Cathedral City planning commission approves Mountain View Estates amenity changes; pickleball courts removed from north site

The Cathedral City Planning Commission on Feb. 19 approved Planned Unit Development (PUD) amendment 25-0001 and tentative track map revision 25-0001 for the Mountain View Estates subdivision, a roughly 27-acre, 110–lot single-family project located between Ramon Road and McCallum Way. The commission found no additional California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review was required and approved the amendment subject to the conditions in the staff report.

The amendment replaces previously planned northern pickleball courts with a relocated turf recreation area and dog park, and adds a southern amenity complex that includes a roughly 5,000-square-foot clubhouse, a 3,000-square-foot fitness center, a shared swimming pool and spa, a children’s play area and shaded seating. The applicant told the commission the changes do not alter the approved lot sizes or residential architecture for the 110 single-family lots.

Dom Camps, associate planner for Cathedral City, told the commission the proposed amendment qualifies as a minor amendment under the city’s municipal code and subdivision…