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Residents press Palm Desert for enforcement as sand blows from Del Webb Explorer site
Summary
Several homeowners told the Palm Desert City Council that the Pulte/Del Webb Explorer construction site is blowing large amounts of sand onto adjacent lots after removal of a soil stabilizer; residents say promised landscaping is incomplete and asked the city’s planning/inspection staff to require the developer to finish erosion controls and make reparations.
Multiple Palm Desert residents told the City Council on March 12 that ongoing grading at the Del Webb Explorer (Pulte) development has created persistent blowing sand and debris that is filling backyard pools, clogging filters and making patios unusable.
"We are getting inundated with sand," said Charles Cronenweth, who said his house backs up to the project. He and other neighbors said Pulte removed an erosion‑control…
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