HomeMy WebLinkAbout24951RESOLUTION NO.24951
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CASE
5.1091-PDD 324, AN AMENDMENT TO FINAL
DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF PDD 324 TO ALLOW THE
REMOVAL OF THE SPA/FITNESS AND SOCIAL
ROOMS ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE
THOMPSON HOTEL AND TO REPLACE IT WITH
FOUR ADDITIONAL GUESTROOMS FOR A TOTAL OF
168 GUESTROOMS AT THE THOMPSON HOTEL
LOCATED AT 414 NORTH PALM CANYON DRIVE,
ZONE PDD 324/CBD.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY FIND
AS FOLLOWS:
A. On behalf of Hall Palm Springs II, SMS Architects ("Applicant") has filed an
application to amend the Final Development Plans for Planned Development District
324 with the City pursuant to Section 94.03.00(G) of the Zoning Code to allow the
removal of a Spa/fitness on the second level of the Thompson Hotel (formerly known as
the Andaz Hotel) and replace it with four (4) additional rooms for a total of 168
guestrooms hotel located at 414 North Palm Canyon Drive, Zone PDD 324/CBD.
B. On October 4, 2006, the City Council adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration
(MND) and approved Planned Development District 324 and a Vesting Tentative Tract
Map 34190, for the mixed -use development.
C. On September 1, 2011, a public meeting on Case No. 5.1091 PDD 324 was held
by the City Council in accordance with applicable law and approved an amendment to
Preliminary Planned Development Plans for the mixed -use development.
D. On April 2, 2014, a public meeting on Case No. 5.1019 PDD 24-AMND was held
by the City Council in accordance with applicable law for a proposed amendment to the
mixed -use project.
E. On July 24, 2021, the City Council approved an amended project for the hotel to
allow the addition of fourteen (14) guestrooms bringing the overall room count from 150
to 164 guestrooms.
F. On October 27, 2021, a public hearing on the proposed amendment was held by
the Planning Commission in accordance with applicable law.
G. On October 28, 2021, the City Council held a regularly scheduled meeting and
considered the proposed amendment in accordance with applicable law.
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H. On October 4, 2006, and September 7, 2011, the City Council adopted a
Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 2006109032 for the project. An updated
traffic study dated July 8, 2011, and a subsequent environmental analysis was
prepared under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
and a determination was made by the Planning Department that the amended project
will not result in any new additional impacts beyond those that were previously
identified and addressed and that adequate mitigation measures had already been
incorporated into the project. In this new assessment, staff has also concluded that the
MND covered all required issues under CEQA, including topics such as land use
policies, safety, aesthetics, biological resources, noise effects and traffic impacts
during construction and operation of the project. Based upon the record a
determination was made by the Planning Division that the amended project will not
result in any new additional impacts beyond those that were previously identified and
addressed.
I. The City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all the evidence
presented in connection with the hearing on the project, including, but not limited to,
the staff report, and all written and oral testimony presented and hereby finds as
follows.
1. The final development plan as amended, is in substantial conformance with the
preliminary development plan; the previously approved design and
development standards contained in PDD 324 will remain in effect; the
amendment will not include any new deviations from the development
standards and will be generally consistent with the original intent of the mixed -
use development. The relocation of the Spa/fitness and social rooms and
addition of four guestrooms will not result to any adverse impacts to the mixed -
use project; there is adequate parking to serve the development.
2. The final development plan, as amended, is in substantial conformance with all
other associated entitlements for the development; and the development
standards for the proposed amendment will be substantially in conformance
with the approved Planned Development District. The applicant is not seeking
for any deviations from the development standards such as setbacks, height,
and lot coverage. All these development standards will conform to the
previously approved development standards. There are no modifications being
proposed to the elevations; the overall appearance of the project on the North
Palm Canyon and North Indian Canyon Drive facade of the hotel will remain the
same.
3. The final development plan, as amended, incorporates all modifications and
conditions to the preliminary development plan as approved by the City Council.
Overall, the project remains consistent with its original vision; it is a mixed -use
development now consisting of a 168-room hotel, commercial/retail, and
restaurants. The project's original maximum height, overall mass, scale,
setbacks, and lower roof lines designed to preserve public views especially
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along Palm Canyon Drive will not be impacted by the proposed four rooms
addition. And finally, construction activities at the site have commenced by the
new owners since the last time the Council reviewed the previous amendment
to the project.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
That the findings and determinations reflected above are true and correct and are
incorporated by this reference herein as the cause and foundation for the action taken
by and through this Resolution. Based upon the foregoing, the City Council hereby
approves Case No. 5.1091 — PDD 324-AMND, an amendment to the previously
approved Final Development Plans for PDD 324 to allow the removal of a Spa/fitness
located on the second level and replace it with additional four (4) guestrooms for a total
of 168 guestrooms at the Thompson Hotel located at 414 North Palm Canyon Drive,
Zone PDD 324/CBD.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 28t" DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021.
JUSTIN C IFTON, CITY ANAGER
ATTEST:
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 24951 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on October 28, 2021, by the
following vote:
AYES-
Councilmembers Garner,
Mayor Holstege
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Kors, Woods, Mayor Pro Tern Middleton, and
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Springs, California, this '2.3r%) day of
A thony J. ejia, amity Clerk
City of Palm Spring , California