Jul 13, 2022 Planning Commission

NEXT WE HAVE STUDY SESSION ITEM

>> THANK YOU.

[5.1. Project Consultation - The Concord Residential Project]

5.1, PROJECT CONSULTCATION FOR THE CONCORD RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

>> FOR THE RECORD, KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME STAFF IN THE ROOM. OUR PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY YOU'VE MET HER ONCE BEFORE, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SO YOU WANT TO REINTRODUCE JESSICA BELLMAN OUR NEW COMMISSION SCATTERED AND PLANNING SECRETARY, AND JESSICA HAS BEEN WITH US 60 DAYS AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE AND WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU SHORTLY IS MANUEL ROCHA. MANUEL STARTED WITH US AS A PLANNING TECHNICIAN WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO INCENTIVE PLANNER AND HE'S DOING GREAT WORK FOR THE CITY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM IN THIS POSITION. PROCEEDING TO THE ITEM, HAD I'M NOT THIS EVENING IS I PROJECT CONSULTATION. IT IS A ITEM THAT, AS WE DO THESE, THESE ARE IN ESSENCE A STUDY SESSION OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION AND A POTENTIAL APPLICANT TO DISCUSS A PROJECT, AND IT IS NON-BINDING.

NOR IS IT A PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU CAN RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU SO WISH, IF THERE ARE ANY, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE APPLICANT HEAR FROM YOU AND FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

IF I CAN HAVE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION BROUGHT UP. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PROJECT IS THE CONCORD RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. THE CONCORD INDIO, INC., AND WHEN THE APPLICANTS SPEAK TO YOU, THEY MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME GROUP THAT WAS BEHIND THE CROSSINGS PROJECT ON AVENUE 50 IF YOU REMEMBER THAT PROJECT.

IT WAS A SPECIFIC PLAN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO AND RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THAT PROJECT WAS APPROVED. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS APPROXIMATELY 19-1/2 ACRES, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COUNTRY ESTATES 2 WITH A DESERT ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS EVENING, THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION AND THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT AT THE MOMENT.

BUT THE DESERT ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD IS A VERY LOW TENSE DENSITY. HAS A DWELLING OF ONE DWELLING PER ACRE. THIS IS THE LOCATION.

IT'S AVENUE 50 ON YOU'VE.

IT'S THE BEAZER HOMES, ICE IMMEDIATELY WEST.

A BLUE DOT ON THE MAP IS THE LOTION OF THE PROPERTY.

IT CURRENTLY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH OUTBUILDINGS ON IT, AND THIS PROJECT, IF ULTIMATELY IT GOES FORWARD, WOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF THIS

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PROPERTY. SO THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS A PROPOSAL OF 104 MIXED HOUSING UNITS COMPRISED OF 40 SINGLE STORY DUPLEX ROUTINES AND 64 UNITS. ITS IT IS MODELED ON THE CROSSINGS PROJECT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED IN THE PAST IF IT LOOKS FAMILIAR.

HERE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS ALSO DRAWN FROM THE CROSSINGS PROJECT. AND YOU HAVE A ONE-STORY AND A TWO-STORY DUPLEX MODEL.

THERE'S ANOTHER VERSION OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. SO IN ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED, SEVERAL THING WILL NEED TO HAPPEN. FIRST, THERE WILL NEED TO BE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING AMENDMENT FOR THE RECORD PROPERTY. AGAIN, THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION CURRENTLY IS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND -- EXCUSE ME -- DESERT ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD NOT FLOWRT INTENSITY THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING SO THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR WOULD BE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE THE POTENTIAL ZONING REGULATION THIS EVENING YOU'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE IMPLEMENT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS. THESE ARE KNOWN AS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD 4 AND SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD 8 WHICH BASICALLY TRANSFERS INTO FOUR DWELLING UNITS OR LESS AND FIVE TO EIGHT DWELLING UNITS. THE PROPOSED DENSITY OF CONCORD IS 5.2 UNITS, DWELLING UNITS TO THE ACRE AND THEREFORE THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKELY WANT TO PURSUE THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD 8 ZONING.

NOW, AS I NOTED, THE ZONING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AT THE MOMENT IS ALL CONTINGENT ON COUNSEL ADOPTION OF THE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS THAT YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON LATER THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE STAFF PRESENTATION. I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WANTED TO DO A PRESENTATION AS WELL, SO CHAIR STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU INVITE THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK WITH YOU AND SHARE THEIR PRESENTATION, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND GIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER AS THEY LOOK TO POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY AT THIS MOMENT.

SO THANK YOU. >> CHAIR, IF I MAY, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HAS JOINED ONLINE.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOTED FOR THE RECORD.

>> I THINK THIS EVENING, KEITH, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD

IN PRESENTING? >> YES, SO THAT'S OKAY.

>> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, KEITH.

>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I'M UNMUTED. >> STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

>> OKAY. HOLD ON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

NOTHING? >> STILL NOT HEARING YOU.

>> IS THAT ANY BETTER?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, IT'S NOT WORKING. TOM, ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO

YOUR PROJECT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME, KEVIN?

>> WE'RE ALSO HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH HIM.

>> I CAN HEAR ON MY END.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE AT

CHAMBERS. >> ARE EITHER OF YOU GENTLEMEN --

>> HOW INTERESTING.

>> I'M OFF OF MUTE.

>> I'M OFF OF MUTE AS WELL.

>> AND I CAN HEAR CHRISTIAN AND

I CAN HEAR KEITH. >> YOU CAN SEE IF WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ISSUE ON OUR END.

>> CHRISTIAN, CAN YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE

ON THEIR END. >> YEAH, I JUST SENT THEM A MESSAGE ON THE ZOOM.

THEY CAN'T HEAR ME, EITHER.

>> YEAH, GIVE US A MINUTE.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR I.T.

>> A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE IF OUR I.T.

STAFF PERSON CAN ASSIST US IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE SO WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND GET BACK TOGETHER ONCE WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL ISSUE FIGURED OUT.

APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BUT WE THANK

YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> OKAY.

SO WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. DO WE WANT TO TRY AGAIN TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. MR.

CHRISTIANSEN. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> THERE WE GO. THANKS A LOT, GUYS.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS KEITH CHRISTIANSEN OOP A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH CHRISTIANSEN & COMPANY AT 5225 CANYON CREST DRIVE SUITE 251 RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 92507.

I WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING TO US PRESENT AT THIS STUDY SESSION TONIGHT AND ALSO KEVIN AND HIS STAFF ARE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE POWERPOINT THAT WE SAW EARLIER. MY POWERPOINT ISN'T TOO MUCH DIFFERENT, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO A COUPLE POINTS AND SPEAK TO THE

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SITE PLAN AS WELL. I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO START THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT OKAY? >> YES.

>> OKAY, GREAT. SO THE PROJECT IS THE CONCORD.

CAN YOU GUYS STILL SEE IT?

>> NOT YET, KEITH.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

LET ME TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. >> I SEE A NICE SUNSET PICTURE.

>> CAN YOU SEE IT NOW?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

HOPEFULLY THIS STAYS.

THE PROJECT IS THE CONCORD, AND THE CONCORD IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE SAME GROUP AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE DEVELOPED THE CROSSINGS.

TOM O'HARA IS ON THE ZOOM MEETING AS WELL AND I'M SURE HE CAN SPEAK TO ANY DETAILS REGARDING THIS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ABOUT 2,000 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MONROE AND AVENUE 50, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY AVENUE 50 ON THE NORTH, BARCELONA, WHICH IS A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, BEAZER PROJECT ON THE EAST, THE PLANTATION GOLF CLUB TO THE SOUTH, AND THERE'S A LARGE LOT, RESIDENCE NEXT DOOR TO THE WEST. WE ARE SEEKING TO PROCEED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, CHANGE OF ZONE AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, IT'S TAKING WHAT WE DEEM TO BE TWO OF THE MORE POPULAR PRODUCTS FROM THE CROSSINGS. THERE IS A SINGLE-STORY DUPLEX PRODUCT WHICH RANGES BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1550 AND 1800 SQUARE FEET, AND THERE'S ALSO A TWO-STORY PRODUCT WHICH IS IN THE 1600 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 BUILDINGS OF THE SINGLE STORY DUPLEX AND THEN WE HAVE 44 OF THE TWO-STORY DUPLEXES ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A RETENTION BASIN IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PROJECT AND DOG PARK. IT'S IN THE CENTER OF THE TWO ENTRIES. AND WE ALSO HAVE A RETENTION BASIN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS TO TAKE 100-YEAR FLOWS FROM THE PROJECT AND ALSO CREATE A PROJECT THAT CONTAINS ALL ITS WATER PROPERLY AND ALSO WITH MINIMUM SLOPES AND SEWER TO WORK WITH THIS PROJECT. WE ARE GOING TO BE USING 41-FOOT WIDE PRIVATE ROADS, AS WE DID ON THE CROSSINGS, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE ONE-STORY DUPLEX, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS ONE IS 1928 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S THE LARGER PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE. IT RANGES FROM THE MID-1500S TO 1928.

THERE'S THE ELEVATIONS, SAME AS THE CROSSINGS. AND WE HAVE A TWO-STORY DUPLEX WHICH IS IN THE 1500 SQUARE FOOT RANGE THAT GOES UP TO THE MID-1600S.

AND THIS ALSO ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE'RE USING AT THE CROSSINGS.

FLOOR PLANS. SO THE HOPE IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING DECISION AND SOME DIRECTION SO WE CAN TAKE THIS PROJECT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

THE OWNERS HERE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF INDIO. WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH ALL STAFF IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB GETTING OUR CROSSINGS PROJECT APPROVED.

THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS BEEN OUT TO BID. IT'S ABOUT READY TO GO NOW.

I THINK OWNERSHIP HAS NARROWED DOWN WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING ON THE PROJECT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT GOES WELL AND THIS PROJECT CAN BE RIGHT BEHIND IT, AND THEY'LL HAVE TWO PROJECTS GOING ON AVENUE 50.

SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS OR ASK TOM O'HARA QUESTIONS, WE'RE READY TO ANSWER FOR YOU.

