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Palm Desert adopts hillside residential design rules, adds 500 sq ft synthetic turf cap
Summary
Council adopted new hillside plan residential design standards for the west hills and directed an added clause discouraging synthetic turf, capped at 500 square feet within a building pad if used; the standards address ridgeline protection, grading limits, lighting and landscaping.
The Palm Desert City Council approved revised hillside residential design standards Jan. 8 that aim to preserve hillside character, protect major ridgelines, limit grading and reduce nighttime visual intrusion from exterior lighting.
Staff and consultants described standards that refine the city’s ridge-line mapping, require building setbacks and height relationships to ridgelines, clarify rooftop equipment and require…
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