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MINUTES
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
.A regular meeting held at the La Quinta City Hall
7.8-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA
January 11, 2000 7:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER
A. This meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order at 7:02 P.M. by
Chairman Kirk who asked Commissioner Tyler to lead the flag salute.
B. Present: Commissioners Jacques Abels, Richard Butler, Steve Robbins, Robert Tyler'
and Chairman Tom Kirk.
C. Staff present: Community Development Director Jerry Herman, City Attomey Dawn
Honeywell, Principal Planner Start Sawa, and Executive Secretary Betty Sawyer.
II. PUBLIC COMMENT: None.
III. CONFIRMATION OF THE AGENDA: Confirmed.
IV. CONSENT ITEMS: .
A. Chairman Kirk ~ked ifthere were any corrections to the Minutes of December 14,
1999. Commissioner Tyler asked that Page 3, Item #8 be amended to add
Commissioner Tyler; Page 4, Item 11 edit to note "the tracks would be emptying
their tanks". Commissioner Robbins asked that Page 9, Item 3 be corrected to state
"...the majority are 4,500 square feet." There being no further changes, it was mOved
and seconded by Commissioners Abels/Butler to approve the minutes as corrected.
Unanimously approved.
B. Department Report: None.
V. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Site Development Permit 99-653. Amendment #1; a request of KSL Desert Resorts,
Inc., for approval of a revised site, architectural and landscaping plan for a golf
course maintenance facility located within the Norman Golf Course, on the north side
' of Airport Boulevard between Madison Street and Monroe Street.
1. Chairman Kirk opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report.
Principal Planner Stan Sawa informed the Commission that this application
would be resubmitted at a later date concurrently with a Specific Plan
Amendment for the project. No action was taken by the Planning
Commission.
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B. Site Development Permit 99-663; a request °fKSL Land Holdings, Inc. for approval
of a 36 space parking lot for the PGA West Resort Clubhouse located on the north
side of PGA Boulevard at its southern terminus within PGA West.
1. Chairman Kirk opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report.
Principal Planner Start Sawa presented the information contained in the staff
report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
2. Chairman Kirk asked if there were any questions of staff. There being none,
Chairman Kirk asked if anyone would like to speak regarding this project.
3. There l~eing no discussion, Chairman Kirk closed the public participation
portion of the hearing and opened the issue for CommiSsion discussion.
4. There being no discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners
Robbins/Abels to adopt Planning Commission Resolution 2000-001
approving Site Development Permit 99-663, subject to the Findings and
Conditions of Approval as recommended.
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ROLL CALL: AYES: Commissioners Abels, Butler, Robbins, Tyler, and Chairman ~
Kirk. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None.
VI. BUSINESS ITEMS:
A. Site Development Permit 99-664; a request of Tiburon Homes, LLC for approval of
architectural plans for three new prototype residential plans located on the north side
of Airport Boulevard, east of Madison Street with the Norman Golf Course
1. Chairman Kirk opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report.
Principal Planner Stan Sawa presented the information contained in the staff
report, 'a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
2. Chairman Kirk asked if there were any questions of staff. Commissioner
Tyler asked if these homes would set the standard for future builders in
regard to compatibility. Community Development Director Jerry Herman
stated yes,.all other homes would be able to deviate by 10 percent either up
or down.
3. Commissioner Butler asked if the Commission had approved the design
guidelines for this tract. Staff stated yes they were approved by the
Commission as part of the Specific Plan and the homes would have to follow
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those guidelines. Commissioner Butler questioned if the two developments
being reviewed were contiguous. Principal Planner Stan Sawa stated no but
are within the same tract.
4. Commissioner Robbins asked if these houses, as approved first, were setting
the standard for size. City Attorney Dawn Honeywell stated the Commission
was approving the full range. The purpose of a compatibility review is for
a tract that is not completed. It does not apply to two developers building
within the same tract at the same time.
5. Chairman Kirk stated that when reviewing compatibility application you are
reviewing against a built product. Staff stated that was correct.
6. Commissioner Robbins stated one of his concerns was that in a golf course
community there is seldom a good pedestrian traffic circulation pattern.
People are almost always pushed into the street to walk. City Attorney Dawn
Honeywell stated that if it was a concern, the more appropriate time would
be under review of the pedestrian circulation plan in the Specific Plan.
7. Commissioner Tyler stated only one color palette had been received.
Principal Planner Start Sawa stated a condition could be added requiring the
proposed additional colors be submitted for approval.
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8. There be. ing no further questions of staff, Chairman Kirk asked if the anyone
would like to speak regarding this project. Mr. Forrest Haag, representing the
Medalist Home Builders, clarified that it was his understanding that a builder
had to comply with the approved design guidelines of the specific plan for
this course, and that it would not trigger any compatibility reviews in the
furore. In regard to pedestrian traffic, he went on to explain the traffic pattern
for the Medalist Group of homes he was designing.
9. Commissioner Butler asked Mr. Haag to consider side loaded garages during
their designing. Mr. Haag stated they were planning to have tree-lined
streetscape and the garages would be tamed on their sides to create an
interesting streetscape.
10. There being no further discussion, Chairman Kirk closed the public
participation and opened the issue for Commission discussion. He then
commended staff on the staff reports and asked if all repons in the future
could have the findings written out as in the staff report for Business Item
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11. There being no discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners
Tyler/Butler to adopt Planning Commission Resolution 2000-002 approving
Site Development Permit 99-664, subject to the Findings and Conditions of
Approval as amended, adding a requirement for staff approval of the
additional exterior colors.
ROLL CALL' AYES: Commissioners Abels, Butler, Robbins, Tyler, and Chairman
Kirk. NOES' None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None.
B. Site Development Permit 99-665; a request of Steven Walker Homes for approval of
architectural plans for three new prototype residential plans located on the north side
of Airport Boulevard, east of Madison Street with the Norman Golf Course.
1. Chairm.an Kirk opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report.
Principal Planner Stan Sawa presented the information contained in the staff
report, 'a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department. He noted a need t° revise the unit sizes in Condition # 1.
2. Chairman Kirk asked if there were any questions of staff. Commissioner
Robbins asked if the total square footage noted on the plans included the
garage, as the units appeared to be smaller. He also noted that the front view
on Plans 3A and 3B, the third garage appears to be set back from the main
garage and on Plan 3C it is a flat garage and the floor plan do not agree. Staff
suggested the applicant answer these questions.
3. Mr. Dan Beals, with Walker Homes and Marty Lopez, architect, stated the
unit size of each house as noted on the plans was for the living space only.
In regard to the Plan 3C he stated the doors are at the same plane.
4. There being no further discussion, Chairman Kirk closed the public
participation and opened the issue for Commission discussion.
5. There being no discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners
Butler/Abels to adopt Planning Commission Resolution 2000-003 approving
Site Dex;elopment Permit 99-665, subject to the Findings and Conditions of
Approval as recommended with the unit sizes being corrected in Condition
#1.
ROLL CALL: AYES: Commissioners Abels, Butler, Robbins, Tyler, and Chairman
Kirk. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None.
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VII. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL:
VIII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS' None
IX. ADJOURNMENT:
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There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Commissioner Abels/Robbins to
adjourn this regular meeting of the Planning Commission to the next regular meeting of the Planning
Commission to be held January 25, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting of the Planning Commission
was adjourned at 7:30 P.M. on January 11, 2000.
Respectfully submitted,
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City off'La Quinta, California
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