>> OKAY. ANY -- YEAH.

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>> SORRY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF COMMISSION ON HOW TO RUN THESE MEETINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CROSSINGS HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET STARTED SOON. I KNOW WE COULD USE MORE HOUSING STOCK, SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS MORE UNITS PER ACRE THAN THE BEAZER PROJECT, WHICH IS YOUR NEAREST NEIGHBOR. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YEAH, I THINK -- I BELIEVE BEAZER IS RIGHT AROUND FOUR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. WE'RE 5.2.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT.

BUT I THINK THE PRODUCT IS IN LINE WITH DEVELOPMENTS NOW TODAY, AND THEY SEEM TO BE DESIRED, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL LOT PRODUCT THAT BEAZER HAS, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE INNOVATION IN THIS MARKET RIGHT NOW.

AND I KNOW FROM THE CROSSINGS INTEREST IT IS WORKING.

SO, YES, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT NOT BY MUCH.

>> COULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE UNIT PER ACRE WAS FOR THE CROSSINGS PROJECT, IF YOU KNOW THAT. OR IF STAFF KNOWS THAT.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO KNOW THAT.

HOLD ON. LET ME -- IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, I THINK WE WERE RIGHT AT --

>> SIX, KEITH. >> IS IT 6? I TELL YOU WHAT. I KNOW WE WERE 16 ACRES AND 104.

SO I'M GOING TO DO IT --

>> 17 ACRES. 1685.

RIGHT AROUND 6 PER ACRE?

YEAH, 6.1. >> OKAY.

SO THIS WOULD BE KIND OF RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS.

>> CORRECT. >> CURRENTLY THERE.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE AREA IS KIND OF IN MORE RURAL, AND WE DISCUSSED THE CROSSINGS BECAUSE IT WAS LITERALLY RIGHT UP AGAINST THE SHOPPING CENTER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND RALPH'S SO THIS IS DEFINITELY FARTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE AREAS.

SO ONE OF MY CONCERNS WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT FITS IN NICELY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS, SO WE WOULD HAVE -- FOR ME I'D LIKE TO LOOK CLOSER WHAT THE BUSY ARE PROJECTY ACTUALLY LOCKS AND WHAT THE CROSSINGS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO LAND.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE AREA IS CHANGING AND THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING IS THERE AND FOR THIS KIND OF HOUSING. FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS AREA, WHAT KIND OF PRICE POINT ARE WE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF HOUSING AND THE OTHER PART IS THAT I KNOW WE NEED HOUSING THAT IS MAYBE A LITTLE ENTRY LEVEL, WHICH MAYBE THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED AN ENTRY LEVEL POSSIBLY HOME, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN. THE LOOK IS NICE.

YOU KNOW, AND I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TOWARD THESE FLEX STYLES.

YOU CAN DO MORE. ANOTHER BIG CONCERN OF MINE IS WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING TO PLACE THE TWO-STORY LIMITS? BECAUSE PRIVACY AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THAT'S IMPORTANT, SO IF YOU CAN SHOW PLEA ON THAT MAP WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT THE TWO STORIES.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

ALL THE TWO-STORIES ARE ON THE INTERIOR. WE HAVE ALL THE ONE-STORIES ON THE PERIMETER OF THE WHOLE PROJECT, AND THAT WAS DONE ON PURPOSE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE

WERE -- >> OKAY.

SO THE TWO-STORIES ARE ALL IN THAT CENTER AREA AND NONE OF THE OUTER EDGE ARE TWO STORIES,

CORRECT? >> EXCEPT FOR FOUR THAT ARE ABUTTING ONTO AVENUE 50.

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY.

THAT HAS NO NEIGHBORS BASICALLY

EXCEPT FOR THE ROAD. >> CORRECT, YES.

>> OKAY. >> IN TERMS OF PRICE POINT, WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT 650 FOR THE TWO-STORIES IN TODAY'S MARKET AND PROBABLY 750 FOR THE ONE-STORIES, AND YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THIS IS WHERE THE MARKET IS TRENDING RIGHT NOW. THE DUPLEXES ARE QUITE POPULAR IN MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING SOLD RYAN, AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S A WINNER.

>> SO IS THE PRICE POINT THEN COMPARABLE WITH LIKE THE TRILOGY? AND THEIR DUPLEXES IN.

>> A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN TRILOGY.

>> LESS THAN TRILOGY.

>> A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN TRILOGY.

OVER AT -- OVER AT -- OVER AT PG WEST, THESE SAME PRODUCTS ARE GOING FOR 1.1 TO 1.2, SO THAT IF

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WE ARE 750 TO 850 WE'D DEFINITELY BE IN THE MARKET.

>> AND SO THE CROSSINGS YOU'RE THINKING THESE ARE GOING TO BE

COMPARABLE? >> ABSOLUTELY.

ASSIST US. >> OKAY.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE OR MAYBE IF WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC MAYBE. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ OR VICE

CHAIR. >> I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TWO-STORY, AGAIN, I THINK THE DUPLEX IS -- THE COLORS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COLORS, BUT AGAIN I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT AND AGAIN FOR THAT AREA IT'S NEEDED.

BUT PRETTY MUCH COMMISSIONER FRANZ ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.

>> VICE CHAIR CEJA.

>> NOTHING ADDITIONAL FOR ME.

>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ DID A GREAT JOB KIND OF ASKING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE'LL SEE MORE AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS

ON THIS? >> NO, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.

>> CHAIR, IF I CAN MAKE -- I FORGET ONE ADDITIONAL POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION. AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE THE CITY RECENTLY ADOPTED A HOUSING ELEMENT THAT THE COMMISSION INSISTED ON AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 7,812 HOUSING UNITS THAT WE HAD TO PLAN FOR. THE ABOVE MODERATE INCOME IS $3,324.

IF THIS PROPERTY WAS TO DEVELOP IN THE DESERT ESTATES, IT WOULD BE IN THE RANGE 15 TO 17 UNITS AFTER YOU TAKE OUT SOME OF THE LAND FOR NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AT THE 104 UNITS, THIS SITE, IF ULTIMATELY IT WAS APPROVED, BOTH RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING ADMISSION COMMISSION, ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE CROWNS FOR THE ZONE CHANGE, WOULD YIELD A GREATER NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WOULD ASSIST THE CITY IN ITS OVERALL HOUSING ELEMENT NUMBERS, WHICH AS YOU MAY REMEMBER BUT FOSTER BENEFIT PUBLIC, THE STATE ALLOTS CERTAIN NUMBERS. 2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ASSIGNS THOSE NUMBERS TO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES, AND NUR OUR CASE THIS 7812 HOUSING UNITS PUTS US IN CEO '2 HEAD OF CLASS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR THE NUMBER OF UNIT THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR 234 OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT NECESSARILY BUILD BUT PLAN FOR, SO CERTAINLY THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE YIELD IF THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSED AS CALLED FOR BY THE APPLICANT.

>> OKAY. PLEASE.

>> I KNOW THAT BASED ON THE NEW ZONINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING A NOW, THE DISCUSSION IS FOR THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD 8.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THEIR NUMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BE KEPT LOWER THAN 8.

TO ME THEY'RE ASKING FOR 5.2 IN THEIR -- AT LEAST IN THE INFORMATION WE HAVE SO FAR.

I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, ON THAT LOWER END SO THAT -- I'D HATE TO SEE IT BECOME EVEN BIGGER AND THE PROPERTY LINES GET SMALLER BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO 8 BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO BE SO DIFFERENT FROM EITHER THE BEAZER OR THE CROSSINGS WHERE ALL IN THAT AREA. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> YES. THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT POINT.

SO THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNIFICANT A RANGE OF 5 DWELLING UNITS TO 8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, BUT IN THE TENTATIVE MAPPING PROCESS THE ACTUAL DENSITY WILL BE ASSIGNED AND THAT WILL BE THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY FOR THE PROJECT, SO IF THEY WANTED TO SEEK A DIFFERENT DENSITY, THEY WOULD EITHER NEED TO COME IN WITH THIS DENSITY AT THE TIME OF THE TENTATIVE MAP OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A TENTATIVE MAP AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY COME BACK TOTE COMMISSION.

SO THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

>> AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ON THE SMALLER END VERSUS THE

MAXIMUM. >> I THINK THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 4.2 UNITS PER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LAND WITH NEEDLED IMPROVEMENTS COULD YIELD MUCH MORE THAN THAT BUT CERTAINLY THE APPLICANT IS HEARING THE CONCERN FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND AND THEY'LL TO HAVE DECIDE ULTIMATELY THAT DENSITY BUT THEY CAME IN AT 5.2 AND I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAN

TO GO FORWARD WITH. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I DO APPRECIATE THEM COMING BEFORE US AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND FOLLOWING AND UNLEGISLATE US KNOW ABOUT THE CROSSINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THAT AREA AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE VERY CAREFUL WHERE YOU PLACED THOSE TWO-STORY UNITS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU BET.

>> I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO EXCEED THE 5.2 WHERE WE'RE AT.

I THINK WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH

THE 104 UNITS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU, GLORIA. MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE

[6.1. Tentative Parcel Map No. 38411 (TPM 22-03-414) subdividing a 4.71-acre...]

PUBLIC HEARING FOR 6.10 OF PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38411.

SO SUBDIVISION OF 4.71-ACRE PARCEL ONTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

KEVIN SNYDER, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'M REPRESENTING OUR ASSISTANT PLANNER WHO WAS THE ASSIGNED PLANNER ON THIS. SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS INTENDED TO COME TO YOU AS A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP TO CREATE TWO LOTS OF RECORD.

HOWEVER, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE BUT THERE WAS A SENATE BILL PASSED IN 2021, AB 9, THAT AUTHORIZES WHAT IS CALLED MINISTERIAL REVIEW OR NON-MUMBLE HEARING REVIEW OF CERTAIN INSTANCES OF LOT CREATION.

SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, AS PROPOSED IN THIS, ONE LOT IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO GO FROM ONE LOT TO TWO TWO LOTS THAT.

PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE IS FOR SB 9 CONSIDERATION. SO IN THAT REGARD WE WERE PLANNING TO BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HACKER REVIEW BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TALKING TO THE APPLICANT, IT WAS DEEMED THAT THIS QUALIFIED AND WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROCESS IT AS AN SB 9 APPLICATION. HOWEVER, WE HAD ALREADY PUBLICALLY NOTED, NOTICED THE PROJECT, AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON IT IF THEY SO DESIRE, AND WE WILL -- AT STAFF LEVEL WE WILL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF CONSIDERATION REVIEW PROCESS.

MINISTERIAL BASICALLY MEANS THAT IT COMES OUT UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WOULD BE OUR FIRST SB 9 PROJECT.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW ON DEVELOPING SOME SB 9 REGULATIONS THAT WE MAY DO INITIALLY AN URGENCY ORDINANCE JUST SO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS, BUT AS OUR PRACTICE IS, WE WILL COME BACK THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TO YOU REVIEW THOSE ACTUAL REGULATIONS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT URGENCY ORDINANCE HAS A LIMITED TIME PERIOD AND WE WOULD BE THE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WORKING TO MAKE THOSE REGULATIONS PERMANENT.

BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON THE BOOKS, WE HAVE TO DEFAULT TO THE STATE RULES.

THEN AT THIS TIME WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE OR IF THERE ARE ANY IN THE PUBLIC HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT SINCE IT WAS

NOTICED. >> THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.

THEN ARE WE ABLE TO MOVE TO 6.2?

>> SURE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE

HEARING AND MOVE OH. >> CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 6.1 AND MOVE TO 6.2, RESOLUTION

[6.2. Resolution No. 2026 - Upon This Rock Church Conditional Use Permit (Ca...]

NUMBER 2026 UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

>> AS MANNY YOU CAN WA UP HERE, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THIS IS MANNY'S FIRST PRESENTATION TO YOU.

HE'S EXCITED. SO GIVE HIM LOTS OF SUPPORT.

AND HELP SHOW HIM THAT HE'S GOING TO KNOCK THIS OUT OF THE

PARK. >> THANK YOU, MANNY. >> THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

GOOD EVENING, THE COMMISSIONERS.

MANUEL ROCHA, ASSISTANT PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE

POWERPOINT? >> SO MY APOLOGIES.

THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ITEM 6.2, NOT 6.1. ITEM IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH TO ALLOW A PLACE OF WORSHIP WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE APPLICANT IS UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH LED BY PASTOR PETE.

THE CHURCH WILL CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 50 CONGREGANTS. CURRENTLY THE APPLICANT HOSTS SERVICES AT AN INDUSTRIAL

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DEVELOPMENT ON COMMERCE STREET IN INDIO. AND APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WOULD REPRESENT EVERY LOCATION TO THE SITE. THE ANTICIPATED HOURS OPERATION ARE FROM 5:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

FORE EVENING SERVICES, APPROXIMATELY ONE TWO TO TWO TIMES A WEEK AND IN THE EVENINGS AT THE SAME TIMES FOR SUNDAY SERVICES.

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 82970 REQUA AVENUE, SUITE 1 IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING, HOST THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE WHICH WILL I MEANT REMAIN. IT IS ZONED DOWNTOWN UNDER THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.

UNDER THE PLAN SEARCHES ARE AUTHORIZED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO THE FIGURES BEFORE YOU REPRESENT THE SITE PLAN IN RELATION TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE FLOOR PLAN WHICH SHOWS THE EXISTING LAY OUT OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION.

SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO OCCUPY ST. PETE SUITE 1 WHICH IS JUST UNDER 4,000 SQUARE IN AREA.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 54 PARKING SPACES DEDICATED FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND ARE UTILIZED FOR TENANTS.

THE OPERATION OF THE THRIFT STORE DOES NOT OVERLAP WITH THE PROPOSED CHURCH HOURS.

THERE ARE NO EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED.

THE PROJECT IS CONDITIONED TO OBTAIN ANY APPROPRIATE BUILDING PERMITS FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AND SIGN PERMITS. IN CONCLUSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT PC ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026 APPROVING THE UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15301 EXISTENCE FACILITIES OF THE CEQA GUIDE LINES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

>> JUST A COUPLE. SO THE NEIGHBOR, THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR IS THE THRIFT, SOUTHWEST THRIFT SHOP THAT'S THERE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THAT STRIP MALL OR IS THAT THE

ONLY OTHER? >> ON THAT STRIP MALL IT WOULD JUST BE SOUTHWEST CHURCH AND UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH. SORRY.

SOUTHWEST THRIFT STORE AND UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH, AND THEN ON THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT, IT'S MARTHA'S VILLAGE WHICH I BELIEVE

IS ALSO A THRIFT STORE. >> AND SO THAT'S ALL THAT STRIP MALL CAN TAKE IS THOSE TWO.

THERE'S NOT I. ANOTHER VACANT

SPACE, RIGHT. >> I BELIEVE THERE IS ANOTHER VACANT SPACE.

>> FOR OTHER BUSINESSES, FOR AT

LEAST ONE MORE. >> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PLACES OF

WORSHIP? >> SO IN THIS AREA THERE IS -- WHAT IS IT CALLED? -- THERE IS ONE LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON OASIS AND BLISS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME.

>> BUT IT'S NOT LIKE RIGHT NEXT

DOOR. >> IT'S POTTER'S HOUSE.

>> THAT IS THE ONLY ONE.

>> IT'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE.

>> THOSE ARE MY ONLY TWO

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> AND ARE THE SERVICES ONLY IN THE EVENINGS ON SUNDAY YOU SAID

AS WELL OR -- >> SO IT IS GOING TO BE TWO TIMES A WEEK DURING THE WEEK FROM 5:00 TO 6:00 AND ALSO

SUNDAY EVENINGS. >> NO A.M.

SERVICES ON SUNDAYS?

>> NO.

IT SAYS IN THE EVENINGS AT THE SAME TIME FOR SUNDAY SERVICES,

5:00 TO 6:00. >> THANK YOU.

>> NO PROBLEM. >> I THOUGHT THERE WERE MORE CHURCHES. SORRY. I THOUGHT THE THERE WERE SOME MORE CHURCHES. I PROBABLY NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN DOWNTOWN INDIO, BUT I --

>> COMMISSIONER, YOU MAY BE THINKING -- WE HAD SEVERAL CHURCHES OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN BOUNDARIES, SO DOWNTOWN BOUNDARIES END AT KING STREET AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CHURCHES TO THE WEST OF THAT, SO THAT'S

NOT CONSIDERED DOWNTOWN. >> WELL, BEHIND OFF OF MYLES, MYLES AND OASIS THERE IS A CHURCH. I HOPE IT'S STILL THERE.

IT'S IN THE -- IT'S RIGHT ACROSS, MYLES IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO OASIS STREET AND YOU'RE COMING ON MYLES.

>> I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS A PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY -- IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT.

>> OKAY. OH, MY GOSH.

>> CHRISTIAN? >> NO, COMMISSIONER, HE'S NOT UP THERE. COMMISSIONER CEJA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

>> YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAD LOOKED INTO THE CAPACITY OF THE PARKING LOT IN THAT AREA AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE ATTENDANTS OF THE CHURCH.

>> YEAH, SO THERE ARE 54 PARKING SPOTS AVAILABLE, AND THE HOURS OF THE CHURCH WILL NOT OVERLAP WITH THE HOURS OF OPERATION AT

THE THRIFT STORE. >> AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE SAID THE CONGREGATION WAS BETWEEN 25 TO 50 AND THERE'S 54 SPOTS.

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>> CORRECT.

>> SHALL WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? IS THE APPLICANT HERE, LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE.

>> MIGHT I SUGGEST WE OPEN THE HENRY AND INVITE THE APPLICANT

UP. >> OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WILL JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JOSEF JONATHAN.

I'M THE APPLICANT REPRESENTING UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH.

MY ADDRESS IS 73301 FRED RIN DRIVE SUITE 200 IN PALM DESERT.

CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING FOR HEARING THIS APPLICANT FOR UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH. AGAIN, WITH STAFF'S SUPPORT ALL THROUGHOUT MR. SNYDER, MR. ROCHA, I'VE WORKED WITH TWO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE SINCE LEFT SO HOPEFULLY I'M NOT THE COMMON THREAD IN THAT BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF'S-TIME.

SO JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE ONLY REMAINING VACANCY IN THE BUILDING, SO UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH HOPEFULLY BEING APPROVED FOR THEIR CUP, THAT WOULD REPRESENT 100% OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING. ADDITIONALLY, THE SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, PERHAPS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THERE MAY BE MORNING SERVICES.

THERE MAY BE EVENING SERVICES.

HOWEVER, SOUTHWEST CHURCH, WHICH OPERATES THEIR THRIFT STORE NEXT DOOR, IS NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS.

AND TRULY IN MY MIND, SO I REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL, IN DIFFERENT WAYS I MANAGE THE PROPERTY OH AN ONGOING BASIS. THIS REPRESENTS A REAL OFF-HOURS USE OF THE PARKING LOT AND OF THE PROPERTY IN GENERAL.

IF WE LOOK AT THE OTHER TENANTS, AS MR. ROCHA NOTED, THE ADJACENT OR ACROSS-THE-STREET PROPERTY MY CLIENT ALSO OWNS. IT'S A THRIFT STORE.

AND THOSE ARE CLOSED USUALLY BY 5:00 P.M. HAVING THE CHURCH AFTER HOURS IS BRINGING IN A LOT OF NEW CONGREGANTS INTO THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WON'T BE THERE ALREADY. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL UTILIZE THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WILL FREQUENT THE BUSINESSES ON WEEKENDS THAT OTHERWISE AREN'T BEING UTILIZED RIGHT NOW BY THE EXISTING TENANTS OF THE PROPERTY. SO A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING INTO DOWNTOWN, THE HELPING IT THRIVE AND HOPEFULLY BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT GROWS AND THE FABRIC THAT GROWS. ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND, I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT VACANCIES IN DOWNTOWN, AND THIS WILL FILL A VACANCY IN DOWNTOWN.

