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1986 11 25 PC Minutes APPRO~ LA QUI~APLANNINGc0~ISSION MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION - CITY OF LA QUINTA A Regular Meeting Held at the La Quinta City Hall, 78-105 Calle Estado, La Quinta, California November 25, 1986 7:00 p.m. - 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Chairman Thomas A. Thornburgh called the Planning Commission meeting to order at 7:10 p.m., and then led the flag salute. 2. ROLL CALL A. Chairman Thornburgh requested the roll call. The Secretary called the roll. Present: Commissioners Brandt, Moran, Steding, Walling, and Chairman Thornburgh Absent: None Staff Present: Planning Director Murrel Crump, Principal Planner Jerry Herman, and Secretary Donna Velotta STUDY SESSION ITEM - SPECIFIC PLAN NOS. 85-005A and 85-005B; CLARI- FICATION OF CONDITIONS. The Study Session, regularly held the day prior to Planning Commission meetings, was cancelled; therefore, the Planning _ Commission reviewed this matter during the regular meeting session. Chairman Thornburgh turned the discussion of street section detail over to Vice Chairman John Walling, as he had a conflict of interest regarding Tentative Tract No. 21880. The Applicant requested that Conditions Nos. 13 and 14 of Specific Plan Nos. 85-005A and 85-005B be clarified or modified to meet current conditions as they relate to Tentative Tract No. 21880. After discussion of this matter, it was the consensus of the Planning Commission that the project, as proposed, satisfies the intent of Condition Nos. 13 and 14 of Specific Plan No. 85-005A and 85-005B, as they relate to Tentative Tract No. 21880. No motion is required. Vice Chairman Walling returned the meeting to Chairman Thornburgh. 3. HEARINGS None 4. PUBLIC COMMENT None 5. CONSENT CALENDAR - A. Motion made by Commissioner Moran, seconded by Commissioner Walling, to approve the Planning Commission minutes of October 28, 1986, as submitted. Unanimously adopted. B. Motion made by Commissioner Brandt, seconded by Commissioner Moran to approve the Planning Commission minutes of November 12, 1986, as submitted. Unanimously adopted. 6. BUSINESS Chairman Thornburgh introduced the item of business as follows: A. CONSIDERATION OF SIGN APPEAL - Appeal of Signage Conditions for Sign Approval No. 86-038; Applicant, George Balch - Roger Dunn Golf Shop, 78-267 Highway 111, La Quinta, CA. He called for the report from Staff. 1. Planning Director Murrel Crump advised the Commission that the Applicant had informed Staff by phone, with a letter request to follow, that he would be unable to attend this meeting and, therefore, has requested a continuance to the next meeting to be held December 9, 1986. 2. Commissioner Steding made a motion, seconded by _ Commissioner Walling, to grant a continuance regarding this matter to the next regular Planning Commission meeting to be held December 9, 1986. 7. OTHER Chairman Thornburgh introduced the first item of discussion as follows: A. Discussion of residential and non-residential uses in the High Density Land Use Designation. He called for the report from Staff. 1. Director Crump summarized this matter from information submitted in the Staff Report, a copy of which is on file in the Planning Department. He advised the Commission that they, as an advisory body, had the option to initiate an ordinance amendment that would - 2 - delete non-residential uses if any were believed inconsistent with the intent of the land use category or to further regulate certain activities by conditional use permit. Therefore, Staff would like a Commission consensus of the approach they wish to be taken. 2. After some discussion, it was the consensus of the Planning Commission to have Staff prepare a draft amendment to the current residential zones with the permitted uses portion to exclude those items noted by -- the Commission at this meeting. Also, the amendment should indicate, under the Conditional Use Permit category, other non-residential activities that are presently allowed. No motion was required. Chairman Thornburgh introduced the next item of discussion as follows: B. Identification of subjects/issues the Commission wants to discuss with the City Council at a formal Council/Commission retreat sometime in January, 1987. He called for a report from Staff. 1. Director Crump advised the Commission that the retreat may not occur in the month of January, but sometime within the next few months. He advised that this discussion is just to introduce the Commission to the subject so that they can start thinking of topics and issues to bring up at the retreat. 2. The Commission discussed this matter briefly stating they would submit the forms provided by Staff, with each of their suggested topics, at the next meeting. No motion required. -- Chairman Thornburgh introduced the next item of discussion as follows: C. Review of draft "Compact Car Parking Standards". He called for a report from Staff. 1. Director Crump reiterated that at the October 28th meeting discussion was raised concerning compact car parking standards and the appropriateness of estab- lishing the standards in our Municipal Land Use Ordinance. Staff, in doing some background research regarding this matter, found that only Palm Springs and the County in our immediate area have allowance for compact spaces; but neither establish a threshold or a minimum size parking lot before you can have compact spaces. Director Crump advised the Commission that Staff has drafted language for an amendment (a copy of which is in their agenda - 3 - packets) and the Commission has the discretion of selecting the numbers that might go into a text amendment should they elect to carry one forward. 2. During a brief discussion, the Commission chose the numbers they believed to be appropriate in a text amend- ment, with regard to minimum parking lot size before compact car parking spaces would be allowed and compact car stall dimensions. No motion required. Staff was to bring the amendment back to the Commission as a public - hearing item. Chairman Thornburgh introduced the last item of discussion as follows: D. Request for input on policy issue regarding street lights. He called for the report from Staff. 1. Director Crump advised the Commission that Staff has identified a need to have formal City policy on street lighting requirements. Policy questions are: - Does the City want to start requiring street lights along the right-of-way of public and/or private streets; and/or, - Does the City want to start requiring street lights at major intersections; or, - Does the City want street lights at all. Director Crump informed the Commission that it would be appropriate for them to offer comments on this subject for purposes of Council input. Council will subsequently consider this matter for specific policy direction. 2. After a brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Commission that there are different needs in different areas of the City and they felt perhaps the subject of lighting requirements should be brought to the Council/Commission retreat for review. No motion required. 8. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Walling, seconded by Commissioner Moran, to adjourn to a meeting on December 9, 1986, at 7:00 p.m., in La Quinta city Hall, 78-105 Calle Estado, La Quinta, California. This meeting of the La Quinta Planning Commission was adjourned at 8:35 p.m., November 25, 1986. - 4 -