PCRES 2001-073PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2001-073
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA,
RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVAL OF AMENDING TRACT MAP 28640 TO
ALLOW A CHANGE TO CONDITION #34 OF CITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION 98-10 REQUIRING UNDER
GROUNDING OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES
FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION
IN RANCHO LA QUINTA
CASE NO.: AMENDING TRACT MAP 28640
APPLICANT: T. D. DESERT DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California,
did on the 81h day of May, 2001, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider
amending Condition No. 34 of City Council Resolution 98-10 to allow an exemption
to the under grounding of existing overhead utility lines on Imperial Irrigation District
high voltage power lines (92 Kv) for a subdivision of 23 acres into 70 single family and
other common lots, located on the east side of Tracts 25154 and 28343 in Rancho
La Quinta; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, did on
the 3rd day of February, 1998, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing approving the
subdivision of 23 acres into 70 single family and other common lots, located to the
east of Tract 25154, more particularly described as:
Being a portion of Parcels 4 and 5 of Parcel Map 20469
WHEREAS, Tract Map 28640 was recorded with the County of Riverside
Recorder's Office on September 17, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the applicant is requesting to amend a final map pursuant to
Section 13.20.115 of the Subdivision Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, said Environmental Assessment for this Amendment has
complied with the requirements of "The Rules to Implement the California
Environmental Quality Act of 1970" (as amended; Resolution 83-68 adopted by the
La Quinta City Council) in that the Community Development Department has prepared
an Initial Study (EA 2001-421) and has determined that the proposed project(s) could
not have a significant adverse impact on the environment based on the proposed
mitigation measures and a Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact
should be filed; and
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Amending Tract Map 28640
T. D. Desert Development
May 8, 2001
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WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering all
testimony and arguments, if any, of all interested persons wanting to be heard, said
Planning Commission did make the following Mandatory Findings:
A. The proposed Map Amendment is consistent with the City of La Quinta General
Plan and any applicable specific plans.
A Specific Plan and General Plan Amendments are being processed concurrently
with this application to ensuring compliance with City standards and
requirements.
The project is a Low Density Residential (LDR) District per the provisions of the
General Plan Update allowing a density of two to four units per acre; therefore,
provisions of Land Use Element (Chapter 2) are met. Specific Plan 84-004
designates the site as residential and golf course which permits single family
dwellings and golf related facilities. Tract Map 28640 is consistent with the
goals, policies and intent of the La Quinta General Plan and Specific Plan 84-
004 provided conditions contained herein are met to ensure consistency with
the General Plan, Specific Plan and mitigation of environmental consequences
pursuant to Final Environmental Impact Report #90 (Addendum).
B. The design, or improvement of, the proposed subdivision is consistent with the
La Quinta General Plan and any applicable specific plans.
All designs of streets and infrastructure improvements in the project conform
to City standards contained in the General Plan and Subdivision Ordinance as
designed. Private streets provide access to all lots and to adjacent tracts. The
density and design standards for the Tract comply with the Land Use Element
of the General Plan (Chapter 2) and the Specific Plan.
C. The design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are not likely to
cause substantial environmental damage, or substantially injure fish or wildlife,
or their habitat.
The subject site is graded and is physically suitable for the proposed land
division. This project will not cause substantial environmental damage or injury
to fish or wildlife, or their habitat because mitigation measures were completed
at the time the site was rough graded as required by SP 84-004, EIR No. 90
(Addendum), and Parcel Map 20469.
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T. D. Desert Development
May 8, 2001
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D. The design of the subdivision, or type of improvements, are not likely to cause
serious public health problems.
The design of the subdivision, as conditionally approved, will not cause serious
public health problems because they will install urban improvements based on
City, State, and Federal requirements, and Specific Plan 84-004. The existing
overhead transmission lines do not pose a threat adjacent properties in that they
were installed pursuant federal and state requirements under the supervision
and direction of the Imperial Irrigation District personnel.
E. The design of the subdivision, 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.
The proposed streets are planned to provide direct access to each single family
lot. All required public easements will provide access to the site or support
necessary infrastructure improvements as required by SP 84-004.