THE PREVIOUS OWNER TO THIS PROPERTY HAD THIS SPACE VACANT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, SO HAVING VACANT STOREFRONTS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN AS A.

AS A PROPERTY ENERGY AND I'M SURE AS THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, HAVING A MORE VIBRANT, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE EVENING COMMUNITY AND DAYTIME COMMUNITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THIS WILL ADD A LOT OF CHARACTER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MUCH NEEDED AS WELL. SO AGAIN, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL STAFF'S TIME AND INPUT AND ALL OF THE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, OF YOURS AS WELL, AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS

YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> SORRY. IF I'M ALSO STILL ON THE RECORD, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF I AM, BUT PASTOR PETE AND HIS WIFE RACHEL ARE HERE AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS OF THEM. >> NO QUESTIONS UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE ON THE RECORD.

WE'D BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. >> I JUST ALSO AM VERY APPRECIATIVE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND AS JOSEF WAS SPEAKING, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, WOULD BE GOOD FOR DOWNTOWN INDIO. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND I REALLY LOVE THE COACHELLA VALLEY, SO WE'RE READY TO WORK FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER THEMSELVES, AND IF THEY BETTER THEMSELVES, THIS CITY WILL GET BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM?

>> THERE ARE NONE.

>> BEING THAT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE

ANY -- >> CHAIR, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU WOULD NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ANY

ACTION. >> WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, ANY DELIBERATION OR ANY MOTIONS?

>> I CAN MAKE A MOTION IF NO ONE HAS ANY COMMENTS.

SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN. WE NEED ACTIVITY AND PEOPLE AND THIS WILL BRING THAT, SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 UPON THIS ROCK CHURCH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ALLOW A PLACE OF WORSHIP

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LOCATED AT 82-970 REQUA AVENUE, SUITE 1.

>> I WILL SECOND.

>> WAS THAT A SECOND,

COMMISSIONER CEJA? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> CAN WE TURN UP HIS VOLUME? WE CAN BARELY HEAR HIM.

AND THEN IF WE CAN TAKE A ROLL

CALL VOTE, PLEASE. >> CHAIRPERSON NICCO YSIANO.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON CHRISTIAN

RODRIGUEZ CEJA. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER GLORIA FRANZ.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JACKIE LOPEZ.

>> CAN YOU CHECK THE VOLUME ON YOUR END. I WONDER IF YOUR VOLUME IS TURNED DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE BARELY

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

HEARING YOU. >> I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES.

IS THIS ANY BETTER? >> GETTING BETTER, YES.

SORRY. I HAVE MY HEADPHONES ON.

I DON'T KNOW. THE VOLUME IS ALL THE WAY UP.

I HAD TO LOG IN ON MY PHONE FOR SOME REASON. MY LAPTOP WAS ACTING UP, SO I

APOLOGIZE. >> OKAY.

AND THEN NEXT PUBLIC HEARING

[6.3. Resolution No. 2028 recommending to the City Council of the City of In...]

ITEM IS 6.3, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2028 TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL IMPROVEMENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF GENERAL PLAN 2040 AND AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION MAP AND ALSO RESOLUTION 2029, RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 150 AND 159 AND ALSO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2030 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE MAKING OF A FINDING OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE FINAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR GENERAL PLAN 2040.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

FOR THE RECORD, KEVIN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

I'M GOING TO SAY SOME COMMENTS AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANT TEAM.

FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PLANING COMMISSION.

THIS HAS BEEN AN OVER TWO-YEAR JOURNEY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BRING THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING. IT REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT TO BRING THE VISION OF GENERAL PLAN INTO FRUITION INTO THE ZONING REGULATIONS. AS A PRIMER, GENERAL PLANS DON'T NECESSARILY REGULATE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CITY.

THEY SET THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT DO THAT. SO FOR THE LAST TWO, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THESE REGULATIONS.

A COUPLE OF POINTS.

ONE, I'M GOING TO GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE PROBABLY MISSED SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DID A WHOLESALE REWRITE OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND WE CREATED SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FOR THE CITY, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST TODAY. TODAY WE HAVE A VERY TRADITIONAL-LOOKING SET OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND HONESTLY VERY SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT. WE HAVE GONE DOWN THE PATH OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE MORE CLEAR, MORE OBJECTIVE, MORE VISUAL AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE BOTH THE COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY, APPLICANTS, AND STAFF WITH A BETTER ROADMAP AND A CLEARER ROADMAP OF HOW TO REGULATE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. BUT NO ZONING REGULATIONS ARE PERFECT, SO IT IS -- THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE ZONING REGULATIONS ARE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS WE'LL START REFERRING TOYOTA AS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT WHICH MEANS WE WILL LIKELY BE BACK BEFORE YOU MAKING AMENDMENTS TO IT, PROBABLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTERWARDS AS WE LEARN AND GROW WITH THE DOCUMENT, AS YOU LEARN AND GROW WITH THE DOCUMENT AND WE RECOGNIZE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIX OR WE NEED TO AMEND.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL ACHIEVEMENT AND IT REPRESENTS I THINK A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY YOURSELVES AS COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE STUDY SESSIONS.

THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND TAKE DIRECTION FROM YOU AS TO THE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THAT YOU FELT YOU NEEDED TO SEE IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS. NOW, AS THE CHAIR POINTED OUT, WE HAVE THREE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU BECAUSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THE ZONING CODE UPDATE WE RECOGNIZED WE NEED TODAY MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE GENERAL PLAN BOTH IN TEXTED AND THE LAND USE MAP. SO WE HAVE A COMPANION ACTION THIS EVENING IN ADDITION TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS AMENDMENT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN. AND THEN THE THIRD ACTION IS TO ADDRESS CONSISTENCY TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THERE WAS PREPARED FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR

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TEAM, I DO WANT TO THANK THE TEAM. ALESSANDRA AND SIMRAN AND ROGER HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH WITH US THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS.

THEY WORKED WITH US THROUGH A PANDEMIC, WHICH POSED INTERESTING CHALLENGES.

THEY WORKED WITH US THROUGH A LOT OF STAFF CHALLENGES CHANGES.

AND THEY WORKED WITH MY SOMETIMES CRAZY SCHEDULE AND AVAILABILITY, AND THEY KEPT THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR, THEIR FOCUS, THEIR FOCUS ON AND PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT THIS, SO I WANT TO SAY A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THEM ALONG WITH ROGER. ROGER WAS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR OF OUR SIGN CODE REGULATIONS AND OUR SPECIAL USES, AND IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD THE JOY OF DOING SIGN CODE, YOU SOMETIMES WONDER WITH WHY I HAVE NO HAIR LEFT.

THAT'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE I LOST IT DURING SIGN CODE. IN ANY REGARD, I WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE'VE HAD TO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY HOW WE HAD THIS DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR GENERAL PLAN AND OUR ZONING REGULATIONS AND ASKED FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT WE GOT TO THIS POINT. I AM HOPEFUL THIS EVENING THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF YOUR GOALS FOR THE ZONING CODE UPDATE, AND AT THIS TIME UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CONSULTANT TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU

MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU.

LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM. HELLO.

>> THANK YOU, KEVIN.

AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIR YSIANO AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S GOO TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN TODAY. I'M SIMRAN.

PRINCIPLE AT RAIMI + ASSOCIATES AND WITH ME I HAVE ALESSANDRA AND ROGER EASTMAN WHO IS THE VICE CONSULTING. AS KEVIN MENTIONED, KEVIN, ROGER HAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGN CODE AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL USES SECTION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELPFUL COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK DURING THE SIX WORKSHOPS WE HAD DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THOSE OF HELPED INFORM THE CODE AND MADE IT BETTER.

SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.

SOME OF THIS IS INFORMATION YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE OVERALL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE WORKING FOR THE FIRST TIME, SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOCUSING ON THE REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE LAST DRAFT, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT BOTH IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE CHAPTER AS WELL AS THE MAP CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ZONING CODE AND THE GENERAL PLAN. SO THIS PROJECT, WHICH STARTED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO, IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF CHAPTERS 150 AND 159 OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE.

CHAPTER 159 CONTAINS ZONING REGULATIONS AND 150 CONTAINS THE SIGN CODE.

THESE TWO CHAPTERS ARE BEING COMBINED INTO A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH WILL BE A STANDALONE DOCUMENT.

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS UPDATE WAS TO CREATE A CONSISTENT, WELL-ORGANIZED, HIGHLY ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENT, WHICH I HOPE YOU THINK HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. AND IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND ADDRESS RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW.

THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS GOING TO BE A SINGLE STANDALONE REGULATORY DOCUMENT THAT WILL GUIDE ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO. IT HAS ZONING REGULATIONS, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DESIGN STANDARDS, AS WELL AS SIGN REGULATIONS. IN TERMS OF NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE CITY HAS A PROJECT WEBSITE AS A PART OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

IT'S LISTED HERE.

A PROJECT MAILER WAS SENT OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR INFORMING ALL RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ASKING, INVITING THEM TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP WE HAD WITH YOU.

WE ALSO SET UP AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PARCEL BASED MAP WHERE SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT THEIR CURRENT ZONING, THE PROPOSED ZONING, AS WELL AS IF THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION ON THEIR PROPERTY WAS BEING MODIFIED. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE PUBLIC HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE CODE AT THE SIX WORKSHOPS WE HAD WITH YOU OVER THE LAST FEW

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MONTHS. THE CODE AND THE ZONING MAP AND THE GENERAL PLAN MAP WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION EARLIER IN JUNE.

