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CC Resolution 2000-138RESOLUTION NO. 2000-138 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT AND MISCELLANEOUS AMENITY LOTS ON APPROXIMATELY .3 ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTH TERMINUS OF WASHINGTON STREET ON PEERLESS PLACE WITHIN THE TRADITION CLUB CASE NO.: TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 29897 APPLICANT: CHAPMAN GOLF DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, did, on the 17th day Of October, 2000, hold a duly -noticed Public Hearing to consider the request of Chapman Golf Development, L. L.C. for approval of a Parcel Map as shown on Exhibit A., and more particularly described as: A 13, 230 square foot portion of Lot 34 of Tract 28611 ; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did, on the 10th day Of October, 2000, hold a duly -noticed Public Hearing and to consider the request of Chapman Golf Development, L. L.C. for approval of a Parcel Map as shown on Exhibit A. WHEREAS, said General Plan Amendment has complied with the requirements of "The Rules to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970" as amended (Resolution 83-63), in that an Environmental Assessment was conducted Tract 28611 in 1997, for the overall development of the Tradition Club. A Mitigated Negative Declaration was certified by the City Council (Resolution 97-91) on November 18, 1997. No substantive changes exists which would require the preparation of additional environmental documentation. An Addendum has been prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with minor changes in the project. The Community Development Department has determined that no significant environmental impacts which cannot be mitigated will result from this project. Therefore, no further Environmental Assessment is necessary. Pursuant to Public Resources code 15162.; and, WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all interested persons wanting to be heard, said Commission did make the following Mandatory Findings of approval to justify said Tentative Parcel Map 29897: Resolution No. 2000-138 Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 2 A. The proposed map is consistent with the City of La Quinta General Plan. The project is a Low Density Residential (LDR) District per the provisions of the 1992 General Plan Update; therefore, all provisions of Land Use Element (Chapter 2) shall be met. Tentative Parcel Map 29897 is consistent with the goals, policies and intent of the La Quinta General Plan provided conditions contained herein are met to ensure consistency with the General Plan and mitigation of environmental consequences pursuant to Environmental Assessment (EA) 97-341. B. The design, or improvement of, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the La Quinta General Plan and the Subdivision Ordinance. All streets and improvements in the project conform to City standards contained in the General Plan and Subdivision Ordinance as designed. Access for the single family lots will be provided from an street built under the tentative tract map. The design of the proposed lot is consistent with the City of La Quinta General Plan in that the subdivision has on -site drainage, flood water retention, and internal circulation system acceptable to the City Engineer. C. The site is physically suitable for the type of development in that the slope and topographic relief is relatively flat, and the soil type is suitable for residential development. D. The design of the lot , or type of improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage, or substantially and unavoidably injure fish, or wildlife, or their habitats in that a Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact was certified for EA 97-341 November 18, 1997. An Addendum has been prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with minor changes in the project. The Community Development Department has determined that no significant environmental impacts which cannot be mitigated will result from this project. Therefore, no further environmental documentation is necessary. E. The design of the lot, or type of improvements are not likely to cause serious public health problems in that the Fire Marshall, Sheriff's Department, and the City's Building and Safety Department have reviewed the proposal for public health conditions and the project is conditioned as appropriate. _ Resolution No. 2000-138 Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 3 F. The design of the lot, or type of improvements, will not conflict with easements acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision in the proposed internal streets will be privately owned and maintained, and that there will be no publicly -owned improvements with the tentative tract map. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of the City Council in this case; 2. That it does hereby approve of the above -described General Plan Amendment request for the reasons set forth in this Resolution; PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City Council, held on this 17th day of October, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Adolph, Henderson, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None JOHN*J.iU_,_ City of La Quinta, California ATTEST: JU REEK, CMC, CI y erk City of La Quinta, California (City Seal) Resolution No. 2000-138 Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 4 APPROVED AS TO FORM: / I klo M. K THE NE JE ON, City Attorney City of La Quinta, California RESOLUTION NO. 2000-138 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 29897- FINAL OCTOBER 17, 2000 GENERAL 1. The subdivider agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City of La Quinta (the "City"), its agents, officers and employees from any claim, action or proceeding to attack, set aside, void, or annul the approval of this tentative map or any final map thereunder. The City shall have sole discretion in selecting its defense counsel. The City shall promptly notify the subdivider of any claim, action or proceeding and shall cooperate fully in the defense. 2. This tentative map and any final maps thereunder shall comply with the requirements and standards of § §66410 through 66499.58 of the California Government Code (the Subdivision Map Act) and Chapter 13 of the La Quinta Municipal Code (LQMC). 