Content Updated: This event has been previously sent out on 9/15/22. Links for Items 4 and 5 were updated with missing plans on 9/16/22.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
                     CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California 92262
www.palmspringsca.gov

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 AGENDA

Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, this meeting will be conducted by teleconference and there will be no in-person public access to the meeting location.

• To join the meeting live, please use the following link from a computer or smartphone: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83760123909 
  To listen to phone audio, please call:  1 (669) 900-6833 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 837 6012 3909
• Public comment may also be submitted electronically to planning@palmspringsca.gov.  Transmittal prior to the meeting is required.  Any correspondence received during or after the meeting will be distributed to the Committee and retained for the official record.
• The meeting will be recorded and the audio file will be available from the Office of the City Clerk and will be posted on the City’s YouTube channel, as soon as practicable.

Tom Jakway, Chair
Robert Rotman, Vice Chair
Tom Doczi
Sean Lockyer
John McCoy
Steve Poehlein
John Walsh
Dan Thompson (Alternate)

Staff Liaisons:
Christopher Hadwin, Director of Planning
Noriko Kikuchi, AICP, Associate Planner
Rick Minjares, Engineering Associate
Alex Perez, Assistant Planner
 

Pursuant to the Government Code Section 54957.5(b)(2) the designated office for inspection of public records in connection with the meeting is the Department of Planning Services, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way.  Complete Agenda Packets are available for public inspection at:  Department of Planning Services.  Agenda and staff reports are available on the City’s website:  www.palmspringsca.gov.  If you would like additional information on any item appearing on this agenda, please contact the Department of Planning Services at (760) 323-8245.

It is the intention of the City of Palm Springs to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects.  If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, or in meetings on a regular basis, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner.  Please contact the Planning Department, (760) 323-8245, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible.

CALL TO ORDER:

ROLL CALL:

REPORT OF THE POSTING OF AGENDA:  Agenda is available for public access at the City Hall bulletin board (west side of Council Chamber) by 9:00 pm, Thursday, September 15, 2022, and posted on the City’s website as required by established policies and procedures.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA:  The Architectural Review Committee will discuss the order of the agenda, may amend the order, note abstentions and request Consent Calendar items be removed from the consent calendar for discussion.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: This time has been set aside for members of the public to address the Architectural Review Committee on the Consent Calendar and other agenda items; and items of general interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  Although the Architectural Review Committee values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, it generally cannot take any action on items not listed on the posted Agenda.  Three (3) minutes assigned for each speaker.

CONSENT CALENDAR:

The following routine matters may be acted upon by one motion.  Individual items may be removed by the Board for separate discussion at this time or under Approval of the Agenda. 

1.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
RECOMMENDATION:  Approval

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 

2.  REQUEST BY DJL OF THE DESERT, INC., OWNER, FOR A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT A ONE-STORY 3-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING ON AN UNDEVELOPED 10,200-SQUARE-FOOT PARCEL LOCATED AT 517 SOUTH MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE, ZONE R-2 (CASE 3.4270-MAJ) (AR)
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution and approve the project, subject to conditions of approval.

NEW BUSINESS:

3.  REQUEST BY PINNACLE PALM SPRINGS, LLC FOR A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT A 3,953-SQUARE FOOT, ONE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE ON A 12,701 SQUARE-FOOT HILLSIDE LOT LOCATED AT 1740 PINNACLE POINT, ZONE PD 79 (CASE 3.4335-MAJ) (AR)
RECOMMENDATION: Continue for redesign, or adopt resolution to deny as presented.

4.  REQUEST BY STUDIO AR & D ARCHITECTS, INC., ON BEHALF OF DESERT EYRIE HOMES, LLC, FOR MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL (MAJ) AND ADMINISTRATIVE MINOR MODIFICATION (AMM) APPLICATIONS TO CONSTRUCT A 4,754-SQUARE-FOOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 12.5 FEET AND A 15.2-FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK, INSTEAD OF THE 25-FOOT-MINIMUM, ON AN 18,122-SQUARE-FOOT UNDEVELOPED HILLSIDE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2306 MONUMENT COURT (LOT 76), ZONE ESA-SP, SECTION 4 (CASE 3.4336 MAJ & CASE 7.1658 AMM). (NK)
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution and approve the project, subject to conditions of approval. 

5.  STUDIO AR & D ARCHITECTS, INC., ON BEHALF OF DESERT EYRIE HOMES, LLC, FOR A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT A 4,839-SQUARE-FOOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 12.3 FEET ON AN 18,259-SQUARE-FOOT UNDEVELOPED HILLSIDE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2339 CITY VIEW DRIVE (LOT 59), ZONE ESA-SP, SECTION 4 (CASE 3.4337 MAJ). (NK)
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution and approve the project, subject to conditions of approval. 

COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS:

STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS:

ADJOURNMENT:  The Architectural Review Committee of the City of Palm Springs will adjourn to the next regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Monday, October 3, 2022, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs.