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HomeMy WebLinkAbout23386 RESOLUTION NO. 23386 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS REVISING RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CATEGORIES BY ELIMINATING CLOSED RANGES AND ESTABLISHING DENSITY CAPS PURSUANT TO PAST AND CURRENT PRACTICE OF THE CITY. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs finds: A. The current General Plan of the City provides for closed ranges of development density allowed in each residential land use category in the City. These ranges include both a minimum as well as maximum density allowed in each land use category. B. The past and current practice of the City, including without limitation, the City Council, the Planning Commission, and the Director of Planning, is to consider only the maximum density allowed within each land category and consider and approve lower density projects. C. The City Council has approved several projects that have been less than the minimum provided in the General Plan for each residential land use category. D. It is the desire of the City Council that the General Plan of the City be amended to reflect the past and current practice of the City and that the minimum density requirements for each residential land use designation be removed. E. Although the City Council in initiating this General Plan Amendment recognizes that it is a charter city organized under the laws of the State of California and that zoning regulations of the City are not required to be consistent with the General Plan, it is the desire of the City Council that the General Plan reflects the past and current practices of the City to ensure consistent and fair administration of the City's land use policies and programs. F. The City Council expressly finds that the proposed amendment to the General Plan is declaratory of past and existing practice, as well as the interpretations and application of the City's Zoning Ordinance by the Director of Planning and Planning Department Staff, the Planning Commission, and the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS CERTIFIES AND RESOLVES: 1. The City Council initiates an amendment to the 2007 Palm Springs General Plan, and refers to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation an amendment to the residential land use categories and descriptions as described in Exhibit "A" to this resolution. Resolution No. 23386 Page 2 ADOPTED THIS 19T" DAY OF JUNE, 2013. David H. Ready, City ger ATTEST: mes Thompson, City Clerk CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 23386 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on June 19, 2013, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Lewin, Mayor Pro Tem Mills, and Mayor Pougnet. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. ,olfflnes Thompson, City Clerk EXHIBIT "A" LAND USE ELEMENT Zoning RESIDENTIAL LAND USES Estate Residential (0 - 2.0 dwelling units per acre). The Estate Residential desi Fiatien GR5 This designation is predominantly located in areas adjacent to the City's hillsides, reflecting the natural and environmental constraints that must be addressed there. R-1 AH Very Low Density Residential (24 up to - 4.0 dwelling units per acre). The RAA Very Low Density residential is the most prevalent land use designation is the most R-1 B prevalent land use designation within the City, representing typical single-family detached residential development 1-at ^ n this land use designation gepeFally . and other uses allowed by code. Low Density Residential (44 up to - 6.0 dwelling units per acre). Similar to the RAC Very Low Density Residential designation, the Low Density Residential designation RAD also represents "typical" single-family detached residential development This feet.and other uses allowed by code. Medium Density Residential (6A up to - 15.0 dwelling units per acre). This RGA(6) residential land use category accommodates a range of residential housing types, RGA(8) including single-family attached, single-family detached, condos, patio homes, R-2 duplexes, townhomes, multiple-family, and mobilehome projects and other uses as RMPH allowed by code. High Density Residential (45.4 up to 30 dwelling units per acre). Typical R-3 development in this category would include duplexes, townhomes, and apartments. R-4 R4VP neighberheed. and other uses as allowed by code.