>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: IT'S 6:00 P.M.
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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR TODAY, APRIL 27, 2022.CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER VALDEZ IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
>> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CEJA.
>> PRESENT. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE SO KIND AS TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE, PLEASE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU. VANESSA, CAN YOU HEAR US? WE CANNOT HEAR ANYONE IN THE
CHAMBERS CURRENTLY. >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR THE PLEDGE. VANESSA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: BEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, WE WILL GO
[4.1. Tentative Parcel Map No. 38293 (TPM 21-11-413) - Fiesta Kia]
AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS 4.1, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR FIESTA KIA.>> THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG VARNER ROAD BETWEEN FIFTIES WAY AND NEWCASTLE DRIVE, AND FORMS PART OF THE I-10 AUTO MALL.
THE SITE IS SURROUND BY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND THE TOYOTA AUTO DEALERSHIP TO THE EAST, AND THE I-10 FREEWAY IS SITUATED SOUTH OF THE SITE. THE PURPOSE OF THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP IS TO SUBDIVIDE A SINGLE PARCEL MEASURING 5.66 ACRES INTO TWO SEPARATE LEGAL PARCELS, NAMELY PARCEL 1 AND PARCEL 2 WHICH IS TO HERE, PARCEL 1A IS ON THE RIGHT AND PARCEL 2 TO THE LEFT ON THE MAP.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SUBDIVISION TO CREATE PARCEL 2 WHICH MAY BECOME A SELLABLE PARCEL FOR THE APPLICANT IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO SHOWN HERE ON THE PROPOSED MAPPING IMAGE, PARCEL 1 WILL MEASURE 3.77 ACRES AND PARCEL 2 WILL MEASURE 1.88 ACRES, AND THE MAP ALSO ILLUSTRATES THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED LOT LINE.
PRESENTLY, PARCEL 1 OF THE OVERALL PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE KIA AUTO DEALERSHIP WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, THAT PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY TITLED AND APPROVED AND IT IS NOT PART OF THE SUBDIVISION CONSIDERATION.
AS MENTIONED, PARCEL 2 WILL SERVE AS AN OPTION FOR THE POTENTIAL FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL REQUIRE SEPARATE ENTITLEMENTS AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT UPON DEVELOPMENT.
FURTHERMORE, STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPTED FROM CEQA SECOND 15315 MINOR LAND DIVISIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS LISTED BELOW.
AND THERE ARE ALSO FINDINGS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION OF A SINGLE PARCEL INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS AND TO DETERMINE THAT PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER CLASS 15, MINOR
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YSIANO: DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE REPORT?>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: ARE THERE ANY COMMISSION QUESTIONS FOR STAFF CURRENTLY? NO? BEING THAT THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THE APPLICANT OR ANY APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVES RENT
AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> SPEAKER: PAUL THIEL HERE.
NOTHING TO SAY EXCEPT THAT I'M
HERE. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU, MR. THIEL. THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEM,
VANESSA? >> VANESSA: THERE WERE NONE
RECEIVED. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: OKAY.
IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER OR ANY FURTHER STAFF CLARIFICATION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONERS. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, I CANMATION A MOTION.
CAN WE PULL UP THE MOTION, PLEASE. ACTUALLY, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ME BECAUSE MY VOICE IS BAD, SO, CHRISTIAN, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
RODRIQUEZ CEJA: I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION -- EXCUSE ME.
MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF INDIO, CALIFORNIA APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38293.
YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND? >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: I CAN
SECOND. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE, VANESSA.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ.
>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON RODRIGUEZ
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM 4.2 IS REGARDING
[4.2. Resolution No. 2023 - Recommending to the City Council the Amendment t...]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 159 TO ALLOW CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILERS AND CANNABIS NON-STOREFRONT RARELY BUSINESSES IN COMMERCIAL LAND USE DISTRICTS.CAN WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
>> KEVIN SNYDER: THANK YOU, CHAIR. KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS NO POWERPOINT FOR THE SITE SO SHOULD THE COMMISSION WISH TO MAKE ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REFER TO THE STAFF REPORT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED THEREIN.
SO THIS EVENING THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS CHAPTER 159 OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO CERTAIN ALLOWANCES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILER AND CANNABIS NON-STOREFRONT RETAILER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
AS A PLANNING COMMISSION IS AWARE, IN 2017 THE CITY ADOPTED REGULATIONS PROHIBITING CANNABIS ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY, AND HOWEVER, SINCE THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES FLOUT THE VALLEY. A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE ALLOWED CANNABIS. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH THE CITY COUNCIL GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ALLOWANCES FOR EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY.
MOST RECENTLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY HELD A JOINT STUDY SESSION ON MARCH 2 OF 2022 AND DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL ALLOWANCES. NOW, I DO NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THAT EVENING RELATIVE TO THE JOINT SESSION.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON CHAPTER 123 WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE FOR CANNABIS REGULATIONS.
THAT IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING. YOUR AREA OF REVIEW AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION IS LIMITED TO CHAPTER 159, WHICH IS ZONING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURETY THAT COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 123, THAT WILL BE HEARD, RE VIEWED AND DECIDED UPON DIRECTLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE, THAT WOULD BE HELD AT A FUTURE DATE AND WOULD BE NOTICED THEREIN. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CITY HAS A CURRENT PROHIBITION ON THE CONDUCT CANNABIS ACTIVITIES.
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS WOULD MODIFY THAT. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE FOR THE CONDUCT OF CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILER ACTIVITIES AND CANNABIS NON-STOREFRONT RETAILER
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ACTIVITIES. IT WOULD NOT BE FOR ANY OTHER CANNABIS-RELATED ACTIVITIES, MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ANY OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY ALLOWED IN OTHER CITIES IN THE VALLEY ARE NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO VERY LIMITED FOCUS THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, TAKING INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY, STAFF IDENTIFIED LIMITED AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT BE CONSIDERED FOR THESE ACTIVITIES.THEY INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES IN THE CITY EXCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES.
THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TYPICALLY ARE WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR COFFEE SHOPS OR YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR DRY CLEANERS OR YOUR DELIS.
WE'RE MORE LIKELY TALKING ABOUT YOUR LARGER SHOPPING CENTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, NORTH INDIO, THE INDIO TOWN CENTER AREA OR SHOWCASE PARKWAY AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT MIXED USE LAND USE DISTRICTS.
NOW, MIXED USE LAND USE DISTRICTS ARE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A MIXTURE OF USES ALLOWED.
THEY COULD BE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. IT COULD BE RETAIL AND OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT IT'S MIXED USE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THAT FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY REGULATED BY THE SPECIFIC PLAN AND/OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, THAT THE LIMITED CANNABIS ACTIVITIES BE PERMITTED IN THOSE -- ON THOSE PROPERTIES, REGULATED BY THOSE SPECIFIC PLANS AND THOSE PROJECT AND MASTER PLANS EXCEPT IN AREAS OF THOSE SPECIFIC PLANS OR PROJECT MASTER PLANS THAT AUTHORIZE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, SIMILAR TO WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE TRYING TO EXCLUDE CANNABIS ACTIVITIES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AREAS AND AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AROUND HAVING THOSE TYPE OF ACTS OF IN MORE RESIDENT-SERVING COMMERCIAL USE AREAS. SO IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, THE CHANGES THAT YOU WILL SEE ARE REALLY AROUND CERTAIN AREAS.
SO ONE IS WE ARE AMENDING THE TITLE OF CHAPTER 159, PERTAINING TO CANNABIS.
IT IS NOW CURRENTLY ENTITLED CANNABIS ACTIVITY.
IT WILL BE COMMERCIAL CANNABIS.
WE ARE AMENDING OR RECOMMENDING AMENDING SECTION 159.565 THAT WOULD ADDRESS PERMITTED COMMERCIAL CANNABIS USES.
WE WERE ALSO LOOKING TO AMEND DEFINITIONS AND ALSO LOOKING TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE FURTHER REGULATED UNDER THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE THAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER IN TERMS OF BUFFERING.
THE COMMISSION MAY REMEMBER FROM YOUR JOINT MEETING WHERE THERE ARE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BUFFERING FROM CERTAIN USES. THESE INCLUDE COMMERCIAL DAYCARE CENTER, A YOUTH CENTER AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION AT THAT TIME THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO DISCUSSED BUFFERING FROM CHURCH USES THAT ARE IN PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS, BUT ONLY AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND REFERRAL PURPOSE. THE BUFFERING IS NOT REGULATED THROUGH THE ZONING. THAT IS THROUGH THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE WHICH WILL BE CHAPTER 123 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO AGAIN, THE FULL EXTENT OF THE CHANGES ARE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, SO AT THIS TIME I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU 1 KEVIN. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO? OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. VANESSA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN
PERSON? >> VANESSA: THERE ARE NONE.
BEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, KEVIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY -- ANYONE ELSE TO COMMENT, NO APPLICANT TESTIMONY, SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER STAFF CLARIFICATION.
OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE CANNABIS IN THE CITY OF INDIO, AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL
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THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY STAFF EVERYONE AND AROUND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT IN A MANAGE AND PROFESSIONAL FORMAT WHICH I THINK WE HAVE DONE WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND WITH THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP AT CITY COUNCIL, SO THANK YOU.>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A
RODRIQUEZ CEJA: I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, AND JUST TO ECHO COMMISSIONER FRANZ'S COMMENTS AS WELL, WONDERFUL JOB, STAFF. CAN YOU PUT UP THE RESOLUTION.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE IT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 159 ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW CANNABIS FRONT RETAILER AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAILERS IN COMMENSURABLE USES EXCEPT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE DISTRICTS AND AS REGULATED BY THE SPECIFIC PLAN AND/OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN.
SECOND. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE TAKE ROLL CALL VOTE
PLEASE, VANESSA. >> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ.
>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON RODRIGUEZ
>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 4-0.
>> KEVIN SNYDER: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. JUST FOR THE RECORD THIS ITEM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO GO ON THE MAY 18TH CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU, KEVIN. NEXT ITEM NUMBER 5, WE HAVE A
[5.1. Project Consultation – Bella Vita Condominium Project]
COUPLE OF STUDY SESSION ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH 5.1, PROJECT CONSULTATION FOR BELLA VITA CONDOMINIUM PROJECT.>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ALYSSA SUAREZ, ACTING SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A STUDY SESSION FORMAT ONLY AND NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ON THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS ITEM 5.1, PROJECT CONSULTATION FOR BELLA VITA RESIDENTIAL CONDOS.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 81520 AVENUE 42 IN NORTH INDIO.
IT IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF AVENUE 42 AND WEST OF MONROE STREET.
IT IS ALSO SURROUNDED BY VACANT LAND TO EAST AND WEST OF THE PROJECT SITE. THE PARCEL IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND 10 ACRES IN SIZE.
IT HAS A GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE NEIGHBOR WHICH ALLOWS A DENSITY OF UP TO 40 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. IT IS ALSO REGULATED UNDER THE UPDATED SPECIFIC PLAN WHICH HAS A DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE MEDIA WITH A DENSITY OF UP TO 10 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. SO THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE DEVELOPER HAS WENT THROUGH A FORMAL PRELIMINARY APPLICATION PROCESS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. HOWEVER, BASED ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AND NEW BUSINESS PARTNERS, THE DEVELOPER IS SEEKING THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK ON THE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT AS THEY THE WORK ON REVISING THEIR PLANS AND PREPARING FOR FORMAL ENTITLEMENT SUBMITTALS. THEY ARE LOOKING A DEVELOPING 222 CONDOS AND A COMMUNITY COURTYARD, AS WELL AS A RECREATIONAL BUILDING WITH A GYM AND A COMMUNITY POOL.
PARKING WOULD BE LOCATED ON-SITE AS WELL AS ON-SITE RETENTION AND LANDSCAPING. SO THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY, AND THE APPLICANT IS WORKING TO MODIFY THESE PLANS AND THEY ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CHAIR OPENS UP THE FLOOR FOR THE APPLICANT TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE APPLICANT, PLEASE.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.
AND ALSO THE APPLICANTS, ONE OF THE JOINT PARTNERS WE HAVE, MR. STEVE IS IN THE OFFICE AND THEN MY DAUGHTER IS COURTNEY COYNE ALSO WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE. WE ARE A DEVELOPER FROM IMPERIAL COUNTY. WE HAVE DONE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY
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SUBDIVISIONS AND MULTI-FAMILY.WE CAME UP AND DID KIND OF A TRIAL PROJECT IN BERMUDA DUNES LAST YEAR. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE LOVE THE AREA. WE HAVE LO YOUR CITY.
WE STARTED LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MET THE GENTLEMEN THAT HAD THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TIED UP IN ESCROW, LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPER, AND SOMEBODY TO JOINT VENTURE WITH HIM AND WE'VE COME TO PRETTY MUCH TERMS. WE LOVE THE DIRECTION THE CITY IS GOING ON. IMPERIAL COUNTY AS ABOUT 180,000 RESIDENTS. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE'VE DONE STARBUCKS. WE BUILT OUR OWN COYNE DEALERSHIP. WE HAVE DONE A HABIT BURGERS AND ALSO PANERA BUILDING, SO WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR ANYWHERE FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, I SHOULD SAY, TO COMMERCIAL AND ALSO MULTIPLE FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ONLINE, I SENT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE DOWN THERE.
I KNOW WE'RE NEW IN YOUR CITY AND WE'RE NEW TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED OF MOVING UP HERE AND GETTING INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING UP -- OKAY.
SO THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WE WERE INVITED BY MS. SUAREZ TO GET SOME INPUT BEFORE WE COME UP WITH FINALIZATION OF THE PACKAGES TO SUBMIT FOR FINAL APPROVAL. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO DO THESE TYPE OF WHAT WE CALL THEM DOWN THERE DOWN SOUTH AS KIND OF PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, TRY TO GET INPUT FROM STAFF, PLANNING COMMISSION AND SOMETIMES COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL.
SO WE LIKE THE AREA BECAUSE IT'S NEW, IT'S GROWING.
OUR GOAL IS TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL LAND AND DO SOME SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION AS WELL. LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN BERMUDA DUNES WHAT IS YOU CAN INCORPORATED AREA OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY. WE WORKED WITH THOSE FOLKS WELL AND DID VERY WELL.
SO OUR GOAL AFTER LOOKING AT THE PLAN THAT THE ORIGINAL APPLICANTS SUBMITTED AND WENT TO THE DR -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? -- DRC, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, I HAD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPINION AND I DON'T KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THOUGHTS ARE, BUT AN AREA THAT HAS SO MUCH OPEN SPACE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED A FOUR-STORY CONDOMINIUM PROJECT, AND I FEEL FOUR STORIES WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH AND FELT THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND TWO TWO STORIES, WHICH IS MORE COMMON. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO BE A LEASE OR SALE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE OR FOUR STORIES UP ANYWAY.
I THINK WE JUST RECENTLY BITTEL 183 UNITS ON ABOUT 6 ACRES, VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL, AND WE FEEL WE CAN MAKE IT WORK AT THAT LEVEL AND MAKE LATELY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE AREA ESPECIALLY WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE NORTH SIDE.
P SO OUR GOAL IS TO STICK SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 220 UNITS EVEN THOUGH THE ZONING TO MEET THE GENERAL PLAN GOES UPWARDS OF 40. OUR FLAVOR HAS KIND OF BEEN IN IMPERIAL COUNTY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 42 UNITS TO THE ACRE. WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT FIT.
WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE AMENITIES, WHETHER IT BE APARTMENT HOMES OR CONDOS FOR THE TENANTS INTERNALLY, RECREATION, COMMUNITY ROOMS, DOG PARK AREAS, PLAYGROUNDS, WALKING PATHS, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, AND WE THINK WE CAN FIT IT IN WITH THOSE KIND OF DENSITIES.
THE OTHER THING, TOO,, OF COURSE, I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, AS I'M SURE IT IS WITH YOUR CITY, TRYING TO MEET THE STATE HOUSING ELEMENTS, AND WE FEEL WE CAN JUMP RIGHT IN. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THE GOAL IS TO START IT IN 2023.
THE ONLY THING AS A NEW DEVELOPER COMING INTO TOWN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY CITY SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET THE SAME END RESULTS. IT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE ON YOU ARE WHY HOUSING ELEMENT BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BRINGING IN FIRST QUALITY WHAT I CALL OUR MULTI-FAMILY BE IT APARTMENT HOMES OR CONDOS. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE BUT YOU PROBABLY HEARD WHAT THE BUILDING MATERIAL PRICES ARE THESE DAYS BUT OUR GOAL IS TO STAY MID-MARKET SO NOT EUROPE SUPER HIGH ON LUXURY AND NOT NO LOWE, LOW INCOME. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH LOW, LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
OUR INTENT IS NOT TO USE STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. MY DAUGHTER.
AROUND. >> SPEAKER: SO YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE BELLA VITA LOCATION, SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH. LOOKS LIKE IT'S CORRIDOR THAT OBVIOUSLY INDIO IS GOING TO GROW QUITE RAPIDLY IN THE FUTURE.
YOU HAVE ALL YOUR RETAIL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE MEETINGS.
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I KNOW MS. FLORES POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE TO MEET WITH UTILITY COMPANIES. WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT TODAY. MOST OF THEM ARE VERY OPEN TO WORK WITH US. THEY WANT THE MAKE SURE THERE'S SEWER AVAILABILITY, WATER AVAILABILITY, MET WITH IID, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS ON THEIR PART. DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE GAS COMPANY BUT IT'S LOOKING POSITIVELY. WITHOUT UTILITY WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A PROJECT SO WE'RE FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.OUR SIMPLE HISTORY I ALREADY POINTED ON IT TO YOU. WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING, ALTHOUGH I'M A POWER SPORTS DEALER AND WE HAVE ONE IN BANYAN AND MANY YEARS AGO HAD ONE IN INDIO UNTIL THE CRASH IN 2008, 2009 AND A LANDLORD THAT WASN'T COOPERATIVE WITH US BUT WE DID FOR PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO HAVE A POWER SPORTS DEALERSHIP ON WHAT WOULD IT BE, THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN. AGAIN, MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL.