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 constitute the findings of the Planning
Commission in this case;
2. That it does hereby reconfirm the conclusions of Final Environmental Impact
Report No. 90 (Addendum) and Environmental Assessment 98-357 for Specific
Plan 84-004;
3. That it does hereby recommend to the City Council certification of
Environmental Assessment 2001-421 for the reasons set forth in this
Resolution and as stated in the Environmental Assessment Checklist and
Mitigated Negative Declaration on file with the Community Development
Department; and
4. That it does recommend approval to the City Council of Amending Tract Map
28640 for the reasons set forth in this Resolution and subject to the attached
conditions.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta City Planning Commission, held on this 8`h day of May, 2001 by the following
vote, to wit:
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Planning Commission Resolution 2001-073
Amending Tract Map 28640
T. D. Desert Development
May 8, 2001
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AYES: Commissioners Abels, Butler, Kirk, Tyler, and Chairman Robbins
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I
S E ROBBINS, Chairman
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
JERRY�HETMAN} Community Uevelopment ulrector
City f La Quin , California
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2001-073
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - ADOPTED
AMENDING TRACT MAP 28640, RANCHO LA QUINTA
T.D. DESERT DEVELOPMENT
MAY 8, 2001
GENERAL
1. Condition Deleted
2. Amending Tract Map No. 28640 shall comply with the requirements and standards of
§ § 66410-66499.58 of the California Government Code (the Subdivision Map Act)
and Chapter 13 of the La Quinta Municipal Code (LQMC) unless otherwise modified
by the following conditions.
3. Prior to the issuance of a grading permit or building permit for construction of any
building or use contemplated by this approval, 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
• Imperial Irrigation District
• California Regional Water Quality Control Board (NPDES Permit)
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 include a copy of the application for the Notice of Intent with
grading plans submitted for plan checking. Prior to issuance of a grading or site
construction permit, the applicant shall submit a copy of the proposed Storm Water
Pollution Protection Plan for review by the Public Works Department.
4. Provisions shall be made to comply with the terms and requirements of the City's
adopted Infrastructure Fee program in effect at the time of issuance of building
permits.
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Planning Commission Resolution No. 2001-073
Conditions of Approval - Adopted
Amending Tract Map 28640
May 8, 2001
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PROPERTY RIGHTS
5. All easements, rights of way and other property rights required of the tentative map
or otherwise necessary to facilitate the ultimate use of the development and
functioning of improvements shall be dedicated, granted or otherwise conferred, or the
process of said dedication, granting, or conferral shall be ensured, prior to approval of
a final map or parcel map or a waiver of parcel map. The conferral shall include
irrevocable offers to dedicate or grant easements to the City for access to and
maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of all essential improvements which are
located on privately -held lots or parcels.
6. Prior to approval of a final map, parcel map or grading plan and prior to issuance of a
grading permit, the applicant shall furnish proof of temporary or permanent 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.
7. 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.
S. The applicant shall dedicate public and private street right of way and utility
easements in conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable
specific plans, and as required by the City Engineer.
9. Dedications required of this development consist of Lots A, B, C, & D (Private Streets)
- 33-foot right of way. Dedications shall include additional width as necessary for
features contained in the approved construction plans.
10. The applicant shall dedicate 10-foot public utility easements contiguous with and along
both sides of all private streets.
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May 8, 2001
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1 1. The applicant shall dedicate any easements necessary for placement of and access to
utility lines and structures, drainage basins, mailbox clusters, park lands, and common
areas.
12. The applicant shall cause no easements to be granted or recorded over any portion of
this property between the date of approval 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.
FINAL MAP(SI AND PARCEL MAPISI
13. As part of the filing package for final map approval, the applicant shall furnish accurate
AutoCad files of the complete map, as approved by the City's map checker, on
storage media and in a program format acceptable to the City Engineer. The files shall
utilize standard AutoCad menu choices 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 PLAN
14. Improvement plans submitted to the City for plan checking shall be submitted on 24"
x 36" media in the categories of "Rough Grading," "Precise Grading," "Streets &
Drainage," and "Landscaping." All plans except precise grading plans shall have
signature blocks for the City Engineer. Precise grading plans shall have signature
blocks for Community Development Director and the Building Official. Plans are not
approved for construction until they are signed.
"Streets and Drainage" plans shall normally include signals, sidewalks, bike paths,
gates and entryways, and parking lots. If water and sewer plans are included on the
street and drainage plans, the plans shall have an additional signature block for the
Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). The combined plans shall be signed by
CVWD prior to their submittal for the City Engineer's signature.
"Landscaping" plans shall normally include landscape improvements, irrigation,
lighting, and subdivision perimeter walls.
Plans for improvements not listed above shall be in formats approved by the City
Engineer.
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15. 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.
16. When final plans are approved by the City, and prior to approval of the final map, 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 choices 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 including approved
revisions to the plans.
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.
IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT
17. The applicant shall construct improvements and/or satisfy obligations, or furnish an
executed, secured agreement to construct improvements and/or satisfy obligations
required by the City prior to agendization of a final map or parcel map or issuance of
a certificate of compliance for a waived parcel map. For secured agreements, security
provided, and the release thereof, shall conform with Chapter 13, LQMC.
