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Home My WebLink About18276 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/19/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18276 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (CASE 5. 0576-PDD- 217A) WITHIN THE CANYON PARK RESORT AND SPA SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT AREA FOR A 340 ACRE AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF MURRAY CANYON DRIVE, NORTH OF ACANTO WAY AND EAST AND WEST OF SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE, W--R•-1-•A, W-R-1-B, R-I-A, R- 1-B, 0-20, W ZONES, PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 34, 35 AND 36 WHEREAS Canyon Development has submitted an application for an amendment to the City Council approved Canyon Park Resort Hotel and Spa Specific Plan #1 (approved', in July of 1.991) , pursuant to Government Code Section 65450, entailing the same boundaries and acreage total (746 acres) as in. Specific Plan #1;; and WHEREAS the proposed amendment to the Specific Plan :includes 340 acres owned or controlled by Canyon Development and 406 acres owned or controlled by various other parties„ and WHEREAS Canyon Development has failed an application with the City pursuant to Section 9402 . 00 of the Zoning Ordinance for a Preliminary Planned Development District for a 1, 250, 000 square foot resort hotel and spa. entailing 400 guest rooms, a 91, 800 square foot retail and restaurant complex, 460 single and multi- family residential units, an 18--hole golf course and golf clubhouse, a tennis complex,, roadway improvements, flood control facilities and other public., and private improvements; and WHEREAS the residential component includes estate homes ranging from 3 , 500 to 8,000 square feet, residential villas, both detached and attached units,, ranging from 2,500 to 3 , 500 square feet. and 60 multi-family affordable housing units; and WHEREAS the hotel, retail and restaurant complex, tennis complex, the estate homes, a small portion of 'the residential villas, golf course and flood control facilities will be located in the lower portion of the alluvial fan west. of South Palm Canyon Drive; and WHEREAS the majority of the single and multi-fa�mil.y residential dwelling units and the golf course and golf club house will be located east of South Palm Canyon Drive; and WHEREAS Canyon Development has; also filed applications for a General Plan Amendment and a Development Agreement relating to the Canyon Park Resort Hotel and Spa Planned Development District; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission at its December 22, 1993, meeting voted in favor (4-1; 1 abstention; 1 absent) of the Planned Development District; and WHEREAS notice of a public hearing of the City Celuncil of the City of Palm Springs to consider the Applicant's applications for the Planned Development District 217A and the: above mentioned applications for a General Plan Amendment, an Amendment to Specific Plan #1 and a Development Agreement; and, WHEREAS in July of 1991 the City Council certified The Canyon ' Redevelopment Plan and Canyon Park Resort and Spa Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report, adopted a Statement of Fact and Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and WHEREAS the proposed Planned Development District (and other related applications) is considered a "project" pursuant to the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and a Negative Declaration has been prepared for the Canyon Parr. Resort and Spa Hotel amended projects and has been distributed for public review and comment in accordance with CEQA; and WHEREAS pursuant to the Negative Declaration prepared for the project, stating that the proposed project will not have a significant negative impact on the environment and will not create any further impacts beyond those analyzed in the Final EIR for the Canyon Park Resort Hotel and Spa Specific Plan #1; and WHEREAS the City Council, pursuant to Government Code Section 65863 . 6, has considered the effect of this Planned Development District, PDD-217A, on the housing needs of the region in which Palm Springs is situated and has balanced these needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental resources; the project approval embodied herein, moreover, represents a balance of thesis_ respective needs which is most consistent with the City's obligation pursuant to its police powers to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence presented in- connection with the hearing on the project, including but not limited to the staff report and the environmental data including the Environmental Analysis. THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Pursuant to CEQA, the City Council finds as follows: a. The final Negative Declaration has been completed in compliance with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines and the City's CEQA procedures. The City Council has independently reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative Declaration and finds that it adequately discusses the significant environmental effects of the proposed project (including the proposed PDD-217A, General Plan Amendment, Amendment to Specific Plan #1 and the Development Agreement) , and that, on the basis of the initial study and comments received during the public review process, there is no ' substantial evidence that there will be any new significant adverse environmental effects as a result of the approval of this project because mitigation measures identified in the Negative Declaration and the previous Final EIR have been incorporated into the project which mitigate any potential significant environmental effects to a point acceptable within the community. The mitigation measures are adopted in the Conditions of Approval of this project as outlined in Exhibit A (as on file in the Office of the City Clerk) of this Resolution. The City Council further finds that the Negative Declaration reflects its independent judgement. b. The Negative Declaration adequately covers the current project proposal such that no impacts will result from the amended project and that no additional impacts will result which were not already addressed in the Final EIR and the adopted Statement of Facts and Findings and Statement of overriding considerations for the for the approved Canyon Park Resort Hotel and Spa Specific Plan #1. C. The Mitigation Monitoring Program is in compliance with Public Resources Code Section 21081. 6 and is required in order to assure compliance with the above referenced mitigation measures during project implementation. These mitigation measures are referenced in the Conditions of Approval of this project as outlined in Exhibit A (as on file in the Office of ' the City Clerk) of this Resolution. Section 2: Pursuant to Section 9403 . 00 of the Zoning Ordinance, the City Council finds that: a. The uses applied for at the locations set forth in the application are properly ones for which a Planned Development district is authorized by the City's Zoning Ordinance. b. The economic and fiscal benefit of the project, provision of jobs, the augmentation to the City's housing stock and recreational opportunities, the improvements to Murray Canyon Road, South Palm Canyon Drive, Bogert Trail and Acanto Way and to flood control facilitates and preservation of open space and biological resources Res.No. 18276 Page 3 on the project site all constitute desirable results of this proposal and desirable imparts on the development of the community. C. The project will implement 'the City"s General Plan goals for the Canyon Park area which is to emphasize the development; of a destination resort and residential enclaves. d. The site for the intended uses is adequate in size and shape to accommodate said uses, including yards, setbacks, wall, or fences, landscaping and other features required in order to adjust said uses to those existing or permitted future uses of the land in the neighborhood. e. The site for the proposed uses relates to streets and highways properly designed and improved 'to carry the type: and quantity of traffic to be generated by the proposed uses such that the project will improve or contribute to the improvement of Murray Canyon Drive, South Palm Canyon Drive, Bogert Trail and Acanto Way. f. The conditions to be imposed as contained in Exhibit A (as on file in the Office of the City Clerk) and the Mitigation Monitoring Program are deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare, including any minor modifications to property development standards of the different zones. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, The City Council hereby approves 'the Planned Development District 5.0576-PD-217A, subject to those conditions set forth in the attached Exhibit A (as on file in the Office of the City Clerk) , which are to be satisfied prior to the issuance of cert:ific:ates• of occupancy unless otherwise specified, and hereby adopts and orders the filing of the Final Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Programs. ' ADOPTED this 19th _day of- January , 1994. AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons„ Re'Iler-Spurgin, Schlendorf NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Mayor Maryanov ATTEST_ CITY P1/ GAI,IFORNIA E eJ BY, J -- City Clerk C.eity Manag :r REVIEWED & APPROVEU�u �� '6I�•