WE DO DEALERSHIPS AND THEN QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS HAS KIND OF BEEN OUR NICHE. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS 183 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAL BE FINISHED THE SECOND PHASE LAST YEAR.
IT WAS CALLED MORNINGSIDE APARTMENTS. WE'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL 700 UNITS IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND WE'RE IN THE ENTITLEMENT PHASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SAVANNAH RANCH ANOTHER SUBDIVISION WHICH WAS 380 HOMES.
THAT HAS BEEN FINISHED AND WE COMPLETED THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN CITY OF BRAWLEY DOING A 220 SUBDIVISION.
OUR NICHE AND SPECIALTY, AND I THINK I HEARD THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS SOME EX TIRED TENTATIVE MINNEAPOLIS, OUR NICHE FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS IS ACTUALLY GOING IN AND RESCUING ABANDONED PROJECTS THAT WERE ABANDONED IN 2008 AND 2009.
SOME HAD TENTATIVE MAPS EXPIRED, SOME HAD NOT, AND WE'VE DONE VERY WELL AND WE'RE FINISHING UP A PROJECT BY THE END OF DECEMBER, AGAIN, 220 UNITS IN THE CITY OF BRAWLEY. PRETTY MUCH ENTRY LEVEL TO MID MARKET ON NOSE. THIS IS OUR DEALERSHIP THAT'S ON ABOUT 5 ACRES IN THE CITY OF EL CENTRO. WE'RE A REGIONAL DEALERSHIP.
AND AS PART OF THIS WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AND BUILT THIS NEW DEALERSHIP IN 2017, WE DID A PARCEL MAP AND WE DID A STARBUCKS, A HABIT BURGER AND PANERA ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S RIGHT AT THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE, AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PARTICIPATION, SALES TAX PARTICIPATION WITH THE CITY BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF DEAD AREA, AN ABANDONED CAR DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME. FREEWAY SIGN.
THERE'S OUR STARBUCKS AND HABIT BURGER THAT WE BUILT.
THE THE PROJECT I TALKED TO YOU DOWN IN BRAWLEY, THEY BUILT 18 HOUSES BEFORE THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER ABANDON THAT IN 2009 SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOMELESS CAMPS, KIND OF A DUMP AND WEED OUT, SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE STARTED. AND IS AS WE ROLLED TOWARD THE END OF PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE STAND TODAY AS WE FINISH UP.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS -- I MEAN, THE CITY OF INDIO IS CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAD A DEVELOPER COMING INTO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY CAPABLE OF ACCOMPLISHING HOPEFULLY THE SAME GOALS AS WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR. SO OVERALL THIS CONCEPT HERE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. LIKE I SAID, THE ORIGINAL PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT STARTED AT GROUND ZERO WITH I BELIEVE AN ARCHITECT OUT OF LOS ANGELES.
I'M USED TO DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT SMALLER COMMUNITIES, LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE AREA.
AND I THINK WE CAN COME OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE VIABLE PROJECT NOT EXCEEDING TWO STORIES.
I THINK FOUR STORIES, IN MY OPINION -- IT MAY BE DIFFERENT HERE AT THE CITY, BUT USUALLY FOUR-STORY APARTMENT PROJECTS ARE TYPICALLY INFILL PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN AREAS WHERE LAN IS VERY LIMITED, AND I'M A BELIEVER MORE OF STAYING IN TWO STORY, AND I THINK MOST RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, THEIR MAX IS USUALLY TWO STORIES AS WELL. JUST SOME THOUGHT CONCEPTS ON FLOOR PLANS, PROBABLY NOT A BIG DEAL, AND I THINK THAT'S IT AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S IT.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A QUICK EMPLOYEE OF MEETING WITH ALYSSA SUAREZ, ONE OF YOUR PLANNING FOLKS LAST WEEK.
IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY. WE WALKED AWAY FEELING REALLY GOOD AND WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SHE INVITED TO US COME BEFORE YOU. I MENTIONED THE AMENITIES.
IN THE CRAZY WORLD WE LIVE IN THESE DAYS, WE BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE WHEN POSSIBLE PREFER A GATED AND SECURE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR INTENT IS TO DO HERE. COMMUNITY ROOMS, WITHOUT SAYING, ARE NEEDED AND REQUIRED AND WANTED. AND THE OUTDOOR RECREATION PART, WE HAVE VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, RECREATION WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.
I TALKED ABOUT A PET AREA. THAT'S KIND OF STANDARD THESE DAYS. AND A BARBECUE AREA.
WE'RE ANALYZE 10 POOL SITUATION.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF POOLS. BESIDE LIABILITY YOU HAVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUES WHEN A CHILD GOES IN THERE WITH A DIAPER AND MAKES A MESS OR SOMETHING.
OUR MULTI-FAMILY/WE HAVE A WAITING LIST ON ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES. WE CONSIDER THEM VERY CLEAN, VERY NEW AND VERY HIGH END, AND WE DON'T LOSE TENANTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SWIMMING POOL. SO THAT'S THE JURY'S OUT ON THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THAT BEFORE WE SUBMIT IT NEXT TIME. WE ESTIMATE THIS PARTICULAR
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PROJECT WILL BE AN INVESTMENT INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF INDIO, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $35 MILLION AND $40 MILLION AND WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, AND WE HOPE TO NOT STOP AND KEEP GOING. AGAIN, WE LIKE THIS AREA.THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
LIKE I SAY, I LIVE IN IMPERIAL VEIL AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 30-SOME YEARS DEVELOPING, BUT TO SEE WHAT THE CITY OF I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS DOING AND COACHING VALLEY, WE JUST WANT TO BE PART OF IT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT IN POPULATION, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SUPPORTS YOUR RETAIL WHICH SUPPORTS SALES TAX WHICH I KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CITIES.
OBVIOUSLY, WE CREATE JOBS AND, OF COURSE, TYPICALLY WE TAKE PROPERTY, THIS IS PROBABLY ON TAX ROLL FOR ABOUT $75,000 AT BUILD-OUT IT HAD WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE TAX ROLL FOR ABOUT $60 MILLION AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S THOSE TAX DOLLARS SHARED WITH THE CITY OF INDIO. SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE ARE -- WHAT OUR PLANS ARE, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY PROJECT INPUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ANY
WITH US. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: YES.
THANK YOU, MR. COYNE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING I DON'T KNOW AND HELPING US ASSESS OUR GREAT NEED FOR MORE HOW LONG IN INDIO. I'M SURE SOME OF MY COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
BUT BEFORE THAT, COULD I JUST BRIEFLY ASK COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A QUICK IDEA OF YOUR PROJECT THAT YOU SAID YOU RECENTLY DID IN BERMUDA DUNES. WHAT DOES THAT CONSISTENT OF?
>> WELL, THE ONLY THING WE COULD FIND AT THE TIME, THERE'S STILL -- IF YOU DRIVE 42ND STREET FROM JEFFERSON GOING WEST, IF YOU RECALL, THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF LOTS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF CUT AND PASTED ALL OVER THE PLACE. LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE NEVER DEVELOPED. MOST OF THEM WERE R2 LOTS.
SO I JUST DEVELOPED SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN IMPEERALLIAL COUNTY. RATHER THAN DOING A COMPLEX, I FOUND THREE THAT WERE OWNED BY TWO DIFFERENT OWNERS. IT WAS JUST KIND OF A START-UP PROJECT -- -- AND MY DAUGHTER COURTNEY WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER, GOT TO KNOW EVERYBODY AT THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE. SO IT ENDED UP I TOOK NARROW ZERO LOT LINE HOUSES RATHER THAN DOING A TYPICAL DUPLEX AND SHARING A WALL, WE TOOK ONE OF THESE ZERO IS ON THE LOT LINE AND PLACED THEM TO THESE PROPERTIES.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF A TRIAL PROJECT. VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE LIKE IT. LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN A DUPLEX AND TWO GIANT GARAGES STICKING OUT FRONT. I CAN GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO TO DRIVE BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
WE HAD A WAITING POLICE FORE TENANTS WHEN WE GOT DONE.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU. I'M SURE SOME OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE SOME COMMENTS, TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO SEE IN OUR SMALL FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
SORRY FOR MY VOICE. HOPEFULLY I'LL TRY NOT TO COUGH.
FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU THINK THAT A TWO-STORY IS ENOUGH IN THAT SIDE TOWN
BECAUSE I DOE. >> WITH YOU. I THINK IN OUR STORIES WOULD BE A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE ON THAT SIDE OF OUR CITY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM BEING TWO BEDROOM 1 TWO BATH? KEEP I WILL REAL SIMPLE.
OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A VARIETY WITHIN THE PROJECT?
>> AND I THINK ONCE YOU GET THE PLAN, AT LAS WITH THE PORTFOLIO I HAVE IN I AM WHY PEERIAL VEIL, ONCE IT GETS TO THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM I TYPICALLY I HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH SMALLER SQUARE FOOTAGE WITH A GARAGE WITH JUST A LITTLE MORE MONEY.
I USED TO BE MY 183 UNIT, LET'S DO 50/50, ONE BEDROOMS, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS DOWNSIZING, A LOT OF COLLEGE KIDS STARTING UP THAT DON'T NEED TWO BEDROOMS, AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.