3. Prior to the issuance of a grading, construction or building permit, the applicant shall obtain permits and/or clearances from the following public agencies: • Fire Marshal • Public Works Department (Grading Permit, Improvement Permit) • Community Development Department • Riverside Co. Environmental Health Department • Desert Sands Unified School District • Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) • Imperial Irrigation District (IID) • California Water Quality Control Board (CWQCB) The applicant is responsible for any requirements of the permits or clearances from those jurisdictions. If the requirements include approval of improvement plans, applicant shall furnish proof of said approvals prior to obtaining City approval of the plans. The applicant shall comply with applicable provisions of the City's NPDES stormwater discharge permit. For projects requiring project -specific NPDES construction permits, the applicant shall submit a copy of the CWQCB acknowledgment of the applicant's Notice of Intent prior to issuance of a grading or site construction permit. The applicant shall ensure that the required Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan is available for inspection at the project site. Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 2 4. Final maps under this tentative map shall be subject to the provisions of the Infrastructure Fee Program and Development Impact Fee program in effect at the time of final map approval. 5. The applicant shall comply with all applicable Conditions of Approval for Tract No. 28470 and Tract No. 28867. PROPERTY RIGHTS 6. Prior to approval of a final map, the applicant shall acquire or confer easements and other property rights required of the tentative map or otherwise necessary for construction or proper functioning of the proposed development. Conferred rights shall include irrevocable offers to dedicate or grant access easements to the City for emergency services and for maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of essential improvements. 7. The applicant shall dedicate ten -foot public utility easements contiguous with and along both sides of all private streets. The easements may be reduced to five feet with the express concurrence of IID. 8. The applicant shall dedicate easements necessary for placement of and access to utility lines and structures, drainage basins, mailbox clusters, park lands, and common areas. 9. The applicant shall furnish proof of easements or written permission, as appropriate, from owners of any abutting properties on which grading, retaining wall construction, permanent slopes, or other encroachments are to occur. 10. If the applicant proposes vacation or abandonment of any existing rights of way or access easements which will diminish access rights to any properties owned by others, the applicant shall provide approved alternate rights of way or access easements to those properties or notarized letters of consent from the property owners 11 . The applicant shall cause no easements to be granted or recorded over any portion of this property between the date of approval of this tentative map by the City Council and the date of recording of any final map(s) covering the same portion of the property unless such easements are approved by the City Engineer. _ Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 3 FINAL MAP(S) AND PARCEL MAP(S) 12. Prior to approval of a final map, the applicant shall furnish accurate AutoCad files of the complete map, as approved by the City's map checker, on storage media acceptable to the City Engineer. The files shall utilize standard AutoCad menu items so they may be fully retrieved into a basic AutoCad program. If the map was not produced in AutoCad or a file format which can be converted to AutoCad, the City Engineer may accept raster -image files of the map. IMPROVEMENT PLANS As used throughout these conditions of approval, professional titles such as "engineer," "surveyor," and "architect" refer to persons currently certified or licensed to practice their respective professions in the State of California. 13. Plans shall be submitted on 24" x 36" media in the categories of "Rough Grading," "Precise Grading," and "Landscaping". Precise grading plans shall have signature blocks for Community Development Director and the Building Official. All other plans shall have signature blocks for the City Engineer. Plans are not approved for construction until they are signed. "Landscaping" plans shall normally include irrigation improvements, landscape lighting and entry monuments. "Precise Grading" plans shall normally include perimeter walls. Plans for improvements not listed above shall be in formats approved by the City Engineer. 14. The City may maintain standard plans, details and/or construction notes for elements of construction. For a fee established by City resolution, the applicant may acquire standard plan and/or detail sheets from the City. 15. When final plans are approved by the City, the applicant shall furnish accurate AutoCad files of the complete, approved plans on storage media acceptable to the City Engineer. The files shall utilize standard AutoCad menu items so they may be fully retrieved into a basic AutoCad program. At the completion of construction and prior to final acceptance of improvements, the applicant shall update the files to reflect as -constructed conditions. Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 4 If the plans were not produced in AutoCad or a file format which can be converted to AutoCad, the City Engineer may accept raster -image files of the plans. GRADING 16. The applicant shall have a "Rough" Grading Plan prepared by or under the direct supervision of qualified engineers and reviewed by the Public Works Department prior to the issuance of any grading permits. The plan shall address drainage from adjacent hillsides. 17. This development shall comply with Chapter 8.11 of the LQMC (Flood Hazard Regulations). If any portion of any proposed building lot in the development is or may be located within a flood hazard area as identified on the City's Flood Insurance Rate Maps, the development shall be graded to ensure that all floors and exterior fill (at the foundation) are above the level of the project (100-year) flood and building pads are compacted to 95% Proctor Density as required in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 65.5(a) (6). Prior to issuance of building permits for lots which are so located, the applicant shall furnish certifications as required by FEMA that the above conditions have been met. 18. Prior to issuance of a grading permit, the applicant shall furnish a preliminary geotechnical ("soils") report and an approved grading plan prepared by a qualified engineer. The grading plan shall conform with the recommendations of the soils report and be certified as adequate by a soils engineer or engineering geologist. A statement shall appear on final maps (if any are required of this development) that a soils report has been prepared pursuant to Section 17953 of the Health and Safety Code. 19. Slopes shall not exceed 5:1 within public rights of way and 3:1 in landscape areas outside the right of way unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. 