Rancho Mirage council approves nine‑lot subdivision and variance for Ginger Rogers/Lanny Lane site
Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts
Sign Up Free
Summary
The Rancho Mirage City Council approved Tentative Tract Map 38636 to subdivide 5.04 acres into nine single‑family lots and granted a variance reducing minimum lot size from 18,000 to 16,000 sq ft, adopting a mitigated negative declaration and conditions of approval by a 5–0 vote.
The Rancho Mirage City Council on Nov. 6 approved Tentative Tract Map 38636, allowing a developer to subdivide 5.04 gross acres at the northeast corner of Ginger Rogers Road and Lanny Lane into nine single‑family lots.
Senior Planner Joy Tsai summarized the request, saying, “For your consideration today is tentative track map number 38636,” and described lot sizes ranging from 16,122 to 16,841 square feet and a variance reducing the minimum lot size from 18,000 to 16,000 square feet. Staff recommended adoption of a mitigated negative declaration (SCH 2025051428) and approval of the entitlement applications (EA23‑0003; VAR24‑0002; TTM23‑0001) subject to standard conditions.
The council asked technical questions about construction‑period best management practices for windblown sand and whether nearby Imperial Irrigation District (IID) capacity projects would affect the development. City staff clarified that routine BMPs (construction fencing, watering, inlet protection) would be required and that IID capacity secured through the city’s partnership is specific to affordable‑housing projects and does not cover this subdivision. “In fact, it’s one of the many things that we’re doing with an initial grading plan effort,” staff said about sand mitigation expectations.
Based on the staff report and findings, Council Member Lynn Mulatto moved to approve the filing of the mitigated negative declaration, the variance (VAR24‑0002), and the tentative tract map TTM38636 subject to the conditions in the staff report. The motion was seconded and passed on a 5–0 roll call vote.
What this means: approval allows the developer to record the map and move forward with required improvements and future individual building permit review; no residential architectural plans were included with the map application. The variance narrows the minimum lot size by roughly 10 percent from the zone standard, and staff concluded that the proposed density (approximately 1.78 dwelling units per acre) remains under the RL‑2 zoning maximum.
Next steps: The recordation of the tract map and compliance with conditions of approval (grading, landscape, sand‑mitigation measures, retention basins and matching perimeter walls) are prerequisites before any lot‑level development may proceed.