BUT FROM OUR LAST RESEARCH DOING THE LAST PHASE WE BELIEVE A 70/30 PERT.
OUT OF THAT TYPICALLY WE BUILD A BASELINE ONE BEDROOM WITH SLIDE IN DOOR AND UPGRADED MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE BEDROOM WITH A WALK-IN CLOSET, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE IN OUR TWO-BEDROOM WE HAVE A BASELINE 2 BEDROOM 900 SQUARE FEET, AND THEN WE WENT WITH A TWO BEDROOM UPGRADED TO 1,050 SQUARE FEET WHERE WEANED UPPED WITH TWO MASTER BEDROOM.
SO IF YOU HAD A COUPLE OF ROOMMATES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAD THEIR OWN BATHROOMS AND EVERYTHING WEEK & LIKE I SAID WE HAVE NO COMPLAINTS AND WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR UP HERE. FEELS LIKE A FULL GAMBIT OF
DEMOGRAPHICS. >> >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: I THINK THAT'S GREAT. WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAN WE DO THREES SMALLER STARTUPS AND I REALLY DO THINK THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED AREA. SO I'VE SEEN THE WORD CONDOS AND THE WORD APARTMENT HOUSES BEING
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USED. ARE YOU INTERCHANGING THEM? BUT THEY WOULD BE SOMETHING SOMEONE COULD BUY AND OWN AND HAVE A A ENTRY LEVEL.RIGHT? >> SPEAKER: I'M A REALIST.
LET ME JUST SHARE. UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUSINESS, ANYTHING CONDOS, ASSOCIATIONS OR ANYTHING OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS SPELLS OUT ATTORNEYS, CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LITIGATION, AND IT JUST KIND OF SMEARS THE REPUTATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA YOU HAVE A TEN-YEAR LAY OPPORTUNITY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ANYBODY IF THEY HAVE I PIECE OF CRACK STUCK OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN FILE A CLAIM AND GET FREE MONEY. SO PROBABLY ON THIS ONE WE WOULD GO IN THE DIRECTION OF APARTMENT HOMES AND MAYBE WHEN THAT TEN YEARS COMES UP OR THERE'S A NEED EXPEND EVER DEPENDING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, THE ECONOMY, THE DEMAND, ALL THOSE THINGS, THE MARKET, MAYBE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD, BUT KEEP IN MIND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME LAND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT. IF YOU FOLLOW THE REAL ESTATE MARKET NATIONALLY, THE LATEST BIGGEST ASSET CLASS IN REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW IS BUILDING-FOR-RENT, AND I JUST FINISHED BUILDING AN ENTIRE SUBDIVISION FOR RENT SO THAT MOVING FROM THAT TWO-BEDROOM YOU CAN COME IN AND RENT A HOME FROM ME THIS IS A THREE BEDROOM TWO CAR GARAGE WITHOUT HAVING A LONG-TERM PURPOSE OF, DAY CLIENT IN VALUE IF WE GO INTO A DEPRESSION. THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND IAN THE OLDER GENERATION DON'T WANT TO OWN A HOME THESE DAYS.
THAT WAY THE 30-DAY NOTICE AND THEY GO. GETTING BACK TO APARTMENT THING AGAINST THE CONDO, I THINK THERE'S A HUGE NEED, FROM MY EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW, FOR APARTMENT HOMES AS WELL AS CONDOS. BUT CONDOS ARE GETTING PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO $400,000, $500,000 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF MARKET. SO I THINK OUR INTENT GOING ON WOULD BE APARTMENT HOMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SELLING THOSE
CONDOS LATER. >> SO THEY WOULD START OFF AS A RENTAL AND POSSIBLY BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE DOWN THE ROAD BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ENTRY HOME FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO BUY.
>> SPEAKER: WE MAY -- [INDECIPHERABLE] HIGHER END CONDOS NEXT DOOR IF WE CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND.
WE WANT TO FILL EVERY VOID AND EVERY GAP IN THE MARKET AND BE COMPETITIVE ACROSS THE BOARD
WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: OKAY.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE RECENT PAST IS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT A POOL.
THERE ARE MORE RISKS. >> SPEAKER: I'M SORRY?
>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: THERE ARE MORE RISKS WITH A SWIMMING POOL SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS WITH THAT. IF IS THE SWIMMING POOL IS SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE OTHER TYPES OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH, WHETHER IT WOULD BE BASKETBALL COURTS OR HALF COURTS.
I DON'T KNOW, ALL SORTS OF INTEREST YOU CAN THINGS.
BUT MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY FOR THEM.
I'M ALSO VERY BIG ABOUT HAVING OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE, SO MAKING SURE THERE'S PATIOS OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR OR MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR THE WEATHER'S PRETTY GOOD AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SO THAT WOULD BE TO ME VERY IMPORTANT. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BY KEEPING EVERYTHING AS GREEN AS WE CAN AND KEEPING A HEALTHY AREA FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT OVERALL I DO THINK THIS IS A PIECE THAT WE ARE MISSING IN OUR MARKET, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU IN THE
FUTURE. >> SPEAKER: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR TO US MAKE THAT BIG MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES TO HAVE PEOPLE WANT TO COME RENT FROM US OR BUY FROM US.
YOU'RE 100% RIGHT AND AS AN OPTION WE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR SURE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FRANZ. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ CEJA DO
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? >> COMM.
RODRIGUEZ CEJA: ACTUALLY, IT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF, A LITTLE MORE OF MAKING SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
MR. COYNE SAID THAT MORE GATED AND SECURED, BUT I KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IS THINKING ABOUT NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH GATED COMMUNITIES, AND I'M CURIOUS IF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE 600-FOOT PEDESTRIAN ENTRY THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR
A GATED COMMUNITY. >> ALYSSA SUAREZ SPEAKING.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE APPLICANT, THE 600 PER EVERY 600 FEET OF WALL THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS WOULD BE REQUIRED, SO THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
WE DID ENCOURAGE CONNECTABILITY, AS STATED IN GENERAL PLAN
POLICIES. >> SPEAKER: JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE A KEY CARD. YOU JUST SWIPE IT AND IT OPENS
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UP. RIGHT NOW THEY WALK INTO A DITCH TO THE WEST AND THEY PROBABLY WALK INTO A MUD PULLED TO THE EAST BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY FARMING. IF YOU HAD EVER 600 FEET SURROUNDING AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S A BACK WALL OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE WOULD WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE IT WORK AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY IT WOULD ALL BE BUILT OUT AND INTERCONNECT BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE WALKING PATHS, BIKING PATHS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION AS WELL.>> COMM. RODRIGUEZ CEJA: I THINK MY COMMENT WAS IN REGARDS TO THAT, SO A COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER FRANZ ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY AND HAVING AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY. I CAN IMAGINE IN YOUR COMMENT EARLIER THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD OPTION FOR OUR SENIORS THAT ARE DOWNSIZING AND PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY NEED SPACES THAT ARE DESIGNED AROUND THEIR NEEDS, AND SO AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY FOR US IS A HUGE PRIORITY. AND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DESIGN, REALLY THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT YOU WILL BE ENGAGING AND HOW THE PARTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF CONNECTIVITY, MOBILITY, AND THIS BEING ALSO PART OF UPWAR MOBILITY, THAT PEOPLE ARE IN TRANSITION TO PURCHASING HOMES, AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE CONSISTENT FOLKS LIVING THIS BUT ALSO FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SORT OF THE NEXT STEP IN HOME OWNERSHIP AND BUYING PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE POOL, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A FEATURE IS NOT AVAILABLE, REALLY THINKING ABOUT GREEN SPACE AND HOW TO ENHANCE RECREATION ACCESS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE GOING WITH TWO BEDROOM OPTION. I CAN IMAGINE YOUNG SMALL FAMILIES MIGHT CONSIDER OCCUPYING THIS AND HAVING A RECREATION ACCESS FOR THEM AND PLACES THAT KIDS FEEL SAFE WOULD PROBABLY BE OF A LOT OF BENEFIT.
AND I HAVE SEEN -- THIS IS NOT ADD TO COST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I REALISTICALLY WE KNOW WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING AND WHY OUR HOUSING ISSUES ARE HAPPENING AND THE COST OF HOUSING, BUT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN DONE BY SOME DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITIES IS THEY'VE DONE OUTREACH IN THE -- TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF DESIGN THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO EMBRACE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HOW IT WOULD CONNECT TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER DOING, LIKE I SAID, NOT TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL COST BUT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN BE OF A LOT OF BENEFIT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAS REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF GOOD EMBRACE BY THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY IF YOU DO SOMETHING TO ENGAGE THEM AS THIS IS BEING DEVELOPED.
>> SPEAKER: JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG MAJOR CORPORATE COMPANY BUILDING APARTMENTS.
I MOVE BACK TO L.A. ON BEVERLY HILLS. I DRIVE MY PROJECTS AT LAS ONE A WEEK. WE DRIVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS WHICH IN THE HUNDREDS MONTHLY TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP UP WITH THE STANDARDS OF PEOPLE THAT OWN HOMES. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AT MY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF IMPERIAL, 183 UNITS. I HAVE A 95-YEAR-OLD LADY THAT LIVES THERE. WE JUST MOVED HER BACK IN.
MY WIFE DID PERSONALLY BECAUSE SHE MISSED OUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH, INSTEAD OF LIVING WITH HER SON-IN-LAW OR ACTUALLY IT WAS HER SON, AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE CHILDREN. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WORKING WITH THEM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, GETTING THEM TO THE WALMART DOWN THE STREET.
I MEAN, SO WE'RE PERSONALLY INVOLVED. I'M NOT JUST A CORPORATE GUY BUILDING AND LEAVE DINED THING.
MY FAMILY IS, MY DAUGHTER IS MY PROJECT MANAGER. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT YOU MAY SEE AND SO WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T DO THE
RODRIGUEZ CEJA: WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: ANY OTHER ECONOMIES? COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
THE APPLICANT? >> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ: YES.
I'M CURIOUS WHEN YOU MENTIONED RESEARCH, WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR
RESEARCH FROM? >> SPEAKER: IN REGARDS TO?
>> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ: FOR THIS PROJECT.
WAS IT IN THIS COUNTY OR IMPERIAL COUNTY?
>> BECAUSE WE SPENT THE LAST YEAR BUILDING THOSE HOUSES IN BERMUDA DUNES I ACTUALLY HAVE CHILDREN AND STEPCHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO SO WE'RE UP HERE OFTEN.
OUR INTENT PROBABLY BEFORE WE GO TO MARKET ON THIS ALSO WE'LL DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND HIRE A PROFESSIONAL FIRM THAT'LL CHECK RENTAL MARKET, DEMAND, OBJECT CAN PANES LEVELS OR VACANCY LEVELS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE SIZE AND THE PRICES, EVERYTHING BECAUSE,
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AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO FAIL THAT $35 MILLION PROJECT.SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DO ALL
THE RIGHT THINGS. >> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ: I'M FAMILIAR WITH IMPERIAL COUNTY.
JUST ALWAYS CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE SOME OF OUR APPLICANTS GET THEIR
RESEARCH FROM. >> SPEAKER: SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO RELY ON THESE BIG GIANT COMPANIES THEY HIRE TO DO RESEARCH BUT I'M A HANDS-ON GUY AND TYPICALLY I DO IT MYSELF OR INTERNALLY, AND WE HAVEN'T FAILED ON A PROJECT YET, BY THE WAY. ACTUALLY JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN IN THE MOTORCYCLE BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS, I HAD A HOME BUILDING COMPANY I SOLD TO PULTE HOMES IN 2004 IN IMPERIAL COUNTY AND I HAD D.R. HORTON AND PULTE HOMES BIDDING FOR MY PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND I SOLD THEM ABOUT 800 LOTS AND ALL MY MODEL HOMES, I HAD 100 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE TOOK A BREAK. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
BOUGHT A BUNCH OF THE STEPS FROM THE BANKS AND COURTHOUSE STEPS AND FDIIC AND HERE WE ARE BACK BUILDING AGAIN TEN YEARS LATER, 15 YEARS LATER. SO WE KIND OF EXPERIENCED THE WHOLE GAMUT AND WE'RE PRETTY
VERSED ON EVERYTHING. >> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ: THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DOVE ONE OTHER THING BEFORE I
CLOSE IF. MAY I? >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO:
CERTAINLY. >> SPEAKER: IN MEETING WITH MS. SUAREZ ON YOUR QUICK WEDNESDAY MEETING WITH STAFF, THE ISSUE CAME UP OF ZONING NOW AND GENERAL PLAN. OF COURSE, GENERAL PLAN IS WHERE WE WA TO BE. THEN SHE SAYS, WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY DO AN APPLICATION, ONE, TO BE -- WE'RE THE LAST LITTLE KOWT -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MAP OR ANYTHING -- OF PART OF A GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN THE '90S, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A GENERAL PLAN THAT FITS THE DIRECTION WE CAN'T TO GO. SO MY FIRST THOUGHT OF DOING THIS -- THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO -- WHY IS STAFF GOING TO DO THE ENTIRE CITY AND THEN I'D HAVE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION AND PROBABLY SPEND $10,000, $15,000 AND AS WELL AS YOU PUT STAFF THROUGH THE WHOLE EXERCISE A OVER AGAIN.
SO MY REQUEST IN WRITING AND IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO THE DIRECTOR IS CHECK AND SEE IF WE CAN'T HAVE ALL PROPERTY AT THE SAME TIME. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'VE HAD OTHER CITIES ON PLAN AMENDMENT UPDATES BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND IT'S JUST A SHORTCUT TO
SUCCESS HOPEFULLY. >> KEVIN SNYDER: IF THE CHAIR IS OKAY, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT.
FOR THE RECORD KEVIN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE ISSUE IS NOT THE GENERAL PLAN. A SPECIFIC PLAN IS A LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENT THAT'S ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT STANDS ON ITS OWN.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE GENERAL PLAN HAS IDENTIFIED THE FUTURE VISION FOR THIS PROPERTY, UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT EITHER THE SPECIFIC PLAN IS AMENDED OR EXPIRED, IT IS THE REGULATING DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPERTY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, AND LEGALLY, AND WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE THAT CAN BACK ME UP, WE HAVE TO PROCESS AN AMENDMENT TO THE GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN BECAUSE THIS PLOT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THAT AND TO ALLOW THE DENSITY, WHICH WE'RE ALL FOR, THE DENSITY THAT THE GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN MAXES OUT AT TEN DWELLING UNITS TO THE ACRE.
I THINK THE APPLICANT WAS TALKING MORE 25 TO 30.
SO FROM A -- IT'S MORE OF A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A PAPERWORK PROCESSING EFFORT THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO GO THROUGH IF HE WANTS TO BECAUSE STAFF DOES NOT -- I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY NOR DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE THE AUTHORITY JUST TO OVERLOOK THAT SPECIFIC PLAN REGULATORY APPLICATION TO THE PROPERTY. SO IT'S A LEGAL, AS MUCH AS
ANYTHING ELSE. >> SPEAKER: I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS HOW OLD IS THAT SPECIFIC PLAN? IS IT '90S THAT I WAS TOLD? IT'S 30 YEARS OLD SO
HOPEFULLY -- >> KEVIN SNYDER: THE GATE KAYE SPECIFIC PLAN WAS DONE IN 2004-ISH? '95? I'M THINKING OF ANOTHER ONE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL THESE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE GATE BAY SPECIFIC PLAN COVERS A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY, NOT JUST IS THE APPLICANTS BUT A BIG CHUNK OF NORTHWEST INDIO CLOSE TO I-10. AND IT UNFORTUNATELY HAS NO PROGRESS DOLLARS IN THE WAY THAT THAT PLAN ORIGINAL ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED, SO IT CERTAINLY A PLAN THAT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL UNFORTUNATELY BUT WE HAVE THESE LEGAL MECHANISMS THAT WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
>> SPEAKER: NO PROBLEM. AS LONG AS I KNOW I HAVE STAFF AND CITY SUPPORT, TO KEEP IT AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY WE'LL BE
HAPPY TO DO IT. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
>> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? AND HOPEFULLY SOME TIME WE CAN GET SOME RETAIL BACK IN YOUR
CITY AS WELL. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: I THINK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SPOKEN.
ONE THING, WHEN YOU DO BRING A PLAN TO STAFF, WE DO LIKE TO SEE WITH CONDOMINIUMS OR APARTMENT HOMES AS MUCH COVERED PARKING AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU JUST KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION AND DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPE, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO SOME HARDY SHADE TREES THAT'LL HELP PROVIDE SHADE FOR
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THE COMMON AREAS. >> SPEAKER: WE'RE ALL ABOUT THAT. WE MAKE SURE EVERY PARTICULAR UNIT HAS A SHADED AND LIGHTED SHADE AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE JUST SOME TRIAL AND ERROR THAT WE'VE DONE IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, IT'S EASIER TO PUT SOLAR ON CARPORTS THAN IT IS 30-FOOT TALL BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE ON THEM, SO I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WILL BE OUR INTENT AS WELL.
WE'RE IN SAME HEAT AS YOU ARE IN THE SUMMER HERE AS WE ARE DOWN
THERE, SO WE'RE ALL ABOUT THAT. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE
FROM YOU. >> ZACH HEINSELMAN: ASSISTANCE CITY ATTORNEY. WE MIGHT WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE MOVING ON IF THAT WAS
YOUR DIRECTION. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: CERTAINLY. VANESSA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT? >> VANESSA: THERE ARE NONE.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANK YOU, STAFF. AND THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT.
[5.2. Draft Article 3 of the Proposed Unified Development Code]
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.2, DRAFT ARTICLE 3 OF THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.SO PLANNING COMMISSION, WE SHALL NOW ON OUR FIFTH OF PLANNED SIX MEETINGS AND TALKING ABOUT THING DRAFT ZONING CODE UPDATE AND THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ARTICLE FLIP BELIEVE SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA ARE SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. I TEXT DOLLARS THEM A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND SAID YOU HAVE TO JOIN NOW. I DIDN'T MAKE THEM SIT THROUGH THE EARLIER PART OF THE MEETING BUT THEY SHOULD WITH US IN A MOMENT. SO AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE BUT TO REITERATE FOR THE BENEFIT COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC, WE ARE GOING THROUGH STUDY SESSIONS WITH YOU ON DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH IS COLLOQUIALLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZONING CODE UPDATE. THE PLAN FOR THESE STUDY SESSIONS IS TO GIVE YOU EARLY PREVIEWS OF THE DRAFT REGULATIONS, GET YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS AND CONCERNS AS THE TEAM MOVES FURTHER TO BRINGING BACK THE FORMAL PACKAGE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR YOU. THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ARTICLE 3 AND ALESANDRO AND SIMRAN ARE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ABOUT A MONTH BREAK AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT THE ENDS OF MAY AND TALK ABOUT ARTICLE 6 WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES ELEMENT. IN BETWEEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION ON MAY 11TH WE WILL HAVE A WHAT I TERM A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION ON PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW VERSUS STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BUT WE WILL LET OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE THE NIGHT OFF AND THAT'LL JUST BE STAFF AND THE COMMISSION.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT IN EVENING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST DISCUSSION. SIMRAN, YOU'RE NOT COMING
THROUGH. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRIANS, VICE CHAIR CEJA, COMMISSIONER FRANZ AND LOPEZ. NICE TO SEE ALL AGAIN.
LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN AND WE CAN GET STARTED.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN. AS DIRECTOR SNYDER JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO OVERVIEW ARTICLE 3 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THIS ARTICLE COVERS THE CITYWIDE REGULATIONS, THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY. AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL OF THE CONTENT IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING AND THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE HAD ACCESS TO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AGAIN BRIEFLY THE ZONE CODE UPDATE IS A UPDATE OF CHAPTER 150 AND 159 OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A CONSISTENT, WELL-ORGANIZED, HIGHLY ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENT THAT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
THE ZONING CODE UPDATE HAS BEEN SENT OUT. A MAILER WENT OUT TO ALL RESIDENTS. THERE'S A PROJECT WEBSITE WHICH HAS THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS PLOTTED ON IT, AND THERE'S ALSO AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP TO WHERE FOLKS CAN LOOK AT ALL OLD ZONING
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AND THE NEW ZONING FOR THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PLAN CHANGES IF THERE ARE ANY FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PROPERTY.THIS IS THE FIFTH OF SIX MEETINGS, AND AS DIRECTOR SNYDER MENTIONED, WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN ABOUT A MONTH TO DISCUSS THE PERMITS AND PROCEDURES SECTION. THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IS ORGANIZED IN SIX ARTICLES.
THE FIRST ASHLEY COVERS THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES AND THE ZONING MAP AND HOW TO USE THE CODE. ARTICLE 2 COVERS ZONE REGULATIONS FOR YOU'LL SPECIFIC ZONES, AND THIS WAS -- WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOU LAST MONTH. THE FOCUS OF TODAY IS ARTICLE 3.
THESE COVER THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY CITYWIDE. THESE INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, PARKING, SITE STANDARDS, ET CETERA.
SIGN REGULATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE, AND WE DISCUSSED THOSE IN FEBRUARY.
ARTICLE 4, WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK WITH ONE OF OUR SUB-CONSULTANTS, CONSULTING ROGER HAD PRESENTED THIS SECTION. THESE WERE THE SPECIAL USES THE STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO THOSE USES. ARTICLE 5 WILL BE A PLACEHOLDER FOR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE UPDATED AT A FUTURE DATE. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, IN ABOUT A MONTH WE'LL PRESENT THE ARTICLE 6, WHICH IS PERMITS AND PROCEDURES. THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR SECTIONS -- EXCUSE ME -- SIX MAJOR SECTIONS IN ARTICLE 3.
AND THE FOCUS OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY ARE THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH.
THESE ARE THE GENERAL SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, PARKING AND LOADING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. SIGN REGULATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WITH YOU, AND THEN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, WHICH IS A CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED, AS IS A FEW MINOR CHANGES FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES.
AND NOW ALESSANDRA WILL WALK US THROUGH THE NEXT PORTION OF THE
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. AS SIMRAN MENTIONED I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME MORE OF THE DETAILS OF ARTICLE 3 AND THE GENERAL SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES.
SO GENERAL SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONES COVERS A NUMBER OF TOPICS, INCLUDING SITE DESIGN, SETBACKS AND ENCROACHMENTS, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS, THE COLLAR VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, DOCUMENTS, SERVICE AREAS AND BUILDING EQUIPMENT, REFUSE AND RECYCLING, LANDSCAPING, FENCES, WALLS AND SCREENING, AND OUTDOOR LIGHTING.
AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE BIGGER TOPICS IN MORE DETAIL ON THE COMING SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO SITE DESIGN STANDARDS INCLUDE LIMITATIONS ON BLOCK SIZE TO PROMOTE WALKABLE BLOCKS AND IMPROVE EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY BY CONNECTING REDEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING STREET, BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK AS WELL AS LIMITING DEADEN STREETS.
THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF STANDARDS THAT I'M TO IMPROVE MULTIPLE MODAL ACCESS TO SITES INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION THROUGH LARGE SITES.
AND LASTLY WE HAVE INCLUDED STANDARDS FOR INTERNAL OR PRIVATE STREETS AND PATHWAYS SUCH AS MINIMUM SIDEWALK WIDTHED AND PLANTER WIDTH AND IS STREET TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT COVERS THE HIGH LEVEL TOPICS AND THE BREADTH OF SITE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS SECTION OF THE GENERAL SITE DESIGN STANDARDS ADDRESSES THE LOCATION, DESIGN AND SCREENING OF UTILITIES, SERVICE AREAS AND EQUIPMENT. ALL NEW UTILITY BOXES AND EQUIPMENT AND UTILITY CONNECTIONS SHALL BE UNDERGROUNDED AS FEASIBLE IN THE CITY. SERVICE AREAS AND EQUIPMENT MUST BE LOCATED ON NON-PRIMARY FRONTAGES TO THE REAR OR SIDE OF BUILDINGS SO THAT THEY ARE LESS VISIBLE AND DO NOT IMPABL THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
AND THEY MUST ALSO BE SCREENED WITH FENCES, WALLS, AND/OR OPAQUE LANDSCAPING.
WE ALSO INCLUDE A NUMBER OF DETAILED STANDARDS FOR REFUSE AND RECYCLING CLOSURES IN THE CODE INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENT AND VEHICLE ACCESS, COMPATIBLE DESIGN. SO BE FOR EXAMPLE, BE ENSURING THAT THE STYLE, MATERIALS AND COLORS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE USED ON THE ADJACENT PRIMARY BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. NEXT SLIDE.
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WE HAVE GREATLY EXPANDED THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS AS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING CODE.SO GIVEN INDIO'S DESERT CLIMATE AND DID THE NEED TO SAVE WATER, WE'VE ADD A NUMBER OF IRRIGATION AND WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE STANDARDS INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW VOLUME, HIGH EFFICIENCY IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING, AND LIMITATIONS ON TURF.
AND PLANTS SHOULD ALSO BE GROUPED BY WATER USE.
WE ALSO SPECIFIED THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE COVERAGE REQUIRED AND THE REQUIRED PERCENTAGE LIVE PLANT MATERIAL IN LANDSCAPE AREAS, AND THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT IN THOSE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE -- IN THAT REQUIRED LANDSCAPE COVERAGE AND THOSE LANDSCAPE AREAS YOU DO NOT END UP WITH, SAY, YOU KNOW, A YARD THAT'S 90% GRAVEL WITH JUST A COUPLE OF PLANTS. AND THEN WE PROVIDE MINIMUM PLANT SIZES AND SPACING FOR GROUND COVER, SHRUBS, AND TREES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE LANDSCAPE COVERAGE WHILE PREVENTING OVERCROWDING. AND THE CODE ALSO INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE SECTION ON REQUIRED LANDSCAPING IN PARKING LOTS, INCLUDES MINIMUM LANDSCAPE COVERAGE AND TREES FOR SHADING.
AND THEN LASTLY WE PROVIDE STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT LANDSCAPING IS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AFTER IT'S INSTALLED.
NEXT SLIDE. THE FENCES, WALLS AND SCREENING WAS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE THAT REALLY LACKED EXPENSIVE STANDARDS, SO WE ADDED IN SCREENING BETWEEN INCOMPATIBLE USES, SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING BOTH REQUIRING FENCES AND WALLS AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE SCREENING AS A BUFFER.
WE PROVIDE FENCE AND WALL HEIGHT LIMITS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES. AND WE ALSO UPDATED THE CODE TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICITY AND CLARITY ON TENSE FENCE AND WALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING PROHIBITING TEMPERATURES SUCH AS ELECTRIC, CHAIN LINK AND BARBED WIRE, AND LOUD MATERIALS, INCLUDING WOOD, WROUGHT IRON AND BLOCK, AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTI-GRAFFITI TREATMENT BASED ON COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY.
LASTLY, FENCE AND WALL OPENINGS ARE REQUIRED AT THE DEVELOPMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ESPECIALLY AS THERE ARE A LOT OF WALLED COMMUNITIES WITHIN INDIO.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THE EXISTING ZONING CODE HAS VERY FEW STANDARDS RELATED TO OUTDOOR LIGHTING AND WE HAVE GREATLY EXPANDED THIS SECTION TO IDENTIFY PROHIBITED LIGHTING TYPES IS UP SUCH AS A SEARCH LIGHTS, FLASHING LIGHTS AND SUCH. WE PROVIDE MAXIMUM HEIGHT BY -- SORRY -- FOR LIGHTING BY BROAD LAND USE CATEGORY AND PREVENT LIGHT NUISANCE BY REGULATING THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES MUTT BE DIRECTED AWAY FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THEY MUST BE FULLY SHIELDED. LASTLY WE ADDRESS DARK SKY COMPLIANCE THROUGH REGULATIONS ON LIGHT AND COLOR TEMPERATURE.
THE PURPOSE OF BEING DARK SKY FRIENDLY OR COMPLIANT IS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BLUE LIGHT DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND REDUCE LIGHT POLLUTION WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CREATE SKY GLOW AND ADVERSELY AFFECT WILDLIFE REPRODUCTION AND BEHAVIOR.
AND NEXT SIMRAN IS GOING TO GET BACK INTO PARKING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
CHAIR, BEFORE WE SWITCH TO TALKING ABOUT PARKING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, YOU WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS TOPIC.
>> AND WE CAN SCROLL BACK TO ANY SLIDE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YES, THANK YOU.
SORRY. WHEN YOU MENTIONED FENCES OR WALLS, YOU MENTIONED WROUGHT IRON, BLOCK WALLS, WOOD.
WOOD DOESN'T DO VERY WELL IN THE DESERT. I REALLY DON'T THINK WOOD SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED IN OUR AREA. IT DOES NOT LAST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT NEEDS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND CARE AND AFTER A WHILE IT REALLY JUST DOESN'T HOLD UP, SO THAT WAS FIRST THING I CAUGHT.
I KNOW I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE USE SOMETHING CALL ALUMAWOOD WHICH IS VINYL SIDING AND THAT DOES REALLY WELL IN OUR DESERT HEAT, SO THAT WOULD BE TO ME A GOOD REPLACEMENT, ABOUT IT REALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE WOOD FENCING IN THE DESERT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS YOU MENTIONED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING AND DROUGHT TOLERANT AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. CAN I ASSUME OR MAYBE I SHOULD NEVER ASSUME THAT WHATEVER STANDARDS WE PUT IN HERE WERE DONE JOINTLY WITH THE INDIO
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WATER AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING ALL THE CITY'S OTHER WATER RULES ANDUSAGE? >> KEVIN SNYDER: THIS IS KEVIN. YES, WE'RE AWARE.
WE, IN FACT, I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF THE IMPETUS FOR THESE HAS COME FROM THEM AS A PART OF OUR OVERALL WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, AND THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED.
AND IT WILL HELP THE CITY CONTINUE ON THE PATH TO BE APPROPRIATELY FOCUSED ON WATER CONSERVATION, WHICH IS LED BY IWA BUT HAS ELECTED IN LARGE PART THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS THAT COME THROUGH THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ANSWER IS YES. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: WOULD IT BE USEFUL TO MAYBE MENTION THAT IN HERE, THAT THIS WAS DESIGNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR INDIO WATER AUTHORITY AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO CONNECT WITH IWA EARLY ON MAYBE? I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ALL STAY ON THE SAME
PAGE. >> KEVIN SNYDER: WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD SOME REFERENCES.
I DID JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN, FOR EXAMPLE 1 OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESS THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER THIS EVENING, THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.
THEY ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS SO WHEN A RECOMMENDATION COMES TO YOU, THE COMMISSION, THEY ARE PART OF THE REVIEWING GROUP THAT DOES THAT.
AND SO THERE'S -- I WOULD SAY SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT BY THE TIME IT GETS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION. THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN EARLY BEFORE THEY EVEN FORMERLY SUBMIT AND THEN THROUGH THE FORMAL SUBMITTAL PROCESS.
>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: PERFECT.
THE I THINK THAT'S GREAT. THE ONLY THEY ARE QUESTION AND I HAD KEVIN YOU CAN PROBABLY GIVE ME A QUICK ANSWER ON THIS.
WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT, AND I LOST THE PAGE, OF COURSE, LIKE DRIVEWAY AND STREET SIZES AND MINIMUMS, I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S WHAT WE NORMALLY REQUIRE NOW OR MORE. I MEAN, WE DIDN'T GO AND MAKE ANYTHING SMALLER, RIGHT, LIKE SHORTER DRIVEWAYS OR SMALLER STREETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> KEVIN SNYDER: NO, WE DID NOT. IN FACT, THE CITY REVIEWED THE LANGUAGE AND CONCURRED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO
THEM. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: I FIGURED IT WAS FINE BUT IF I DIDN'T ASK, I WOULD PROBABLY KICK MYSELF LATER IF I FOUND OUT IT WAS NOT THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: I HAVE NONE. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS?
>> OKAY. THEN LET'S KEEP GOING.
THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON PARKING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. SO SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE EXISTING CODE INCLUDE STANDARDIZATION OF PARKING RATIOS. FOR EXAMPLE, MOST RATIOS ARE NOW EXPRESSED A THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED PER 1,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS ALLOWS FOR AN EASY COMPARISON BETWEEN USES AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR STAFF TO CALCULATE HOW MANY SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT USING STRAIGHT MATH, SO TO SPEAK.
WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED RATIOS FOR A BROADER RANGE OF USES THAN IN THE EXISTING CODE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REALLY I REALLY ILL TAILOR THE PARKING RATIOS FOR EACH SPECIFIC USE, AND THE DOCUMENT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES OF PARKING RATIOS FOR VERY SPECIFIC USES.
AS WE WERE ADVISING, THESE PARKING RATIOS, WE AIM TO RIGHT SIZE THE PARKING, SO REQUIRE SUFFICIENT PARKING WITHOUT PRODUCING AN OVERABUNDANCE OF PARKING. AND TO DO SO, THE CODE USES BOTH PARKING MINIMUMS AS WELL AS MAXIMUMS. SO WE SAY THE TYPICAL CODE HAS A PARKING MINIMUM WHICH IS SPACES PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET THAT YOU MUST PROVIDE BUT THEN WE ALSO SAY YOU CANNOT EXCEED A CERTAIN NUMBER WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IS 150% OF THE REQUIRED SPACES.
AND THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO LIMIT CREATING HUGE PARKING LOTS WHICH ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZED EXCEPT ON ONE DAY OF THE YEAR, BLACK FRIDAY OR CHRISTMAS EVE OR ONE OF THOSE MAJOR HOLIDAYS.
SO IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL PARKING RATIOS, WE HAVE TAILORED THOSE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF
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BEDROOMS AND UNIT TYPE RATHER THAN REQUIRING A FLAT RATIO FOR ALL HOUSING TYPES AND SIZES.AND AS I MENTIONED, THE PARKING RATIOS ARE BASED ON THE SIZE OF ESTABLISHMENT, IN SOME CASES LIKE ASSEMBLY USES ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS, AND THEN FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL OR WAREHOUSING USES BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHERE THERE'S A SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT WAS NOT AS APPLICABLE. WE ALSO MODERNIZED THE CODE AND INCORPORATED BEST PRACTICES, SUCH AS REQUIRING UNBUNDLING OF PARKING FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ATTACHED. AND BUNDLING PARKING IS A PRACTICE OF SELLING OR LEASING PARKING SPACE SEPARATE FROM THE PURCHASE OR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE IS RENTING AN APARTMENT, THEY MAY -- THERE WILL BE A BASE RENT FOR THE UNIT ITSELF AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE CHARGE FOR PARKING ONE OR HOWEVER MANY SPACES THEY MIGHT NEED.
UNBUNDLING PARKING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ALLOW DEVELOPER TO MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF FEWER SPOTS AND REDUCE OVERALL DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES BY TENANTS.
ADDITIONALLY, IN KEEPING WITH RECENT TRENDS AND STATE GOALS FOR INCREASING ELECTRONIC VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, THE CODE REQUIRES ELECTRONIC VEHICLE PREWIRING FOR MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS. FOR THOSE WHICH HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT OF OVER 40 SPACES.
THE CODE ALSO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO INCALL LEVEL 2 CHARGING STATIONS IN A PROJECT.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE CODE PROVIDE A NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONS AND POTENTIAL PARKING REDUCTION FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAVE GOOD TRANS ACCESS, PROVIDES CARPOOL SPACES, AND PROVISION OF SHARED PARKING FOR A MIXED USE PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, AMONG OTHERS.
THIS CHAPTER ALSO CONTAINS A NUMBER OF STANDARDS RELATED TO VEHICLE PARKING LOCATION AND DESIGN. IT PROVIDES STANDARD STALL DIMENSIONS, REQUIREMENT FOR SURFACE AND STRIPING OF PARKING LOTS. INCLUDED ARE PROVISIONS AND STANDARDS FOR PARKING ACCESS AND ORIENTATION. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE REQUIRING THE PARKING BE LOCATED TO THE REAR OR SIDE OF BUILDINGS, REDUCING OR MINIMIZING CAR TO REDUCE COLLISIONS BETWEEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. IN ADDITION, IN TERMS OF PARKING LOT DESIGN, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE DISTINCT AND SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS FROM THE PARKING AREA TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK AND BUILDING ENTRANCES. AND REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUDING CLEAR, SAFE ROUTES FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.
THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF STANDARDS IN REDUCING THE IMPACTING OF PARKING INCLUDING DESIGN AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SURFACE PARKING LOTS. GIVEN INDIO'S DESERT CLIMATE, WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A STANDARD TO MITIGATE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT CAUSED BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES WHICH CAN GREATLY INCREASE AMBIENT SURFACE TEMPERATURES. 50% OF THE PARKING AREA IS NOT LANDSCAPED SHALL BE SHADED, PAVED WITH LIGHT COLORED MATERIALS, OR A COMBINATION OF SHADING AND LIGHT COLORED MATERIALS. THE EXISTING CODE CONTAINS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BICYCLE PARKING AND FACILITIES AND WE HAVE UPDATED THE CODE TO REQUIRE BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM BICYCLE PARKING SPACES FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, EDUCATIONAL USES, AND OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT GENERATE EMPLOYEE, VISITOR OR CUSTOMER TRAFFIC.
THE CODE ALSO INCLUDES DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SHORT AND LONG-TERM BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING LOCATION, DIMENSIONS, CLEANERS, WEATHER PROTECTION, ET CETERA. CLEAR ANSWERS.
WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT FOR A BICYCLE -- FOR BICYCLE REPAIR STATIONS IN BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS OVER A CERTAIN SIZE.
THE THRESHOLD THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IS EITHER 50 UNITS OR A PROJECT WITH AT LEAST 50 EMPLOYEES. I DID NOT PROVIDE SEPARATE SLIDE TO COVER LOADING. THE CODE INCLUDES REQUIREMENTS
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FOR LOADING SPACES FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, AND WE GENERALLY MAINTAIN THE EXISTING STANDARDS WITH A FEW MINOR MODIFICATIONS.IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED PER MISSABLE LIMITS FOR NEW TANIS AND HAZARDS AND ENSURED THAT ALL USES PROVIDE MRS. CONTROL MEASURES TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM NUISANCES, HAZARDS AND OBJECTIONABLE CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES REGULATIONS ON DUST CONTROL AND SOIL EROSION, ESPECIALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION, AS THAT IS A MAJOR NUISANCE THAT THE CITY FACES. ODOR, NOISE AND VIBRATION, ESPECIALLY IN MIXED USE PROJECTS.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, FIRE AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS.
HEAT, HUMIDITY, GLARE AND WASTE.
>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET
>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: SO I TOTALLY LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE TONS OF OPEN PARKING THE WAY WE DO NOW.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT CERTAIN AREAS LIKE LET'S TAKE THE WORST AREAS LIKE COSTCO, RIGHT, COSTCO PARKING LOTS ARE JUST -- I MEAN, YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS EVERY TIME YOU GO TO COSTCO. SO FOR SOMETHING OF THAT SANITIZE, OR THE SUPER WALMART ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I MEAN, WOULD THESE NEW STANDARDS HAVE GREATLY ALTERED OR CHANGED WHAT THAT SUPER WALMART THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE NOW, WHAT THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THIS -- IF THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT THAT WHEN THESE NEW RULES ARE IN PLACE VERSUS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY BUILT? I'M TRYING TO GET A VISUAL IF THERE'S A MAJOR VARIANCE FOR SOMETHING OF THAT SIZE OR NOT.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND ALESSANDRA, HELP ME HERE.
>> YEAH, I CAN LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC STANDARD FOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THAT SIZE.
I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE PARKING RATIO THAT THEY USED, FOR INSTANCE, LOOB THE EXISTING COSTCO TO COMPARE IT TO, SO IF I KNEW THAT, I COULD COMPARE IT A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME NOW NOW. IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST OF QUESTIONS. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT, IF SOMEBODY COULD COME BACK TO ME THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'M TRYING TOO VISUALIZE AND SEE
THIS IN MY HEAD. >> YEAH, SO WE HAVE -- SORRY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT THE STANDARD WAS FOR SUPER STORES.
YEAH, SO I WAS GOING TO STAY SUPER STORES THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED AS GREATER THAN 25,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, WE HAVE 1H.05 SPACES REQUIRED FOR THE FIRST -- 105 SPACES REQUIRED FOR THE FIRST 25,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN THREE SPACES PER 1,000 ABOVE 25,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'RE KIND OF AIMING AT A HIGHER RATIO FOR THE FIRST 25,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEN A LOWER RATIO FOR EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT TO KIND OF REDUCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT USING THAT SAME -- BECAUSE GENERAL RETAIL IS USUALLY ABOUT FIVE SPACES PER 1,000 BUT WE DON'T WANT TO USE FIVE SPACES FOR 10,000 FOR SUCH AS ENORMOUS, AS YOU WERE SAYING, PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT WILL GET OVERPARKED. AND THEN AGAIN WITH OUR STANDARDS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MUCH BETTER DEFINED PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AND ACCESS WAYS AND PATHWAYS THROUGH
PARKING LOTS. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: PERFECT. I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF I COULD JUST FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS FOR THAT STORE, THE SUPER WALMART THAT WE DID, THAT WOULD HELP ME VISUALIZE. THANK YOU.
>> KEVIN SNYDER: I CAN WEIGH IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ANECDOTAL INFORMATION JUST REAL FAST. A APPLIED A STANDARD IN ANOTHER CITY OF 125% AND WE HAD A MAJOR RETAILER AND THAT TOOK THEIR PARKING COUNT DOWN BY ABOUT 40% FROM WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE THAT STANDARD WAS A PERCENT. SO IT CAN BE IMPACTFUL, AND DEPENDING ON -- AND THEY HAD A LOT OF PARKING, BUT THE ONLY TIME -- AND NEVER CAME CLOSE TO FILLING IT EVEN WITH THE NEW STANDARD, EVEN AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. SO THE FOUR TO 1 PER 1,000 OR FIVE PARKING SPACES, THAT'S BASED ON A AN OLD FINANCING STANDARD. YOU DO ONLY GET FINANCED BACK IN I. THE DAY IF YOU HAD THAT PARKING RATIO. THE FINANCING INDUSTRY HAS GOTTEN MUCH MORE -- WHAT'S THE WORD? -- THEY'VE WEEK BETTER AT UNDERSTANDING THE MARKETS THEIRING EVER THEY'RE FINANCING AND SO THAT IS NO LONGER IN
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PLACE. I THINK WHAT ALESSANDRA PROVIDED TO YOU IS PROBABLY A MORE THOUGHTFUL AND REALISTIC WAY OF MEASURING PARKING.>> AND IF I CAN JUST ADD, SO 100,000 SQUARE FOOT SUPER CENTER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 330 SPACES FOR OUR -- PER THE NEW
RATIO. >> COMMISSIONER FRANZ: GREAT.
NOW I HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW MANY THAT SUPER WALMART CENTER HAS.
THANK YOU. >> SIMRAN, I HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE BICYCLE PARKING AND BIKE REPAIR STATIONS. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL IN THE BIKE REPAIR STATION?
>> SO BIKE REPAIR STATION, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT, WHICH WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IN
THE PRESENTATION. >> WE DIDN'T INCLUDE YOU IN THE PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY.
>> BUT IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT. IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY SIMPLE STRUCTURE. IT'S A POLE WHICH IS EMBEDDED ON THE GROUND OR ATTACHED TO THE GROUND AND IT HAS THESE CABLES WITH DIFFERENT BIKE REPAIR TOOLS ATTACHED TO IT, SO IT HAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE PUMP WHICH IS ATTACHED AND OTHER LITTLE, AS I SAID WITH INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO FIX A BIKE.
ALL THE THINGS A PROJECT, A VERY SMALL -- IT'S A RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE ITEM TO INCLUDE IN WITH BICYCLE PARKING, BUT IT GOES A LONG WAY IN MAKING SURE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE USING AND PARKING SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY KNOW THAT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEY CAN QUICKLY FIX THEIR BIKE
BEFORE THEY MOVE ON. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO:
THANK YOU. >> OTHER QUESTIONS ON PARKING
REQUIREMENTS? >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: I DON'T THINK SO. WE CAN CONTINUE.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND THAT'S IT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM
THE PUBLIC. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: YES, VANESSA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS? >> VANESSA: THERE ARE NONE.
BEING THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU LATER ON TOWARDS THE END
OF NEXT MONTH, THEN. >> LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH. OKAY.
KEVIN, SO THAT'S IT FOR STUDY SESSION ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER STAFF ITEMS TO DISCUSS?
>> KEVIN SNYDER: THERE ARE NOT. >> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO: OKAY.
ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? FURTHER THAN THAT? OKAY.
THEN BEING THAT THERE'S NO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS UNTIL NEXT PLANNING MEETING ON MAY 11, 2022. THANK YOU.
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