20. Prior to occupation of the project site for construction purposes, the applicant shall submit and receive approval of a Fugitive Dust Control plan prepared in accordance with Chapter 6.16, LQMC. The applicant shall furnish security, in a form acceptable to the city, in an amount sufficient to guarantee compliance with the provisions of the permit. Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 5 21. The applicant shall maintain graded, undeveloped land to prevent wind and water erosion of soils. The land shall be planted with interim landscaping or provided with other erosion control measures approved by the Community Development and Public Works Departments. 22. Prior to issuance of building permits, the applicant shall provide building pad certifications stamped and signed by qualified engineers or surveyors. For each pad, the certification shall list the approved elevation, the actual elevation, the difference between the two, if any, and pad compaction. The data shall be organized by lot number and listed cumulatively if submitted at different times. DRAINAGE The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Engineering Bulletin No. 97.03 and the following: 23. Stormwater handling shall conform with the approved hydrology and drainage plan for The Tradition. Nuisance water shall be disposed of in an approved method.. Stormwater falling on site during the peak 24-hour period of a 100-year storm (the design storm) shall be retained within the development unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. The tributary drainage area shall extend to the centerline of adjacent public streets. 24. Storm flow in excess of retention capacity shall be routed through a designated, unimpeded overflow outlet to the historic drainage relief route. 25. Storm drainage historically received from adjoining property shall be retained on site or passed through to the overflow outlet. UTILITIES 26. The applicant shall obtain the approval of the City Engineer for the location of all utility lines within the right of way and all above -ground utility structures including, but not limited to, traffic signal cabinets, electrical vaults, water valves, and telephone stands, to ensure optimum placement for practical and aesthetic purposes. Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 6 27. Existing aerial lines within or adjacent to the proposed development and all proposed utilities shall be installed underground. Power lines exceeding 34.5 kv are exempt from this requirement. 28. Utilities shall be installed prior to overlying hardscape. For installation of utilities in existing, improved streets, the applicant shall comply with trench restoration requirements maintained or required by the City Engineer. The applicant shall provide certified reports of trench compaction for approval of the City Engineer. STREET AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS 29. The City will conduct final inspections of homes and other habitable buildings only when the buildings have improved street and (if required) sidewalk access to publicly -maintained streets. The improvements shall include required traffic control devices, pavement markings and street name signs. If on -site streets are initially constructed with partial pavement thickness, the applicant shall complete the pavement prior to final inspections of the last ten percent of homes within the tract or when directed by the City, whichever comes first. QUALITY ASSURANCE 30. The applicant shall employ construction quality -assurance measures which meet the approval of the City Engineer. 31. The applicant shall employ or retain qualified civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, surveyors, or other appropriate professionals to provide sufficient construction supervision to be able to furnish and sign accurate record drawings. 32. The applicant shall arrange and bear the cost of measurement, sampling and testing procedures not included in the City's inspection program but required by the City as evidence that construction materials and methods comply with plans, specifications and applicable regulations. 33. Upon completion of construction, the applicant shall furnish the City reproducible record drawings of all improvement plans which were signed by the City. Each sheet shall be clearly marked "Record Drawings," "As -Built" or "As -Constructed" and shall be stamped and signed by the engineer or surveyor certifying to the accuracy of the drawings. The applicant shall revise the CAD or raster -image files previously submitted to the City to reflect as -constructed conditions. Resolution No. 2000-138 Conditions of Approval -Final Tentative Parcel Map 29897 October 17, 2000 Page 7 FEES AND DEPOSITS 34. The applicant shall pay the City's established fees for plan checking and construction inspection. Fee amounts shall be those in effect when the applicant makes application for plan checking and permits. FIRE MARSHALL With respect to the conditions of approval for the above referenced land division, the Fire Department (760-863-8886) recommends the following fire protection measures be provided in accordance with La Quinta Municipal Code and/or Riverside County Fire Department protection standards: 37. Fire hydrants in accordance with CVWD Standard W-33 shall be located at each street intersection spaced not more than 300 feet apart in any direction with no portion of any lot frontage more than 165 feet from a fire hydrant. Minimum fire flow shall be 1000 gpm for 2 hour duration at 20 psi. Blue dot reflectors shall be mounted in the middle of streets directly in line with fire hydrants. 38. Applicant/developer will provide written certification from the appropriate water company that the required fire hydrant(s) are either existing or that financial arrangements have been made to provide them. 39. Prior to recordation of the final map, applicant/developer shall furnish one blueline copy of the water system plans to the Fire Department for review/approval. The plans shall conform with the Fire Marshal's requirements for types, location and spacing of hydrants and fire flow requirements. Plans shall be signed/approved by a registered civil engineer and the local water company with the following certification: `9 certify that the design of the water system is in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Riverside County Fire Department." 40. The required water system including fire hydrants will be installed and accepted by the appropriate water agency prior to any combustible building material being placed on an individual lot.