HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 2A - Applicant PresentationPalm Springs Self Storage
Planning Commission Hearing
July 22, 2025 | Agenda Item 2.A
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Established in 2013, 1784 Holdings is committed to establishing the highest standards
in the storage industry through state-of-the-art construction,
upscale architectural design, professional management, and enhanced security.
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DEMAND IS HIGH FOR SELF STORAGE AND RV STORAGE
Demand for alternative
modes of travel /
accommodations increased
during Pandemic, and
remains high
RV demand increases with
new housing development
Many residential
neighborhoods prohibit
RV storage
Palm Springs is a gateway
to world-class
recreational areas
Local Residents
Local Businesses
Community Groups
People Working from Home
Real Estate Agents
Construction Businesses
Home Stagers
Sales Reps
Sports Teams
Freelancers
Self Storage Users
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THIS IS THE OPTIMAL LOCATION TO MEET DEMAND
Ramon Rd
Project Site
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AIRPORT LAND USE COMPATIBILITY PLAN
Zone C
Extended Approach/Departure Zone
Zone B1
Inner Approach/Departure Zone
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SITE PLAN
Self Storage Building
(2 Stories / 30’ / 90,468 SF)
41 RV Spaces with
Screen Wall and Gates
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Loading
Bays
Office
Caretaker
Unit
District Center Drive
Gene Autry Trail
No Development
Proposed at This Time
8 Parking Spaces Gated RV
Access
Gated RV
Access
Main Vehicular
Access
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CONSISTENT WITH ALL M-1-P ZONING STANDARDS
Standard Required / Allowed Proposed Consistent?
Use (M-1-P Zone)Mini-warehouse Mini-warehouse YES
Lot Area Min. 60,000 SF 194,498 SF YES
Lot Dimensions Width: 200 feet
Depth: 200 feet
Width: 703 feet
Depth: 270 feet YES
Floor Area Ratio
(“FAR”)
0.5 FAR
(97,249 SF)
0.47 FAR
(90,468 SF)YES
Height / Stories 40 feet 30 feet / 2 stories YES
Yards/Setbacks
25 feet – west
20 feet – north
25 feet – east
20 feet – south
29 feet – west
20 feet – north
58 feet – east
220 feet – south
YES
Walls/Fences 8 feet max 8 feet YES
Parking 8 spaces (6 for storage, 2 for
caretaker’s unit)8 spaces YES
Caretaker’s Unit 1,000 SF max 945 SF YES 7
ELEVATIONS
West
Facing Gene
Autry Trail
East
Facing District
Center Drive
North
South
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VIEWS FROM GENE AUTRY TRAIL
View Southeast
View Northeast
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VIEWS FROM DISTRICT CENTER DRIVE
View Southwest
View Northwest
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SCREEN WALL
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DESIGN DETAILS
Comparable Project
Comparable Project
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN DETAILS
Desert Ironwood Blue Palo Verde
Foxtail Agave
Velvet Mesquite
Purple Sage
California Fan Palm
Yellow BellsGregg’s Ash
Trailing Indigo Bush
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PROJECT BENEFITS
•Provides a service that is in very high demand in Palm Springs at an appropriate location with
airport-adjacent occupancy restrictions
•Applicant sets the industry’s highest standards for operations, management, design, construction,
and security
•Enhances a long-vacant site with high quality architecture and landscaping that will encourage
future economic development in the largely undeveloped vicinity
•Does not generate significant trips, noise, pollution, and odors associated with other types of
industrial uses
•Generates jobs associated with operation, maintenance, and construction of project
•Provides additional tangible benefits to City through permitting and development impact fees
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THANK YOU 15
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP
Site of Major Development Permit
Future Development Area
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE
Goal LU1: A balanced pattern of land uses that complements the location and character of existing uses, offers opportunities for the
intensification of key targeted sites, enhances environmental sustainability, and has positive economic results.
Policy LU7.1: Encourage a diversity of high-quality commercial uses, attractive to both the resident and the visitor, including retail,
entertainment, cultural, and food sales, in appropriate areas of the City.
Policy LU11.1: Accommodate land uses in the areas surrounding the airport that are economically supportive of, of related to, the
airport activities and that are developed in a manner that minimize negative impacts to existing adjacent land uses.
Policy CD7.2: Select plant species that will: (a) enhance the pedestrian character and convey a distinctive and high-quality visual
image for the City’s streets, (b) be drought tolerant and fire and pest resistant, (c) require low maintenance and no pesticides, and
(d) complement existing landscape.
Policy CD14.4: Prevent long and monotonous walls and fencing through undulation, modulation, surface articulation, and
landscaping.
Policy CD27.3: Encourage the use of high-quality materials and materials that are appropriate for the desert climate.
Goal CD32: Create more intensive high-quality development and streetscape improvements along the Gene Autry Trail corridor.
Policy CD32.1: Encourage the development of quality commercial, office, and industrial uses and business parks along Gene Autry
Trail.
Policy CD27.1: Design new structures in architectural styles that reflect the City’s diversity and creativity yet are compatible in scale
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REQUESTS
The Applicant proposes the following:
•A Major Development Permit, pursuant to Palm Springs Zoning Code (“PSZC”) Section
94.04.01.B.2, for the development of a mini-warehouse facility with an indoor, climate-
controlled self-storage building and outdoor recreational vehicle (“RV”)/boat storage spaces
•A Tentative Parcel Map to create a single ground parcel and two commercial condominium
airspace units, pursuant to PSMC Section 9.62.015. The south airspace unit will encompass
the proposed mini-warehouse facility with an indoor, climate-controlled self-storage building
and outdoor RV/boat storage spaces. The north airspace unit will be for future development.
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