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Cathedral City council gives initial approval to 204-unit Date Palm apartment project, delegates final wall design to staff
Summary
The City Council approved a general plan amendment, zone change and design review for a proposed 204-unit apartment complex near Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road, accepting the project's mitigated negative declaration and delegating final approval of perimeter-wall details to planning staff.
The Cathedral City City Council voted on Jan. 8 to approve a set of entitlements — a general plan amendment, change of zone and design review — for a proposed 204-unit apartment community on a site fronting Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road.
Staff presented the project as a multi-building complex with 204 units in 12 buildings (six two-story “Big House” buildings and six three-story “Stack House” buildings), 319 parking spaces (306 required, 292 covered), and on-site amenities including a clubhouse and pool. The council accepted the initial study and mitigated negative declaration prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Why it matters: the proposal represents a notable increase in multifamily housing supply in an area the staff described as appropriate for higher-density residential development given transit access and nearby services. The measure had been reviewed previously by the Architectural Review…
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