HomeMy WebLinkAbout2092ORDINANCE NO. 2092
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN PALM
SPRINGS SPECIFIC PLAN TO FACILITATE THE VACATION OF A
PORTION OF MUSEUM WAY BETWEEN BELARDO ROAD AND
MUSEUM DRIVE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PERMANENT
INSTALLATION OF THE "FOREVER MARILYN" STATUE AT THAT
LOCATION, PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION
9215(a). •
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by the California Elections Code, a
petition has been filed with the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, seeking to enact
an initiative measure which would amend the Downtown Palm Springs Specific Plan to
facilitate the vacation of a portion of Museum Way between Belardo Road and Museum
Drive in order to facilitate the permanent installation of the "Forever Marilyn" statue at that
location, (the "Measure" or "Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Califo�nia Elec tions Code section 9215, an initiative .
petition must be in filed with the City in valid form and signed by not less than ten percent
(10%) of the registered voters of the City in order to qualify the Measure for the ballot;
and
' WHEREAS, according to Riverside County voter records, the. minimum signature
requirement in order to qualify the Measure for the ballot is 2,886 registered City voters;
and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk, through the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, has
certified that the form of the petition complies with California law and, based upon an
examination of voter registration records, has ascertained that the petition is signed by
the req uisite number of voters to qualify the Measure for the ballot under the Elections
Code;and
WHEREAS, this Measure's/Ordinance's proponents have completed all other
necessary prerequisite steps qualify and place it on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, since this Ordinance has qualified for placement on the ballot,
. pursuant to California Elections Code section 9215, the City Council is legally required to
either (i) adopt this Ordinance without alteration, or (ii) submit it to the voters at its next
regularly scheduled election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of
election or at a special election pursuant to Elections Code Section 1405; and
WHEREAS, in lieu of placing the Measure/Ordinance on the ballot, the City
Council has voted to adopt it without alteration.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. TITLE. This initiative measure shall be known and may be cited as Ithe "Forever Marilyn Permanent Installation Initiative" ("Initiative").
SECTION 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
A.Findings. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs ("City") finds as
follows:
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In March of 2021, the City issued a written determination to
temporarily close Museum Way, between Belardo Road and
Museum Drive, to allow for the temporary installation of the Forever
Marilyn Statue.
The City entered into a Temporary Encroachment and License
Agreement with, a local non-profit corporation that promotes tourism
in the City and is the current owner of the Forever Marilyn Statue,
which only allows for the temporary installation of the Forever Marilyn
Statue.
Private citizens, residents, and businesses of the City have invested
over one million dollars to procure, install, promot_e and maintain
Forever Marilyn in Downtown Palm Springs, in order to support Palm
Springs as one of the world's premier resort destinations. The City's
General Plan has iden tified the goal of continuing to make Palm
Springs a premier internationally recognized resort and visitor
destination as one of the City's priorities.
The location of the Forever Marilyn Statue on Museum Way,
between Belardo Road and Museum Drive has afforded members of
the public, easy access and opportunity to view and experience the
statue and has drawn numerous people to the City's Art Museum,
City destinations,. and businesses located nearby and has marketed
the City throughout the world as people share their images of Forever
Marilyn on social media. A photograph of the Forever Marilyn Statue
in its aforementioned present location is attached hereto as Exhibit
B.
The subject portion of Museum Way that is sought to be permanently
vacated is not included in the General Plan's Circulation Plan (GP
Figure 4.1) and therefore a permanent vacation would be consistent
with the General Plan's circulation element.
The installation of the Forever Marilyn Statue provides opportunities
for pedestrian and bicycle circulation and access to the mixed uses
within the Downtown Palm Springs Specific Plan area, and the
permanent installation of the Forever Marilyn Statue by the
permanent vacation of Museum Way between Belardo Road and
Museum Drive will strengthen conti_nuing pedestrian and bicycle
circulation, along with continuing the presence of the vibrant and
attractive gathering place that the statue has created as
demonstrated by the thousands who have visited the statue's current
location on Museum Way adding to the appeal of the City and
enhancing the local economy since 2021.
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B.Purpose. The pu rpose of this Initiative is to amend the Downtown Palm
Springs Specific Plan to facilitate the permanent installation of the Forever
Marilyn Statue in its current location on Museum Way between Belardo
Road and Museum Drive by facilitating the City Council's permanent
vacation of said portion of Museum Way. The intended street vacation
would occur only after the conduct of proceedings as required by law and
the exercise of discretion by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS SPECIFIC
PLAN. The City Council hereby amends the City of Palm Springs' Downtown Palm
Springs Specific Plan as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference (new language to be inserted into the Downtown Palm Springs Specific Plan is
shown as BOLD and underlined text, language to be deleted is shown in strikethrau§h
telff, text in regular type reflects the existing text and is provided for
informational/reference purposes).
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any provision, section, paragraph, sentence,
phrase, or word of this initiative is rendered or declared invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional
by any final action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive
legislation, such unconstitutionality illegality or invalidity shall only affect such provision,
section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, or word and shall not affect or impair any remaining
provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words, or the application of the
initiative to any other person or circumstance, and to that end, the provisions her�of are
severable. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the initiative
would have been adopted had such unconstitutional illegal or invalid prqvision, section,.
paragraph, sentence, phrase, or word not been included herein. •• •
SECTION 5. LI BERAL CONSTRUCTION. This Initiative shall be liberally
construed to effectuate its purposes.
SECTION 6. LEGAL DEFENSE. If challenged _in court of competent jurisdiction,
the City shall defend the Initiative in such court of competent jurisdiction. The City Council
hereby declares that the proponent(s) of the Initiative have a direct and personal stake in
defending the Initiative from constitutional or statutory challenges to the initiative's validity
or implementation . .In the event the City fails to defend the Initiative, or the City fails to
appeal an adverse judgment against this Initiative, in whole or in part, in any court of
competent jurisdiction, the Initiative's proponent(s) shall be entitled to assert their direct
personal ·stake by defending the Initiative's validity and implementation in any court of
competent jurisdiction and shall be empowered by the people through this Initiative to act
as agents of the people of the City, and the City shall indemnify the proponent(s) for
reasonable attorneys' fees.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENT. The City Council is authorized to amend any aspect
of this Initiative as long as the amendment furthers the purposes of the Initiative.
Pursuant to California Elections Code section 9217, no other amendments may be made
to this Initiative without another vote of the People of Palm Springs
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SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section I9215(a), the City Council hereby adopts this initiative Ordinance and it shall go into effect
thirty (30) days after adoption.
SECTION 9. CEQA. The City Council hereby finds and determines that adoption
of this Ordinance is not a discretionary action of the City Council within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines and is, therefore, not subject to CEQA review. See, Tuolumne Jobs and Small Business
Alliance v. Superior Court, (2014) 59 Cal.4th 1029.
SECTION 10. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and cause publication to occur in a newspaper of general circulation which is
published and circulated in the City in a manner permitted under State law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS
4TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023.
B PREE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
� GRACE ELENA GARNER
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
CERTIFICATION
ss.
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 2092 is a full, true, and correct copy, and adopted at a special meeting of
the City Council held on December 4, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers deHarte, Holstege, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern Bernstein
Mayor Garner
None
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and af fixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this day of December 023.
BREN PREE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
EXHIBITS A AND B
TEXT OF DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT AND
PHOTO OF FOREVER MARILYN STATUE
EXHIBIT A
TEXT OF AND PRO,POSED
AM'ENDMENTS TO THE
DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS
SPECIFIC PLAN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I.INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... I-1 A. Authority and Scope .......................................................................................................... I-2 B. Project Location ............................................................................................................. , .. I-4 C. Project Description ............................................................................................................ 1-4 D. CEQA Co mpliance ........................................................... , ................................................ I-6 II.LAND USE ..............•........................................................................................................ Ilal A. Current Land Use and Zoning Designations ......................................................... ,, ......... 11-l B. Land Use Concept ........................................................................................................... .11-2 C. Specific Plan Land Uses ................................................................ : .................................. 11-6 D. Design Principles ........... : .................................................................................................. 11-9 E.Special Provisions ................. , ... , ......... , .................... , ......... , ...................... , ..•..... , ....•.. , ..... 11•9 !. Design Statements .•......... -........... .-...........•............................•.........................•....... II.IO III.DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ..... :, .......................................... Ill-I A. Putpose ........................................................................................................................... III-I B. Land Use Districts ................ .-......................................................................................... 111-1 C. Uses ................................................................................................................................ III-4 I.Allowable Uses ....... .-.............................................................................................. 111-4 2.Similar Uses ........................................................................................................... III-8 3.Prohibited Uses ...................................................................................................... III-8 D. Development Standard s ........................... , ...................................................................... III-9 E.Land Use Regulations .................................................................................................. III-I I I. Ground :Floor Use Limitations ............................................................................. III-I I 2.Maximum Building Square Footage ................................................................... III-12 3.Projections Above Maxi mum Building Height .............................................. : .... III-13 4.Projections Over Street Sidewalks ....................................................................... III-14 -5. Outdoor Uses on the Sidewalk ...................... , ..................................................... 111-14 6.Building Articulation ........................... : ............................................................... III-14 7.Walls and Fences ............................................................................................... ,. III-14 8.Parking and Loading Requirements .................................................................... III-I 5 9.Tra�h Enclosures·····················: ............ , ......................... _ ..................................•.. 111-17I 0. S1gnage ............................................................................................................ III-17 F.Design Guidelines ........................................................................................................ III-17 1.Architecture ......................... _. ...•.......... , ................................................................ 111-17 2.Connect ivity, Streetscapes, Open Spaces ............................................................ 111-23 3.Landscaping ......................................................................................................... 111-30 4.Street Furniture, Lighting and Art ....................................... : ............................... III-35 G. Green Building and Energy Efficiency ........................................................................ III-37 IV.INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... IV-1 A. Introduction ................................................................................... : ................................ IV-l B. Roadways .................................................................................... _. ..................... , ........... , IV-4 1.Palm Canyon Drive ............................................................................................... IV-5 2.Indian Canyon Drive ............................................................................................. IV-5 3.Tahquitz Canyon Way :: ............................................. ,-.. , ....................................... IV05
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City of Palm Springs Downtown Palm Springs Specific Plan 4.Belardo Road ................. , ....................................................................................... IV c6 5.Andreas Road .............................................................. : ............................... , ......... IV•6 6.Mus!)um Drive ....................................................................................................... lV-6 7.Museum Way ...................................................... , .................................................. IV-6 7.Private Drives/Internal Access .............................................................................. IV-6 C. Bicycle Routes ................................................................................................................ IV-8 D. Public Facilities and Utilities , ........................................................................................ IV-9 1.Domestic Water• ..................................................................................................... IV-9 2.Sanitary Sewer ..... , ..................................................................... ; ......................... IV-10 3.StormDrains ...................................................... , ................................................. IV-13 4.Natural Gas .. : ....................................................................................................... IV-13 5.Electric Service .......................................................................... , ......................... IV-i3 (i, Telephone Service ................. _ ..................................... , ......... : ......................... , .... iV-13 7.Cable Television ........................ , ......................................................................... IV-13 V.ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................... V-1 A. Application Review Process ................. , .......................................................................... V-1 I.Application Requirements and Process .................................................................. V-1 2.Conformity Review Procedure ............................................................................... V-3 B.Specific Plan Amendments ............................................................................................. V-4 C. Phasing ............................................................................................................................ V-4 D. Financing ................................................................................................................ : ........ V-5 ·List of Tables'Table I-1 Specific Plan Blocks ..................................................................................................... 1-5 Table Ill-1 Allowable Uses ....................................................................................................... lll-5 Table lll-2 Development Standards ................ , .................................. ,.: .................................... III-9 Table lll-3 .Maximum Allowable Square Footage .................................................................. lll-13 Table lll-4 Parking Requirements ........................................................................................ _ ... lll-16 Table III-5 Landscape Palette .................................................................................................. III-33 Table IV-1 Minimum Parkway Widths ..................................................................................... IV-5 List of Exhibits Exhibit 1-1 Regional Map ...................................................................................................... , ...... l-7 Exhibit 1-2 Vicinity Map .............................................................................................................. 1-8 Exhibit II-1 General Plan Land Use Designations ..................................................................... ll-4 Exhibit 11-2 Existing Zoning Designations ................................................................................. 11-5 Exhibit II-3 Current Site Plan ..................................................................................................... ll-8 Exh ibit lll-1 Blocks ...................................................................... : ............................................ III-3 Exhibit lll-2 Architectural Treatments .............. , ..................................................................... lll-;22 Exhibit lll-3 Block E -Park ....................... ; ............. , ............................. ; ........ .' ....................... 111-26 I
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