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Home My WebLink About17599 - RESOLUTIONS - 7/19/1991 I RESOLUTION NO. 17599 '> OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, ► CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT INCLUDING MODIFICATIONS TO THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND A LAND USE ELEMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED EAST AND WEST OF SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE BETWEEN MURRAY CANYON DRIVE AND ACANTO ROAD. (CASE 5.0576-GPA) WHEREAS Canyon Development Corporation has filed the Canyon Park Resort and Spa Specific Plan for a 350-room hotel, 50- ► room resort and spa, retail/commercial area, tennis complex, championship golf course, 350 single family residential units, up to 250 employee housing units, roadways and other public and private improvements: and WHEREAS the City has initiated a General Plan Amendment Study for the subject property; and WHEREAS the General Plan Amendment includes deleting Bogert Trail, a 60 foot collector roadway, adding Acanto Road, a 60 foot collector roadway, to the Circulation Element, deleting a Neighborhood Shopping Center and Neighborhood Park from the General Plan; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission has determined that the proposed General Plan Amendment described herein is necessary and desirable for the development of the community and is consistent will all elements of the General Plan and the net results of these changes are the redistribution of existing density and reorganization of allowable building massing and circulation systems; and WHEREAS, there is a reasonable probability that the General Plan Amendment will be consistent with the proposed general plan on file with the State of California Office of Planning . and Research in that ( i) the General Plan Amendment is consistent with the overall density and land use character of the existing General Plan which allows destination resorts in any residential designation provided the overall density set forth in the General Plan is not exceeded; ( ii) the existing General Plan (A) predicts the need for a single collector street access through the project area into the Andreas Hills area and this is being accomplished via the designation of Acanto Road as a 60-foot collector street, and (B) references the neighborhood shopping center and neighborhood park as floating designations that are not site specific; ( iii) both the existing General Plan and the proposed general plan identify the same uses for the for the subject property and the proposed general plan does not constitute a change from the overall land use character defined in the existing General Plan; and (iv) the General Plan Amendment has incorporated the concepts from the Jani-Jerde "Vision Report" citing the need for world-class destination projects in the Canyon "Luxury" Sphere, the site of the proposed project, which concepts are incorporated into the proposed general plan; and WHEREAS there is little or no probability the General Plan Amendment will be detrimental to or interfere with the future adopted general plan if the General Plan Amendment is > ultimately inconsistent with that future adopted plan, in i that due to the resort/residential character of the environs in and surrounding the subject property, there is no possibility that alternative land uses such as commercial or industrial could be considered for the subject property and that the only possible alternative General Plan consideration for the subject property would be higher or lower density than that proposed even in the event of a differing density, there is little probability that: the project would be detrimental to or interfere in any, way with the future adopted General Plan; and WHEREAS the environmental impacts of the proposed General Plan Amendment are described in the Final. FIR and the City Council has considered the information contained in the Final EIR in making its decision; and WHEREAS the City Council has adopted a Statement of •. Facts and Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring Program for the subject: General Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission has held a public hearing in accordance with State and local law: ,and WHEREAS the Planning Commission has recommended approval of the General Plan Amendment described herein; and WHEREAS the City Council is in agreement with the Planning Commission. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, as follows: SECTION 1. That the General Plan is hereby amended as follows: 1. Delete Bogert Trail, a 60 foot collector roadway, from the General. Plan Circulation Element . 2 . Add Acanto Road, a 60 foot collector roadway, between South Palm Canyon Drive and Bogert Trail to ' the General Plan Circulation Element. 3. Delete the Neighborhood Shopping Center designation (floating dot) from the General Plan Land Use Map. 4. Delete the Neighborhood Park (floating dot) designation from the General Plan. , 5. Amend the General Plan and adding the Specific ]Plan to the Land Use Element and Map and adopting Exhibits 1, 2 and 3 . SECTION 2. That the City Council hereby finds and determines as follows: 1. That the General Plan Amendment stated in Section 1 above is consistent with the existing General Plan, in that ( i) the Planning Commission has reviewed the General Plan Amendment and determined that it is consistent with the existing General Plan and with all elements thereof, including the General Plan goals of (A) ensuring the economic viability of all sectors of the economy (commercial, land values, employment, etc. ) , (B) ensuring the future tourist economy, (C) ' 1 development of recreational amenities (golf, tennis, horse trails, hiking trails, bike trails) , (D) creation of open space (visual and hillside retention) , (E) ensuring adequate flood control facilities, (F) development of a fire station for ► the vicinity, and (G) development of quality housing opportunities including on-site housing for hotel staff; ( ii) the overall density and land use character of the existing General Plan in this vicinity allows the contemplated project on the subject property, including the density and overall intensity of the project, in that destination resorts are allowed by the General Plan in any residential designation provided the overall density set forth in the General Plan is not exceeded; and ( iii) the General Plan Amendment is consistent with and assists the implementation of ► the General Plan policies with respect to the subject property. ,. 2 . That there is a reasonable probability that the General Plan Amendment will be consistent with the proposed general plan on file with the State of California Office of Planning and Research in that ( i ) the General Plan Amendment is consistent with the overall density and land use character of the existing General Plan which allows destination resorts in any residential designation provided the overall density set forth in the General Plan is not exceeded; ( i.i) the existing General Plan (A) predicts the need for a single collector street access through the project area into the Andreas Hills area and this is being accomplished via the designation of Acanto Road as a 60-font collector street, and (B) references the neighborhood shopping center and neighborhood park as floating designations that are not site specific; ( iii) both the existing General Plan and the proposed general plan identify the same uses for the for the subject property and the proposed general plan does not constitute a change from the overall land use character and policies defined in the existing General Plan; and ( iv) the General Plan Amendment has incorporated the concepts from the Jani-Jerde "Vision Report" citing the need for world-class destination projects in the Canyon "Luxury" Sphere, the site of the proposed project, which concepts are incorporated into the proposed i general plan. 3 . That there is little or no probability the General Plan Amendment will be detrimental to or interfere with the future adopted general plan if the General Plan Amendment is ultimately inconsistent with that future adopted plan, in that due to the resort/residential character of the environs in and surrounding the subject property, there is no possibility that alternative land uses such as commercial or industrial could be considered for the subject property and that the only possible alternative General Plan consideration for the subject property would be higher or lower density than that proposed even in the event of a differing density, there is little probability that the project would be detrimental to or interfere in any way with the future adopted ► General Plan. ADOPTED this 19th day of duly 1991 . AYES: Councilmembers Broiclh, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono NOES: None ' ABSENT: None / ATTEST: CITY =�P G C4�IFORNIA City Clerk ty Man fger REVIEWED & APPROVED:��_�th},ii _ 8/394/014084-0022/003 w r R17599 - EXHIBIT 1 General Plano Text Specific Plana #1 - Canyon Park Resort and Spa The effect of Specific Plana #1, Canyon Park Resort and Spa is to redistribute approximately 1,000 hotel and housing units over the 746 acre area effected by the Specific Plan. The details of the land use and development standards including intensities are as shown in the documents that constitute Specific Plan #I. The goal of this Planning document is to facilitate the creation of a world class destination resort including a mid-rise hotel , a deluxe spa facility, a championship golf • course, estate housing, employee housing, with all necessary infrastructure. 1 , I z V EXHIBIT 2 `n r. �I S L2 1 L4 0 ! lie� /. 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