Bel Air Greens General Plan Amendment
Summary
SCH Number
2025071348
Lead Agency
City of Palm Springs
Document Title
Bel Air Greens General Plan Amendment
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
R-1-C Single-Family Residential 10,000 SF Zone; I.L. Indian Land
Document Description
The Project proposes a General Plan Amendment (GPA) for the 35.13-acre Bel Air Greens property to change the property’s current General Plan land use designation from Open Space – Parks and Recreation to Very Low Density Residential (“VLDR”) with a density of 2.1- 4 du/ac. The site is currently zoned R-1-C Single-Family Residential (10,000 SF lots), which is inconsistent with the site’s existing Open Space land use designation, but consistent with the proposed GPA.
The Applicant’s intent is to pursue the approval of entitlements to allow the subdivision of land for future single-family residential uses. A formal subdivision application is not proposed at this time; however, a conceptual lot plan has been provided that includes 74 single-family residential lots and 11 open space lots for a total of 85 lots. The conceptual lot plan also includes the extension of Mesquite Avenue from Compadre Road to El Cielo Road and reserves approximately 5.5 acres along the northerly portion of the project site for “Desert Greenway” in accordance with the Golf Course Conversion Ordinance. The northern 19.65-acres of the site and lot plan contains 33 residential lots for a density of 1.679 du/ac, and the southern 15.48 acres of the site contains 41 residential lots for a density of 2.649 du/ac. The proposed VLDR permits a density range of 2.1 to 4 du/ac, meaning future development of the site will likely require a Development Agreement (“DA”) for a density transfer that transfers density from the southern APN to the northern APN.
Contact Information
Name
Ken Lyon
Agency Name
City of Palm Springs
Job Title
Principal City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Albert Howell
Agency Name
Tommy Jacobs' Bel Air Greens, LP
Job Title
President of Ash, Inc. (General Partner in Tommy Jacobs' Bel Air Greens, LP)
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Kelly Clark
Agency Name
Terra Nova Planning & Research, Inc.
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Palm Springs
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
1001 El Cielo Road
Zip
92264
Total Acres
35.13
Parcel #
502-310-049 and 502-590-004
State Highways
Hwy 111
Railways
N/A
Airports
Palm Springs International
Schools
Palm Springs High School
Waterways
Tahquitz Creek
Township
4S
Range
4E
Section
24
Base
SBBM
Notice of Completion
Development Types
Residential (Units 74, Acres 35)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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