THE CITY ALSO SENT ANOTHER MAILER TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY ABOUT THESE ADOPTION HEARINGS, AND THAT MAILER INFORMED, INVITED THEM TO COME TO THIS HEARING AS WELL AS LISTED THE DATES FOR THE HEARINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK ALESSANDRA TO WALK US THROUGH THE OVERVIEW OF THE CODE AND THE ZONING MAP AND THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION. ALESSANDRA, GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU, SIMRAN.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

AS SIMRAN MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CODE KELSEY AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP AND THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDE THE HIGH LEVEL TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE IN MORE DAYTIME ON THE COMING SLIDES. THE SIGN CODE IS INCLUDED IN ARTICLE 3, THE CITYWIDE STANDARDS. AND THEN ARTICLE 5 WILL INCLUDE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WHICH WILL BE UPDATED AT A LATER TIME.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ARTICLE 1 PROVIDES THE INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS FOR THE CODE AND THIS INCLUDES THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY, IT ESTABLISHES THE ZONES, THE SOCIALLY ZONING MAP, AND THEN IT PROVIDES A CHAPTERED ON HOW TO USE THE CODE SINCE THIS IS A NEW FORMAT FOR THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE. ARTICLE 2 INCLUDES ALL THE ZONE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS, AND IT'S BROKEN UP INTO CHAPTERS BY BROAD LAND USE CATEGORY. SO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES, THE MIXED USE ZONES, NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES, PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES, SPECIFIC PLAN AND PROJECT MASTER PLAN ZONES, AND THEN THE OVERLAY ZONES.

AND EACH OF THESE CHAPTERS INCLUDE A TABLE OF THE PERMITTED CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED USES BY ZONE AS WELL AS THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR EACH ZONE. THE MIXED USE ZONE CHAPTER ALSO PROVIDES DETAILED OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. ARTICLE 3 PROVIDES ALL THE REGULATIONS THAT APPLY CITYWIDE OR TO MULTIPLE ZONES IN THE CITY, AND THESE INCLUDE GENERAL SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SITE DESIGN, SETBACKS AND CEO, SERVICES -- ENCROACHMENT, SERVICES AND UTILITIES, REFUSE AND RECYCLING, LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, FENCES, WALLS AND SCREENING AND OUTDOOR LIGHTS, AMONG OTHERS. ARTICLE 3 ALSO PROVIDES THE PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIOUS LAND USES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SUCH AS NOISE, HAZARDS AND BE THE LIKE, AND THEN AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE CHAPTER 3.05, THAT CONTAINS ALL OF THE SIGN REGULATIONS, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE WHICH WAS ADOPTED INTO CHAPTER 3.06.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, ARTICLE 3 CONTAINS THE SIGN REGULATIONS.

SO THE EXISTING CHAPTER 150 BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY REVISED AND INCLUDED HERE. IT INCLUDES GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SINUS, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES, SIGN STANDARDS BY ZONE, GENERAL SIGN REQUIREMENTS, AND PERMANENT SIGN STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE REVISED SIGN REGULATIONS HAVE ADDED SOME FINE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO ENCOURAGE PERMANENT SIGNS WITH DESIGN FEATURES THAT ARE PREFERRED BY THE CITY AND THE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

AND LASTLY, THIS CHAPTER PROVIDES A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SET OF REGULATIONS FOR VAIR JUST TEMPORARY SIGN TYPES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ARTICLE 4 PROVIDE SITE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC USES OR ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL STANDARDS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORING USES AND/OR FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY. SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CHAPTERS

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ON THE AND THE USES INCLUDED HERE ARE FOR ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES, ANIMAL KEEPING WHICH TALKS ABOUT KIND OF THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY DEPENDING ON THE ZONE, AND KIND OF THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND THE LIKE.

THERE ARE STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICED AND FUELING STATIONS. AGAIN, THE CANNABIS ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST PASSED WAS INCORPORATED HERE.

THERE ARE STANDARDS FOR DRIVE-THROUGH USES, MINI STORAGE WAREHOUSING/FACILITIES, OUTDOOR STORAGE, MAKING SURE THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE IS SCREENED PROPERLY. PAWN SHOPS, RV PARKS, THRIFT SHOPS, SMOKE SHOPS, AND TEMPORARY USES.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN ARTICLE 6 OF THE CODE COVERS ALL THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ARTICLE IS A TABLE SUMMARIZING ALL OF THE REVIEW AUTHORITIES FOR VARIOUS TYPES DECISIONS AND APPEALS. CHAPTER 6.03 COVERS THE COMMON PROCEDURES SUCH AS APPLICATION FORMS AND FEES, PRE-APPLICATION REVIEW BY THE CITY, PUBLIC NOTICING, APPEALS AND THE LIKE.

CHAPTER 6.04 INCLUDES ALL OF THE PERMITS AND APPROVALS SUCH AS PLANNING REVIEW, USE PERMITS SUCH AS DMV USE PERMITS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, TEMPORARY USE PERMITS, AND VARIANCES JUST TO NAME A FEW.

THE ARTICLE ALSO INCLUDES PROCEDURES FOR GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENTS AND OTHER TYPES OF PLANS SUCH AS SPECIFIC PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE CITY. AND THEN LOOSELY THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES ALL OF THE NON-CONFORMING PROVISIONS AND ENFORCEMENT AND ABATEMENT PROCEDURES. AND I GUESS THE NEXT SLIDE.

THEN I'LL JUST IS A PREVIOUSLY ARTICLE 7, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR IT, BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE DEFINITIONS IN THE CODE.

SO ALL OF THE TERMS ARE KIND OF FULLY DEFINED IN THAT ARTICLE.

AS SIMRAN MENTIONED, WE HELD A SERIES SIX PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSIONS TO WALK THROUGH THE PUBLIC DRAFT CODE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND BASED ON STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE MINOR REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE PUBLIC DRAFT. SO THERE WERE A FEW ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS MADE TO THE REFUSE AND RECYCLING SECTION IN ARTICLE 3 JUST TO ADD A COUPLE OF MORE DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS ON TRASH ENCLOSURES.

IN ARTICLE 4, SPECIAL USES OR SPECIFIC USES, WE ADDED THE COMMERCIAL CANNABIS REGULATIONS PER THE RECENTLY ADOPTED CANNABIS ON THE OTHER HAND NUMBER 1779.

WE ALSO ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR GROUND FLOOR RETAILER OR OFFICE USES FOR MINI STORAGE OR WAREHOUSING FACILITIES TO ENCOURAGE MORE ACTIVE FRONTAGES FOR THOSE USES. AND THEN LASTLY, WE MADE A FEW MINOR UPDATES TO ARTICLE 6, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.

THE KEY CHANGE BEING EDITS TO THE CALLS FOR REVIEW SECTION PER RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW ZONING MAP FOR THE CITY.

AND I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE NEW ZONES ON THE COMING SLIDES. NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS TABLE PROVIDES A LIST OF ALL OF THE NEW ZONES IN THE CITY AS WELL AS THEIR DENSITY OR INTENSITY. AND THE EXISTING OR OLD ZONING DISTRICTS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE NEW ZONES. THERE ARE FOUR RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND SIX MIXED USE ZONES IN THE CITY. THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN HA THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 INCLUDED A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND A CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS DESIGNATION, AND WE ENDED UP SPLITTING THESE DESIGNATIONS INTO TWO ZONES EACH, AND THAT ENABLED US TO PROVIDE KIND OF A MORE NUANCED OR SMALLER DENSITY RANGE FOR EACH. AND THIS WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO FORM TO NEW STATE LAWS THAT HAVE COMING OUT SINCE THE GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN I GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS. NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT TABLE SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE FOUR NEW NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN THE CITY, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, AND RESOURCE RECOVERY.

THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES AND THEN THERE ARE FOUR OVERLAY ZONES.

NEXT SLIDE. AND NOW I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE GENERAL PLAN

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AMENDMENTS. SO WE ARE PROPOSING SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO BE ADOPTED, INDIO GENERAL PLAN 2040 TEXT, AND LAND USE MAP TO ADDRESS REQUIRED CONSISTS WITH THE ZONING CODE OR NEW UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE AND RECENT CHANGES IN STATE HOUSING LAWS. THESE THESE INCLUDE SPLITTING THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS LAND DESIGNATION INTO TWO SO IT WILL NOW HAVE A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD LOW AND A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH DESIGNATION.

WE'RE ALSO SPLITTING THE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS LAND DESIGNATION INTO TWO DESIGNATIONS, CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS LOW AND HIGH.

WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE DESERT ESTATES TRANSITION LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THIS IS FULLY INCORPORATED INTO THE GENERAL PLAN NOW. AND THEN TWEED TO REDESIGNATE PARCELS ON THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE PER THOSE NEW DESIGNATIONS, AS WELL AS WE MADE A FEW MINOR FIXES TO THE MAP TO ADDRESS SOME ZONING CONSISTENCY ERRORS OR PROPERTY OWNERSSHIP OR EXISTING LAND USES ON THE GROUNDS.

SO THERE'S SOME CLEANUP AS WELL.

AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE REVISED GENERAL PLAN MAP. WITH THESE CHANGES YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP AND THE ZONING MAP ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL IN THAT THEY HAVE AN ALMOST ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING DISTRICTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.

>> SURE, I'LL START.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO OUR CONSULTANTS. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING PROCESS. IT'S TAKEN A VERY LONG TIME, AND I KNOW IS THAT A LOT OF THIS STUFF HAS REALLY BEEN LOOKED AT IN GREAT DETAIL, AND I'M GLAD THAT HEAR THAT IT IS NOT PERFECT AND THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERFECT TODAY. FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE 6.03.321 CALLS FOR REVIEW SECTION AND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS HERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE -- THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT WHAT WE ASKED FOR IS IN HERE. I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S GOOD BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON IT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS SEEING SOMETHING THAT

I'M NOT SEEING. >> COMMISSIONER, AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, WOULD YOU LIKE THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND MYSELF TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ AND IT THEN ASK QUESTIONS JUST ZOE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR REFERENCE

IS? >> IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, GLORIA, AND ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD OR --

>> I DIDN'T HAVE VERY SPECIFIC ONES. IT IS PAGE 291 IF ANYONE IS TRYING TO FOUND IT IN THE GINORMOUS BOOK THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH. THANK YOU.

ARTICLE 6. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DONE, AND JUST TO CONFIRM, IT LOOKS LIKE IF -- IT LOOKS LIKE -- IT DOESN'T SEEM TO LIMIT IT TO ANY DMV ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR WILL BE SHARED WITH US AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING AND AT WHICH POINT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE'D LIKE TO REVIEW THAT BEFORE IT IS EITHER APPROVED OR DENIED BASED ON WHAT YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION IS LOOKING LIKE AT THE TIME. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE -- AND THE CITY COUNCIL BOTH -- EITHER CAN CALL UP AN ITEM, BUT IF WE CALL BOTH CALL IT UP BUT IT SKIPS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND GO DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL, DID I READ THAT RIGHT OR DID I

READ THAT INCORRECTLY? >> YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY BUT THAT'S IN AN INSTANCE BECAUSE OF PROCEDURALLY WE HAVE TO STREAMLINE OUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION PROCESS, IT IS -- IT GOES DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL IN THAT REGARD TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW.

>> SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY, THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO QUESTION THE SAME ITEM, WHICH THEY CAN, THEN IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SKIP US, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A STATE LAW THING AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL AWARE THAT THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN HERE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE DECISIONS WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER A DECISION IS DONE, AN APPLICANT HAS TO FILE AN APPEAL. IS THAT WHAT I'M READING

CORRECTLY? >> THAT IS CORRECT. AND ONE THING I MIGHT NOTE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CALL

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UP THE DECISION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

SO IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES A DECISION, THE CITY COUNCIL BELIEVES NEEDS ITS REVIEW IT HAS THE AUTHORITY UNDER THESE REGULATIONS TO CALL THAT UP.

>> NOW, CAN THEY, CITY COUNCIL, ALSO CALL IT UP, LET'S SAY WE DECIDE TO CALL IT UP AND REVIEW AND IT WE HAVE AN ACTION.

OF COURSE SOME THINGS WILL STILL TO GO CITY COUNCIL AND SOME THINGS DON'T, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> SO THAT WILL CONTINUE THE

SAME. >> CORRECT.

>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE NI QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION?

>> I DO NOT. >> I COULD ADD, THE ONLY POINT FOLLOWING -- ASSUMING THAT THIS IS THIS HOPEFULLY GETS ADOPTED, THEN I JUST WANT TO WORK OUT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE REPORTING TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT IS EFFICIENT BUT INFORMATIVE, SO THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THAT REPORTING WOULD OCCUR AS THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO AGREE UPON

THE FORMAT. >> I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING, YOU KNOW, IN THE IMMEDIATE TIME

AFTER. >> RIGHT.

THERE IS THAT INSTANCE STOW THAT WE HOPE THAT WITH THE ADDITION OF A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO LIMIT THOSE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M REPORTING IN A WAY THAT MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMISSION BUT IS ALSO EFFICIENT SUCH THAT IT'S NOT MORE OF A DRAIN ON STAFF RESOURCES MORE

THAN NECESSARY. >> I THINK IT SAYS ON HERE IT SHALL BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING, IT WOULD

GET BUMPED. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> SO THE 15 DAYS DOESN'T START UNTIL WE GET A OPPORTUNITY.

>> OKAY. >> IS WHAT I'M READING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, KEVIN, FOR CLARIFYING.

ANY OTHER? >> I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS SO MUCH, THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH HOW IT'S DONE. I DO WANT TO COMMEND, THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL IN HERE AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL WHEN A DEVELOPER OR BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER IS COMING BEFORE US AND ASKING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT POUR AN ADMINISTRATIVE USER PERMIT. HI WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR, WHICH AGAIN IS STREAMLINING AND MOVING THINGS THROUGH QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY IS GOOD.

THE ONLY THING I WANT TO -- AND THIS THING IS HUGE SO I MIGHT HAVE JUST MISSED IT IN HERE.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND THAT AT CERTAIN SIZES OF PROJECTS WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD COME BEFORE US. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE REMIND ME WHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT AND WHICH PAGE THAT IS OUTLINED.

>> I THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING, DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO PERHAPS SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA

COULD SPEAK TO THAT. >> ACTUALLY, KEVIN, COMMISSIONER FRANZ, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE INDUSTRIAL USES IN WHICH WE HAVE

A THRESHOLD -- >> WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT, I THINK IT WAS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN SIZE THAT THEY WOULD JUST NOT COME BEFORE US AT ALL. I THINK RESIDENTIAL COMES BEFORE US PRETTY MUCH ANY KIND OF BIG DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? IT.

>> TALKED ABOUT CERTAIN LIMITED PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OR STAFF

LEVEL. >> CORRECT. >> THAT -- AND THOSE THRESHOLDS WERE FAIRLY LIMITED.

I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT MYSELF RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE WE WERE IN THE RANGE OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET FOR CERTAIN TYPES, NO MORE THAN A MAXIMUM OF 10,000 IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY.

IF YOU NEED TO FIND THAT IN THE DOCUMENT --

>> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PAGE IT'S ON.

>> FOR REFERENCE, THE ITEM FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE CHURCH THAT CAME UP EARLIER WAS 4,000 SQUARE FEET.

IF IT WAS UNDER 5,000, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE NOT COME --

>> CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, WE HAVE TWO TYPES CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS OF WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAD AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK THE REGULATIONS TO BE SURE SO GIVE ME A MOMENT ON THAT.

>> YES. THE PAGE THAT IT'S ON IS 298 IN ARMING 6, SO IT TALKS ABOUT PLANNING REVIEW, ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING REVIEW PROJECTS AND THE THRESHOLDS OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR

INDUSTRIAL. >> 298?

SO THAT'S FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT OR WHERE IN THE LAND USE TABLES IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT, NOT

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. >> ALESSANDRA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

I'M LOOKING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW BUT YOU MAY HAVE IT MORE HANDY.

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>> WHERE IS THAT SECTION REFERENCED? I CAN BRING THAT UP AS WELL.

THAT IS UNDER 6.04.04 USE PERMITS. WHICH STARTS ON PAGE 302, AND THAT TALKS ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMITS VERSUS CONDITIONAL

USE PERMITS. >> SO THE CORRELATION IS IF YOU GO BACK TO ARTICLE 2 WHERE WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS WHERE THEY ARE PERMITTED OUTRIGHT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY SHOWN BY A "P." THERE IS ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT WHICH IS AT THE STAFF LEVEL WHICH IS DESIGNATED BY AUP. AND THEN THERE'S CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SQUARE FOOTAGE BASED DECISION.

THAT WAS MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE DISCUSSION WE HAD THE LAST TIME WE MET WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S MORE DIRECTED OR CONSIDERED BASED ON THAT MATRIX TABLE OF DIFFERENT LAND USES AND THEIR PERMITTED ADMINISTRATIVE USE OR CONDITIONAL USE OR PROHIBITED STATUS. AND IF EITHER SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT OR CORRECT ME, PLEASE DO.

>> KEVIN, YOU SUMMARIZED IT CORRECTLY. I WILL GIVE MORE DETAIL IF THE COMMISSION DESIRES.

>> RIGHT. AND THEN AGAIN A REMINDER, THE REASON WHY WE USE STARE SQUARE FOOTAGE AS A BASIS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCE IS TO RECOGNIZE THERE MAY BE A SQUARE FOOTAGE THRESHOLD AT WHICH A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS IS NECESSARY NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE FULLEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE COMMENT, BUT THERE MAY BE A VARIATION SOUGHT THAT ARE I WANT TO SAY DE MINIMIS.

I'M SORRY. I'M STRUGGLING FOR A WORD.

>> MINOR. >> BUT ARE SMALLER IN NATURE.

MINOR. THANK YOU. AND MAY NOT WARRANT AS SUBSTANTIAL A PROCESS AS OTHERS.

AGAIN, THAT'S IN THE INTERESTS OF STREAMLINING, TIME EFFICIENCY, COST EFFICIENCY FOR INTERESTED APPLICANTS, AND THE TIME EFFICIENCY FOR STAFF

RESOURCES AS WELL. >> YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST COULDN'T FIND WHERE THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS, AND I WAS REALLY INTERESTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND IT HADN'T GOTTEN ANY BIGGER SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO IT.

THANK YOU. >> HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE,

COMMISSIONER. >> ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?

COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION TO DIRECTOR SNYDER IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND WHERE THE LANGUAGE IS IN REGARDS TO PERMITTING WITH

WAREHOUSES. >> SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE RECEIVED WAS PERTAINING TO THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ALLOWING WAREHOUSES IN THE CITY.

AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED EARLIER TODAY. THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL PORTION OF OUR ZONING, SO IF YOU GO BACK TO ARTICLE 2 AND YOU GO TO 2.04.03, AND 2.004.02 SO LAND USE

REGULATIONS. >> TIME-OUT, SIR.

>> SORRY.

MY APOLOGIES. THOSE WOULD BE PAGES 72 OF THE DOCUMENT THROUGH -- YOU -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IT'S PAGE SPRINT CUP IF YOU HAVE A PDF VERSION IT'S PAGE 175.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO PAGES HERE AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE

IT IS. >> THIS IS THE LAND USE REGULATIONS AND THESE REGULATIONS ARE BROKEN DOWN BY THE THE PROPOSED ZONING REGULATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IL MEANS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IH MEANS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

AND SO AS YOU -- ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE USE, AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT ARE THE VARIOUS ZONE DESCRIPTIONS, AND FOR EACH OF THOSE ZONES AGAIN USING THOSE DENOMINATORS OF P FOR PERMITTED, A FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT, CUP, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND X MEANING PROHIBITED, THAT IS THE LIST. SO WAREHOUSES ARE A CERTAIN TYPE OF LAND USE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND I

AM -- >> I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE LIGHT

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INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL

ZONES. >> SO ALESSANDRA HAS LIVED WITH THIS SO SHE LITERAL KNOWS WHERE EVERYTHING IS. I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PAGE WE'RE ON. SO THE POINT IS -- [INDECIPHERABLE]

>> INDOOR WAREHOUSING STORAGE, WHOLESALING AND DISTRIBUTION, WHICH IS THE THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

SO THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

AND SO -- BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW

BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION, AND I NEED TO GO BACK AND READ THIS SEVERAL TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS REGARDING OUR ZONING, LIKE WHERE -- I GUESS I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE MAP WHEN WE HAD THE DIFFERENT ZONES. WHAT'S THE PROXIMITY FROM -- DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR ORDINANCES THAT -- I'M THINKING, TOO, BECAUSE OF A STATE ASSEMBLY BILL THAT HAS GONE THROUGH, AND IT'S IN THE SENATE IN REGARDS TO WAREHOUSES NEAR SCHOOLS, HOMES, IT'S A SENATE BILL BY -- ORE ASSEMBLY BILL BY LUIS REYES AND ROBERT RIVAS, ASSEMBLYMEMBER ROBERT RIVAS SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT. SO BASED ON THAT, KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT, LIKE WHERE IS THE PROXIMITY TO HOMES, SCHOOLS TO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES? OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

MAYBE IT'S LIKE ANYTHING OVER 100,000 I THINK SQUARE FOOTAGE PERHAPS. I'M TRYING TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED THE LAST TIME I READ IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS -- NOT COMPLAINTS -- SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW AND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE PLACED BECAUSE I WANT TO JUST SEE WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL AND

THE PROPOSED -- >> SO THE ZONING, THE IMPLICATION OF ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION HAPPEN MAN, SO WE ONLY CAN PUT THOSE WILL IT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IN AREAS THAT HAVE THE WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT DESIGNATION. THE LEGISLATIVE BILL THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, COMMISSIONER, IS A BILL THAT STARTED AS A STATEWIDE BILL THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO BE SPECIFIC TO IMPERIAL AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES AND IT WOULD CREATE SEPARATION DISTANCES FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF USES, AS YOU INDICATED. THAT BILL, MY UNDERSTANDING, HAS STALLED OR IS NOT PROGRESSING AT

THE MOMENT. >> IT'S GONE INTO THE -- IT'S IN THE SENATE NOW AND IT'S JUST BEEN UPDATED AND I'M GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND

RIVERSIDE COUNTY. >> I GOT MY COUNTIES WRONG.

THANK YOU. BUT AT THE MOMENT WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE SEPARATION STANDARDS.

IF THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME LAW, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO EFFECT AND MAKE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO OUR ZONING REGULATIONS AND ANY OTHER REGULATIONS, BUT A PROJECT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH REVIEW EFFORTS. THAT WOULD INCLUDE DESIGN REVIEW BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND AS YOU REMEMBER YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN OR DESIGNATED THE AUTHORITY BY CITY COUNCIL, THE DECISION MAKER FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND DESIGN APPLICATIONS. IT WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECTED MORNING LIKE TO ENVIRONMENTAL YOU REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND WHICH ISIES THAT SIGNIFICANT REVIEW LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, BIOLOGY, RESOURCES AND TYPICALLY HOW THAT IS DONE IS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT STUDIES DONE IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE CITY AND ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF A PROJECT AND APPROPRIATE MITIGATION MEASURES, WHATEVER THOSE MIGHT BE, ARE THEN INCORPORATED INTO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION. IF THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE ADOPTED, THEN THEY BECOME THE GOVERNANCE, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW THAT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED, SO THERE IS SIGNIFICANT REVIEW THAT IS DONE. THIS BILL THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL SEPARATION, BUT WYE WOULD STILL DO THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.

THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE. IT WOULD JUST BE A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF LAND USES IF IT ULTIMATELY BECOMES STATE LAW.

>> CURRENT ZONING NOW, WITH THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON INVENTORY, DO WE HAVE IT WHERE IT'S JUST --

>> WE DID NOT HAVE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS TODAY IN OUR CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS NOR IN THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, BUT AGAIN IF THAT BILL DOES ULTIMATELY BECOME STATE LAW, WE

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WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS IT AND MUTT IN ZONING CONTROLS TO AFFECT THAT LAW, BUT NO MATTER WITH THAT PARTICULAR LAW, WE WILL BE DOING A APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF LOCAL REVIEW IN TERMS OF DESIGN REVIEW AT THE COMMISSION'S LEVEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

ACT. >> IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING HERE, WHAT WE DO HAVE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS INCREASED SETBACKS IF THERE ARE INDUSTRIAL USES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONES, SO THE SETBACKS ARE MUCH LARGER.

THERE ARE ALSO HEIGHT STEP-DOWN IN CERTAIN AREAS IF THERE ARE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, AND THESE ARE ON PAGE, IN THE TABLE ON PAGE 2-78 OR 81 OF THE PDF.

>> THANK YOU, SIMRAN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, AND WHAT SIMRAN DESCRIBED IS INTENDED TO IN IT GATE, IF YOU WILL, SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL USES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY LOCATED TO MORE SENSITIVE USES, SO THANK YOU, SIMRAN. THAT WAS A GOOD REMINDER OF WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS, AT

LEAST SOME OF THE CONCERNS. >> AND ALSO I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THAT AREA IS LITERALLY ALONG I-10, RIGHT? IT'S THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR, IF I'M GETTING THE COLOR CORRECTLY

OFF THE MAP. >> A SIGNIFICANT PORTION IS OOH I-10 AND WE DO HAVE AREAS ALONG INDIO BOULEVARD THAT ARE ALSO DESIGNATED WITH THAT AS WELL.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BUT HOW MANY ALONG I-10 HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING ITSELF, ZONED?

>> THE WORKPLACE EMPLOYMENT DESIGNATION IS PRIMARILY ALONG I--- INTERSTATE 10, AND THEN AS YOU GO FURTHER NORTH OF THAT PROPERTY, NORTH OF THAT. SO KIND OF THAT BAND AREA BETWEEN I-10 AND AVENUE 40 THERE'S BEEN A BAND OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED.

THEN WHY YOU GO FURTHER DOWN THERE'S PROPERTIES ALONG INDIO BOULEVARD. IF YOU GO CLEARS TO EASTERN PART OF THE CITY CLOSER TO COACHELLA THESE ARE EXISTING AUSTRALIA AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED WITH INDUSTRIAL USES.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES THERE BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALLOWABLE INDUSTRIAL USES.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AROUND WHEN WE DID THE GENERAL PLAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL INTEN CONVENIENTTORY OF INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND, ABOUT 520 ACRES, SO WE ARE A CITY THAT HAS A LIMITED SUPPLY, IF YOU WILL, OF LANDS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, AND BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN STATE HOUSING LAW, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO INCREASE THAT INVENTORY SUBSTANTIALLY.

SO WE DO HAVE, AS SIMRAN POINTED OUT, WE DO HAVE THESE SETBACKS AND HEIGHT STANDARDS THAT ARE EXTENDED TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS, AND THEN AGAIN IF THAT BILL BECOMES A LAW, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR RODRIGUEZ CEJA, ANY COMMENTS? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC

COMMENT? >> YEAH, NO QUESTIONS FOR ME.

JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF AND SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF KEEPING US VERY WELL INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

KEVIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT WORKBOOK THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR US. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME, SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CONSULTANT FOR KEEPING US WELL INFORMED AND BEING PATIENT WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, SO SIMRAN, ALESSANDRA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL WORK.

>> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I'LL ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU, ALESSANDRA AND SIMRAN AND KEVIN AND ALL OF OUR STAFF.

IT'S BEEN A LONG -- I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR WE CAN GO BACK 2 THIS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, I'M SURE -- --

APPRECIATE YOU. >> CHAIR, BEFORE YOU OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING I JUST HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT I WANTED

TO MAKE. >> PLEASE. >> WE HAVE RECEIVED INQUIRIES DURING THIS PROCESS ABOUT CHANGES TO INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES EITHER GENERAL PLAN AND/OR ZONING, BUT FOR PROPERTIES THAT IN THIS PROCESS WE'VE IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES THAT WE NEED TO ADJUSTED THE GENERAL PLAN FOR FOR THE REASONS EARLIER STATED BY ALESSANDRA TO ADDRESS CONSISTENCY AND OTHER FACTORS.

BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OR PROCESSED INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS AN INTEREST IN CHANGING SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO CHANGE, AND WE DID THAT PURPOSELY BECAUSE WE, FROM A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE WE COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THESE INDIVIDUAL REVIEWS SO WE HAVE BEEN ADVISING INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THOSE INQUIRIES THAT THOSE TYPE OF ACTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER TIME, AND WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND LIABLE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE

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REVIEWED BY THIS COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE KEPT IT PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON A CITYWIDE APPLICATION APPLICATION. NO INDIVIDUAL REQUEST FOR PERSONS WERE INTERESTED BUT IT WAS NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE HAD NEED TO ADDRESS THE CONSISTENCY OR OTHER ISSUES. I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU MADE OTHER COMMENTS THIS EVENING FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THAT INTEREST.

I SHARE WHAT I SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION WITH THEM. AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON

THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU.

I KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOME REQUESTS TO SPEAK. I HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF ME.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR DANIEL SANCHEZ. IS HE PRESENT? AFTER THIS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL REQUESTS TO SPEAK EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE?

>> YES, ONLINE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS IN THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE, BUT MY CONCERN, I'M A HOMEOWNER AND MY CONCERN WAS THE FLYER THAT WAS SENT OR THROUGH THE MAIL SAYS THAT IT COULD AFFECT ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT IS MY QUESTION, HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT ME OR IS IT GOING TO AFFECT ME AS A

HOMEOWNER? >> YEAH, PLEASE, IF YOU WILL

TAKE THAT, KEVIN. >> THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. IT PROBABLY WON'T AFFECT YOU IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, AND YOU'VE BUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAD A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU DESIRED TO BUILD SOMETHING ON IT, WHETHER IT WAS RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, THEN THESE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU WANTED TO ADD A CASITA TO YOUR PROPERTY, THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS WHEN THIS WOULD BE ADOPTED WOULD APPLY TO YOU, IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN A BUILDING, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE LITTLE TO KNOW IMPACT ON YOU AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY PROBABLY SEE ANY REAL CHANGE FOR YOU IF YOU OF A HOUSE AND YOU WANT TO DO CERTAIN THING WITH

IT. >> OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION AND MY CONCERN. SO THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. AND JESSICA, WE HAVE SOMEONE VIA ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

HOLD ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

MICHELLE DIAZ.

>> >> HELLO.

A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. OKAY.

IF WE WANT -- OH, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS GRET PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.

IT ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.

AS A RESIDENT OF INDIO, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE REPORT? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT REPORT, HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF OUR PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE -- AND SURROUNDING UNDEVELOPED. AREAS, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THE POSSIBLE REZONING? WILL WE GET A FLYER IN THE MAIL? WILL WE GET NOTIFICATION? DO WE HAVE A SAY-SO, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

ALSO, IF WE HAVE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON PROPERTIES AND IF OUR PROPERTIES ARE REZONED, WILL WE BE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE NEW REZONE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REZONED? I KNOW THAT'S A COUPLE OF LOADED QUESTIONS, BUT THOSE ARE CONCERNS. I'VE BEEN IN THE DESERT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S EXISTING BUILDINGS ON PROPERTIES AND WE'RE REZONED, WILL WE BE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND HOW CAN WE OBTAIN THE REPORT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT OUR PROPERTIES ARE REZONED.

AND I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL RESIDENTS, NOT JUST MYSELF.

>> KEVIN, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. SO REGARDING HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED THIS EVENING, THERE ARE SEVERAL AVENUES, AND BEFORE WE -- I'M MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION BEFORE THE END OF THE EVENING SO THAT I CAN SEND YOU THE CONNECTIONS TO THOSE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED WEB PAGE FOR THIS PROJECT.

ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING IS AVAILABLE ON THAT PAGE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT YOU CAN GO ON AND YOU CAN TYPE IN THE ADDRESS OF YOUR PROPERTY AND SEE WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT FOR THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING YOU, SO OUR TEAM, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM CREATED THAT TO HELP INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS YOURSELF BE ABLE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. SO THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. THE PACKET THAT'S BEING LOOKED

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AT TONIGHT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR MEETING AGENDA PORTAL AND I CAN ALSO SEND YOU A LINK TO THAT, TOO, ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE. IT'S PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE.

99% OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PUT -- THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT'S CALLED PUBLIC RECORD.

THERE'S VERY FEW INSTANCES, THERE ALSO UNLESS THERE'S A COMFORTABLE LEGAL MATTER INVOLVED WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE INFORMATION. THAT IS NOT THIS CASE.

ACTUALLY, SIMRAN IS I THINK PUTTING DOWN SOME INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN CONNECT TO THAT. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR INFORMATION IS PUBLIC RECORD. WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING ON PROPERTY, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO ANSWER THAT, AND SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA, CERTAINLY JUMP IN IF I MISS SOMETHING OR I NEED TO BE CORRECTED. SO FIRST, IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING ON YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'RE LIKELY NOT TO BE AFFECTED. THE GENTLEMAN THAT I SPOKE EARLIER, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO YOUR PROPERTY SUCH AS A CA SEE THE ON YOU ARE A SHED, THEN WE DO LOOK AT THINGS CALLED SETBACKS, AND THAT'S BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO PUT THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINES, ON THE SIDE AND THE REAR ARE TYPICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, AND WE HAVE THOSE SETBACK STANDARDS IN OUR CURRENT CODE AND WE HAVE SETBACK STANDARDS IN THE FLEW CODE, AND IT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE STRUCTURES ARE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE NOT REASONABLY CAUSING NEGATIVE IMPACT TO YOUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR RESIDENTIAL.

THOSE ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD NUMBERS. TYPICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE 5 FEET OFF OF THE SIDE OR REAR PROPERTY LINE IN SOME INSTANCES, DEPENDING ON YOUR ZONE AND ARE AGAIN THAT'S INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T UNNECESSARILY IMPACTED OR YOU ARE NOT UNNECESSARILY IMPACTED IF YOU'RE NEIGHBOR IS DOING A SIMILAR THING AND PUTTING UP A STRUCTURE.

IF YOU'RE BUILDING, AND THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL, BUT IF YOUR BUILDING IS WHAT WE CALL A NON-CONFORM LEGAL USE, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY THAT WERE BUILT AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS ALLOWED BUT AT PRESENT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.

THEY ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO STAY THERE EXCEPT FOR IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INSTANCES. IF THERE WAS A MANMADE OCCURRENCE SUCHS A FIRE OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TIE MANMADE ACTION AND IT DAMAGES THE BUILDING MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE OF THAT BUILDING, THEN OUR CURRENT CODE AND OUR NEW CODE WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN'T REBUILD IT AS IT WAS.

YOU'D HAVE TO REBUILD IT AS THE CODE REQUIRES.

THAT'S BOTH THE ZONING CODE, THE BUILDING CODES, SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT REGULATIONS.

AGAIN, VERY LIMITED SITUATIONS, BUT THERE ARE THOSE INSTANCES.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA WANT TO WEIGH IN WITH THINK ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.

>> SURE. I WAS JUST GO GOING TO SAY SO YOU CAN FIND THAT SECTION OF THE CODE IN ARTICLE 6.

IT'S CHAPTERED 6.07 ON NON-PERFORMING PROVISIONS AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES CAN STAY AS THEY ARE.

AND THE ONLY MINOR THING I HAD TO SAY FOR KEVIN IS IT ACTUALLY DOES INCLUDE -- YOU'RE RIGHT.

BASICALLY THE IF A STRUCTURE IS DAMAGED BEYOND 50% OF THE VALUE BY ANYTHING, FIRE, EARTHQUAKE, ET CETERA, THEN YOU HAVE TO

REBUILD IT TO CODE. >> BUT NOT FULLY MANMADE.

>> YEAH, BUT WE ALSO DO ALLOW LIKE ONE-TIME EXPANSIONS OF NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES IF THEY MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR RENOVATION.

>> AND REALLY WHERE YOU SEE THIS, THIS NON-CONFORMING MOSTLY HAPPEN IS IN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU SEE THIS APPLY IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

BUT THERE ARE THOSE LIMITED INSTANCES. SIMRAN, DID YOU HAVE ANY

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? >> YEAH, I WILL JUST ADD, KEVIN, YOU ARE RIGHT FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT OFTEN WHAT WE RUN INTO IS THAT THE SETBACKS HAVE CHANGED FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONES, SO SOMETIMES THERE ARE ISSUES WITH NON-CONFORMING SETBACKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND THOSE ARE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THE -- IN THE CHAPTER ALESSANDRA MENTIONED, 6.07 EXIT ALLOWS FOR THOSE NON-CONFORMING CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT MADE WORSE BY ANY CONDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE BUILDING.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE TWO HOMES THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO A STREET THAT WERE BUILT PROBABLY 70 YEARS AGO, SO I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANT WITH CITY CODE, BUT IT WAS JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND IF THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN, AND IT SOUNDS

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LIKE YES UNLESS THERE'S SOME MAJOR CATASTROPHE AND 50% OF IT IS NON-REPAIRABLE.

THAT MAKES SENSE. >> MICHELLE, MYSELF OR TEAM MEMBERS ARE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AT ANY TIME IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THOSE TWO PROPERTIES AND WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE QUESTIONS YOU POSE POSED TONIGHT IN MORE DETAIL. WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET YOU ANY TIME. MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND WE CAN TALK OVER THE PHONE OR WHATEVER IS BEST FOR YOU.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, KEVIN AND CONSULTANTS, FOR ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO GO OVER THINGS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ONLINE OR ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO

SPEAK? >> OTHER COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND ON THE CITY OF INDIO'S WEBSITE AND THE AGENDA PORTAL. BUT THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

>> BEING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DO WE HAVE FURTHER COMMISSIONER DELIBERATION OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE THESE

THREE? >> UNLESS THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, I MEAN, I'M MORE THAN READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR -- WHAT DID YOU SAY, KEVIN? TWO YEARS?

>> TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS, THREE DAYS, 23 HOURS AND 16 MINUTES.

>> NOT THAT YOU WERE COUNTING.

SO, I MEAN -- >> ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THESE

RESOLUTIONS ON A -- >> YES.

IF YOU CAN TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY UP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU, THE TEAM HAS PUT THE RESOLUTIONS IN DESCENDING ORDER AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD TAKE INDIVIDUAL ACTION FOR EACH ONE

ON THE RECORD. >> READY? ALL RIGHT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2028 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO, CALIFORNIA, THE APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPENDING CHAPTERED 3, LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN, OF THE GENERAL PLAN 2040 AND AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN USING DESIGNATION MAP.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> I'LL SECOND. >> CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE,

PLEASE. >> CHAIRPERSON NIKKO YSIANO.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON CHRISTIAN

RODRIGUEZ CEJA. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER GLORIA FRANZ.

>> COMMISSIONER JACKIE LOPEZ.

>> GREAT. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2029 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO, CALIFORNIA, THE APPROVAL OF A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 150, BILLBOARDS AND SIGNAGE, AND CHAPTER 159 WITH ZONING REGULATIONS, OF TITLE XV OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTION OF THE INDIO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS THE SIGNAGE AND ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY AND REPEAL OF THE CURRENT CITYWIDE ZONING MAP AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW CITYWIDE

ZONING MAP. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

>> CHAIRPERSON NICCO YSIANO.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON CHRISTIAN

RODRIGUEZ CEJA. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER GLORIA FRANZ.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JACKIE LOPEZ.

>> ONE MORE. RESOLUTION -- MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2030 RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF INDIO, CALIFORNIA, THE MAKING OF A FINDING OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE PROGRAM FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN 2040 CERTIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2019, FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 3, LAND USE ANDER ABOUT AN DESIGN, OF THE GENERAL PLAN 2040, FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATING MAP, FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTERS OF 150 AND 159 OF TITLE XV OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTION OF THE INDIO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE REPEAL OF THE CURRENT CITYWIDE ZONING MAP AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW CITYWIDE

>> ONE MORE.

ZONING MAP. >> CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN?

>> NO. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

>> CHAIRPERSON YSIANO.

>> YES. >> VICE CHAIRPERSON RODRIGUEZ

CEJA. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER FRANZ.

>> ABSOLUTELY YES. >> COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.