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Home My WebLink About16984 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/3/1990 RESOLUTION NO. 16984 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING REVISED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT #185, CASE 5,0421 , TO ALLOW PHASED REDEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE DESERT HOSPITAL AND RELATED HEALTH CARE USES ON 25.69 ACRES BOUNDED GENERALLY BY INDIAN AVENUE, MEL AVENUE, VIA MIP,ALESTE & TACHEVAH DRIVE, R-2/R-4 ZONES, SECTION 11 , WHEREAS the City Council approved Planned Development District #185, a ` redevelopment and expansion plan for the existing Desert Hospital campus at 1150 N. Indian Avenue, on November 18, 1987; and WHEREAS application has been received from Desert Hospital Corp. for a revised M redevelopment and expansion plan; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission has recommended approval of the application including the revised preliminary phased master plan, after holding public hearings in accordance with ordinance procedures; and it WHEREAS the City Council is in agreement with the recommendation of the Planning Commission. 4 NOW THEREFORE BE 11' RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California„ does hereby approve Planned Development District No. 185, as revised, based on the following findings and subject to the following conditions: FINDINGS I . That the hospital expansion program is necessary and desirable for serving the continuing health care needs of the community, is in harmony with the objectives of the General Plan and is not detrimental to existing uses. 2. That the 26.4—acre site is adequate in size and configuration to accommodate the expansion program and all property development standards in order to adjust the Hospital to the neighborhood. V 3. That a planned development district in lieu of a change of zone to "P" is necessary in order to maintain the specialized nature of this hospital campus. • 4. That the project is located on Indian Avenue, Tacheva'n Drive and Via ` Miraleste, all of which are required to be fully improved in order to carry the type and quantity of traffic generated by the Hospital at full buildout with the required mitigation measures. 5. That the visual impact of the high—rise portions of the Hospital is not significant even with reduced setbacks, 6. That the establishment of a permanent helipad in the southwest quadrant of the hospital campus will not create any new noise conflicts with surrounding residential properties. 7. That the proposed conditions are deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the surrounding community. r S CONDITIONS ' 1 . All Development Committee conditions (August 28, 1989) shall be complied with. 2. All mitigation measures of the Environmental Assessment shall be complied with: as The provisions of Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code blowsand abatement measure, as amended by the City, shall be complied with. b. The helipad shall be used for emergency trauma patients only. A flight operations plan including routing, glide path ratio, height, and location shall be submitted with final development plans and this , plan shall receive all necessary approvals from appropriate governmental agencies. The helipad operations shall proceed for one year and then be subject to review for continued operation by the � City Council at the end of that time on the impacts to the neighborhood, usage, etc. " M c. As a critical facility, the planning and design of facilities on this site shall take into account the likelihood of an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on both the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. c d. Desert Hospital will upgrade the existing traffic signal at; Indian ` Avenue and Tachevah Drive from 2 phases to 8 phases to allow for protected left turning movement at which time the left turning warrant improvements are met. A. Desert Hospital will participate in the cost of the installation of a traffic signal at Via Miraleste and Tachevah Drive when warrants are met, at a percentage of cost that relates to the percentage of impact from the hospital generated at this intersection at time of warrant. ' Desert Hospital will participate in the cost of the installation of a traffic signal at Avenida. Caballeros and Tachevah Drive when warrants are met, at a percentage of cost that relates to the percentage of impact from the hospital generated at this intersection at time of warrant. e. The parking along the following streets shall be removed to provide adequate capacity for the traffic volumes that will be generated by this project: V Via Miraleste — Tachevah Drive to Mel Avenue Tachevah Drive — Indian Avenue to Avenida Caballeros Mel Avenue — Indian Avenue to Ilia Miraleste , Avenida Palos Verdes -- Paseo el Mirador to Mel Avenue F The timing of removal shall be determined by the City°s Traffic Engineer. f. All driveway openings shall be installed a minimum of 200 feet apart and shall be constructed per City Standard Drawing #205 and shall be a minimum of 32 feet -in width with a 25—foot radius return. 3. The open space requirement of 40% for professional complexes shall be required of this project. Areas which contain decorative paving, as well as the E1 Mirador project, may be used to satisfy this requirement. , 4. All parking areas/structures shall be setback from the property line a distance of 25 feet along all street frontages. r 4 1 %1 5. As this project is a phased development, the required off—site improvements shall be constructed in conjunction with on—site development as follows: ao Parking Lot "D": Construct- 8' sidewalk on Indian Ave. adjacent to Parking Lot "D'e b. Oncology, Radiology, Parking Cot "D" or the Nelipa.d: Construct curb, gutter and sidewalk, and construct as—street improvements on Tachevah Dr. c, Parking Lot "A": Construct 8' sidewalk and '—street improvements on ` Paseo el Mirador< do Engineerinq Building or Parking Lot "C": Construct z—street " improvements, curb, gutter, sidewalks and safety lights on Ave. Palos Verdes, Mel Ave. and Via Miraleste. 6. The required preliminary landscaping plan shall include a street tree program and shall define major pedestrian walkways with trees, pergolas and/or other, similar elements. 7. The parking structures shall be designed to reduce their apparent bulk and height, ADOPTED this 3rd day of January 1990. AYES: Couniclmembers Apfelbaum, Broich, Foster, Neel and Mayor Bono NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA t By C'ity,Clerk City Manager P REVIEWED & APPROVED: ° � A"- io a v