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Planning commission seeks clearer rules for temporary use permits, asks staff to draft code options
Summary
City staff presented a workshop on temporary use permits for events such as weddings, farmers markets and art residencies; commissioners asked for clearer definitions, frequency limits and a potential administrative/minor-use permit pathway and directed staff to return with draft code language.
City staff opened a three-part workshop on temporary use permits, telling the Twentynine Palms Planning Commission the development code is unclear about which temporary events are appropriate in residential areas and how frequently they may occur. In the presentation staff said some requests do not fit neatly into existing categories and read three core questions for the commission about timeframes, residential allowances and the application of the “other uses” clause.
Caroline Partamian, executive director of Desert Trade, urged more…
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