming shopping center containing a convenience store with vehicle fuel sales and off-premises consumption sale of liquor with retail shops and restaurant. In addition, a variance to the terms of Section 18.48 of Zoning Ordinance No. 348 (Alcoholic Beverage Sales) to allow the combined sale for off-premises consumption sale of liquor and vehicle fuel sales within the existing convenience store.

APN: 654-190-019

Project Planner: Jay Olivas
Ph: (760) 863-8277 or E-mail jolivas@rctlma.org
(Quasi-Judicial)

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL

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WORKSHOP: 10:15 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

6.1

THERMAL DESIGN GUIDELINES WORKSHOP - Applicant: County of Riverside - Location: The unincorporated community of Thermal, located along Highway 111, southerly of the City of Coachella, and generally bounded on the west side of Hwy. 111 by 54th Avenue on the north, Harrison Street on the west, and 66th Avenue, Whitewater River, and 62nd Avenue (West to East) on the south; and on the east side of Hwy. 111 by 52nd Avenue on the north, All American Canal on the east, and 62nd Avenue on the south (same boundaries as for Thermal Community Council).

PURPOSE: The purpose of this workshop is to present these draft community design guidelines to the Planning Commission, and receive the Planning Commission's comments and suggestions regarding them, before they are submitted to the Board of Supervisors for their consideration and adoption.

Project Planner: Jerry Jolliffe
Ph: (951) 955-2234 or E-mail jjolliff@rctlma.org

Staff Recommendation: The Workshop is not a public hearing on the merit of the proposed project and NO DECISION on the project will be made.

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PUBLIC HEARING : 10:45 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

7.1

CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 7384 / TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 34784 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Washington 111, Ltd. - Engineer/Representative: Nolte Associates - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development: Medium Density Residential (CD-MDR) 2-5 DU/AC) - Location: Northerly of Darby Road, westerly of More Circle, and southerly of Starlight Lane - 1.5 Gross Acres - Zoning: One-Family Dwelling (R-1-12,000)

REQUEST: The Change of Zone proposes a modification of the zoning classification of the subject property from One-Family Dwelling (R-1-12,000) to One-Family Dwelling (R-1). The tentative parcel map is a Schedule F land division of 1.5 acres into four parcels, two for residential development, one for a CVWD lift station, the other for open space and water retention.

APN: 609-061-014

Project Planner: Maurice Borrows
Ph: (760) 863-7063 or E-mail mborrows@rctlma.org
(Legislative)

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL

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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2885, REVISED PERMIT NO. 4 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Paul T. Welsh - Engineering/Representative: Massaro and Welsh - Fifth Supervisorial District - Whitewater Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development: Commercial Retail (CD-CR) (0.2-0.35 FAR) - Location: Northerly of Interstate 10 and easterly of Whitewater Canyon Road - 26.3 Gross Acres - Zoning: Rural Residential (R-R)

REQUEST: This revised permit to the conditional use permit proposes to expand the storage area of an existing outdoor decorative rock and gravel material sales and supply storage yard from approximately 21.3 acres to approximately 26.3 acres and utilize an existing on-site building for storage purposes. The use also allows the extraction of river boulders as a mining operation on APN No. 616-110-012 which is exempt from the provisions of Ordinance No. 555.

APNs: 516-110-006, 516-110-012, 516-110-017, 516-110-018, 516-110-021 and 516-110-023

Project Planner: Maurice Borrows
Ph: (760) 863-7063 or -mail mborrows@rctlma.org
(Quasi-Judicial)

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL

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PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY'S COMMENTS

 

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PLANNING DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS

 

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COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS