PCRES 1998-032PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 98- 032
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF-LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING A
NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 98-356,
FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 98-620
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 98-356
KSL DESERT RESORTS, INC.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California,
did, on the 12th day of May, 1998, hold aduly-noticed Public Hearing on the
Environmental Assessment for Site Development Permit 98-620, a request by KSL
Desert Resorts, Inc. to expand their existing maintenance facility at the Citrus Golf
Course, by addition of a 2,660 square foot building; and,
WHEREAS, said Environmental Assessment complies with the
requirements of "The Rules to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of
1970" as amended, City Council Resolution 83-63, in .that the Community
Development Director has conducted an Initial Study (Environmental Assessment 98-
356) and has determined that the proposed Site Development Permit could not have
a significant adverse impact on the environment, and that a Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impact should be filed; and,
WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, held on May 12, 1998, upon hearing
and considering all testimony and arguments of all interested persons desiring to be
heard, said Planning Commission did make the following findings to justify the
certification of said Environmental Assessment:
1. The proposed Site Development Permit will not be detrimental to the health,
safety, or general welfare of the community, either directly or indirectly, in that
no significant impacts have been identified, and less than significant impacts
can be addressed by adherence to standard City development requirements.
2. The proposed Site Development Permit will not have the potential to degrade
the quality of the environment, as the project in question will not be developed
in any manner inconsistent with the Oak Tree West Specific Plan, General Plan,
zoning and other current City standards. The project does not have any
potential to eliminate any important example of California prehistory, as the site
was developed in 1986 as a maintenance facility and has therefore been
disturbed to the extent that no such resource potential exists.
Planning Commission Resolution 98-032
3. The proposed Site Development Permit does not have the potential to achieve
short-term environmental goals, to the disadvantage of long-term environmental
goals, as the proposed project will not alter the type or significantly alter the
intensity of the maintenance use already existing on the site, and for whoch
infrastructure improvements have already been completed.
4. The proposed Site development Permit will not have impacts which are
individually limited but cumulatively considerable when considering planned or
proposed development in the immediate vicinity, in that the proposed project,
is a consistent representation of the project type already approved and
physically implemented for the site under the current Oak Tree West Specific
Plan, and applicable General Plan land use and zoning designations.
5. The proposed Site Development Permit will not have environmental effects that
will adversely affect the human population, either directly or indirectly, as the
proposed addition is consistent with the maintenance use already assessed
under ultimate development of the Oak Tree West Specific Plan, and
incorporated with the Environmental Assessment previously certified in 1985
for said Specific Plan. The existing maintenance facility use was also
considered in the La Quinta General Plan EIR, certified by City Council in 1992.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the
City of La Quinta, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitutes the findings of
the Planning Commission in this case;
2. That it does hereby recommend certification of Environmental Assessment 98-
356 for the reasons set forth in this Resolution and as stated in the
Environmental Assessment Checklist and Addendum, on file in the Community
Development Department.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta Planning Commission held on this 12`" day of May, 1998, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Abels, Kirk, Seaton, Tyler, Woodard, and Chairman
Butler
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Gardner
ABSTAIN: None
Planning Commission Resolution 98-032
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RICH BUTLER, Chairman
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
iWF~ERMAN\Community Development Director
of a Quinta, California