Improvements to be made or agreed to shall include removal of any existing structures
or obstructions which are not part of the proposed improvements.
18. If improvements are secured, the applicant shall provide approved estimates of
improvement costs. Estimates shall comply with the schedule of unit costs adopted
by City resolution or ordinance. For items not listed in the City's schedule, estimates
shall meet the approval of the City Engineer.
Estimates for utilities and other improvements under the jurisdiction of outside
agencies shall be approved by those agencies. Security is not required for telephone,
gas, or T.V. cable improvements. However, tract improvements shall not be
agendized for final acceptance until the City receives confirmation from the telephone
authority that the applicant has met all requirements for telephone service to lots
within the development.
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19. If improvements are phased with multiple final maps or other administrative approvals
(plot plans, conditional use permits, etc.), off -site improvements and development -
wide improvements le.g., retention basins, perimeter walls & landscaping, gates) shall
be constructed or secured prior to approval of the first phase unless otherwise
approved by the City Engineer. Improvements and obligations required of each phase
shall be completed and satisfied prior to completion of homes or occupancy of
permanent buildings within the phase unless a construction phasing plan is approved
by the City Engineer.
20. The applicant shall pay cash or provide security in guarantee of cash payment for
applicant's required share of improvements which have been or will be constructed by
others (participatory improvements).
Participatory improvements for this development include:
A. Prior to agendization of any final map under this tentative map, the applicant shall
enter into an unsecured agreement to reimburse the City for the applicant's share
of the costs incurred in improvement of Avenue 48 from Dune Palms Road to
Jefferson Street including signals and other required appurtenances. The
agreement shall require reimbursement according to the original phasing plan for
the overall Rancho La Quinta development as may be modified over time with the
City's approval.
The applicant's obligations for all or a portion of the participatory improvements may,
at the City's option, be satisfied by participation in a major thoroughfare improvement
program if this development becomes subject to such a program.
GRADING
21. Graded, undeveloped land shall be maintained to prevent dust and blowsand
nuisances. The land shall be planted with interim landscaping or provided with other
wind and water erosion control measures approved by the Community Development
and Public Works Departments.
22. 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. In accordance with said Chapter, 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.
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23. The applicant shall comply with the City's flood protection ordinance.
24. The applicant shall furnish a thorough preliminary geological and soils engineering
report (the "soils report") with the grading plan.
25. A grading plan shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer and must meet the
approval of the City Engineer prior to issuance of a grading permit. The grading plan
shall conform with the recommendations of the soils report and shall be certified as
adequate by a soils engineer or an engineering geologist. A statement shall appear on
the final map(s), if any are required of this development, that a soils report has been
prepared pursuant to Section 17953 of the Health and Safety Code.
26. The applicant shall endeavor to minimize differences in elevation at the interface of
this development with abutting properties and of separate tracts and lots within this
development. Building pad elevations on contiguous lots shall not differ by more than
three feet except for lots within a tract, but not sharing common street frontage,
where the differential shall not exceed five feet. If compliance with this requirement
is impractical, the City will consider and may approve alternatives which minimize
safety concerns, maintenance difficulties and neighboring -owner dissatisfaction with
the grade differential.
27. Prior to issuance of building permits, the applicant shall provide a separate document,
bearing the seal and signature of a California registered civil engineer or surveyor, that
lists actual building pad elevations for the building lots. The document shall list the
pad elevation approved on the grading plan, the as -built elevation, and the difference
between the two, if any. The data shall be organized by lot number and shall be listed
cumulatively if submitted at different times.
DRAINAGE
The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Engineering Bulletin No. 97.03 and the
following:
28. The design of the development shall not cause any increase in flood boundaries, levels
or frequencies in any area outside the development.
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29. Stormwater falling on site during the peak 24-hour period of a 100-year storm (the
design storm) shall be retained within the Rancho La Quinta development unless
otherwise approved by the City Engineer. The tributary drainage area shall extend to
the centerline of adjacent public streets.
30. Storm flow in excess of retention capacity shall be routed through a designated
overflow outlet and into the historic drainage relief route.
31. Storm drainage historically received from adjoining property shall be received and
retained or passed through into the historic downstream drainage relief route.
32. Nuisance water shall be retained on site unless otherwise approved by the Rancho La
Quinta Homeowners' Association. A trickling sand filter and leachfield of a design
approved by the City Engineer shall be installed to percolate nuisance water. The sand
filter and leach field shall be sized to percolate 22 gallons per day per 1,000 square
feet of drainage area.
33. If the applicant proposes drainage of stormwater from a design storm directly or
indirectly to public waterways, the applicant and, subsequently, the Homeowners'
Association if so arranged by the applicant, shall be responsible for any sampling and
testing of the development's effluent which may required under the City's NPDES
Permit or other city- or area -wide pollution prevention program and for any other
obligations and/or expenses which may arise from the such discharge of the
development's stormwater or nuisance water. The tract CC & Rs shall reflect the
existence of this potential obligation.
UTILITIES
34. Existing overhead lines and all proposed utilities within or adjacent to the proposed
development shall be installed underground, unless otherwise permitted by General
Plan Amendment 2000-073.
35. In areas where hardscape surface improvements are planned, underground utilities
shall be installed prior to construction of surface improvements. The applicant shall
provide certified reports of utility trench compaction tests for approval of the City
Engineer.
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STREET AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
36. The City is contemplating adoption of a major thoroughfare improvement program.
If the program is in effect 60 days prior to recordation of any final map or issuance of
a certificate of compliance for any waived final map, the development or portions
thereof may be subject to the provisions of the ordinance.
If this development is not subject to a major thoroughfare improvement program, the
applicant shall be responsible for all street and traffic improvements required herein.
37. The following minimum street improvements shall be constructed to conform with the
General Plan street type noted in parentheses:
A. PRIVATE STREETS AND CULS DE SAC
11 Residential - 32 feet wide, curbface to curbface
Entry drives, main interior circulation routes, turn knuckles, corner cutbacks, bus
turnouts, dedicated turn lanes, and other features contained in the approved
construction plans may warrant additional street widths as determined by the City
Engineer.
38. Improvements shall include all appurtenances such as traffic signs, channelization
markings and devices, raised medians if required, street name signs, sidewalks, and
mailbox clusters approved in design and location by the U.S. Post Office and the City
Engineer. Mid -block street lighting is not required.
39. The City Engineer may require improvements extending beyond development
boundaries such as, but not limited to, pavement elevation transitions, street width
transitions, or other incidental work which will ensure that newly constructed
improvements are safely integrated with existing improvements and conform with the
City's standards and practices.
40. Improvement plans for all on- and off -site streets and access gates shall be prepared
by registered professional engineer(s) authorized to practice in the State of California.
Improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the LQMC,
adopted Standard and Supplemental Drawings and Specifications, and as approved by
the City Engineer.
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May 8, 2001
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41. Street right of way geometry for culs de sac, knuckle turns and corner cut -backs shall
conform with Riverside County Standard Drawings #800, #801, and #805
respectively unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
42. All streets proposed to serve residential or other access driveways shall be designed
and constructed with vertical curbs and gutters or shall have other approved methods
to convey nuisance water without ponding and to facilitate street sweeping.
43. Street pavement sections shall be based on a Caltrans design for a 20-year life and
shall consider soil strength and anticipated traffic loading (including site and building
construction traffic). The minimum pavement sections shall be as follows:
Residential & Parking Areas 3.0" a.c./4.50" a.b.
Collector 4.0"/5.00"
Secondary Arterial 4.0"/6.00"
Primary Arterial 4.5"/6.00"
Major Arterial 5.5"/6.50"
The listed structural sections are minimums, not defaults. Street pavement sections
shall be designed using Caltrans design procedures with site -specific data for soil
strength and traffic volumes.
The applicant shall submit current (no more than two years old) mix designs for base
materials, Portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete, including complete mix
design lab results, for review and approval by the City. For mix designs over six
months old, the submittal shall include recent (no more than six months old at the time
proposed for construction) aggregate gradation test results to confirm that the mix
design gradations can be reproduced in production of the base or paving material.
Construction operations shall not be scheduled until mix designs are approved.
44. Final inspection and occupancy of homes or other permanent buildings within the
development will not be approved until the homes or permanent buildings have
improved access, including street and sidewalk improvements, traffic control devices
and street name signs, to publicly -maintained streets. If on -site streets are initially
constructed with only a portion of the full thickness of pavement, the applicant shall
complete the pavement when directed by the City but in any case prior to final
inspections of any of the final ten percent of homes within the tract.
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LANDSCAPING
45. Landscape and irrigation plans for landscaped lots, landscape setback areas, medians,
common retention basins, and park facilities shall be prepared by a licensed landscape
architect.
Landscape and irrigation plans shall be approved by the Community Development
Department. Landscape and irrigation construction plans shall be submitted to the
Public Works Department for review and approval by the City Engineer. The plans are
not approved for construction until they have been approved and signed by the City
Engineer, the Coachella Valley Water District, and the Riverside County Agricultural
Commissioner.
46. 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.
47. Landscape areas shall have permanent irrigation improvements meeting the
requirements of the City Engineer. Use of lawn shall be minimized with no lawn or
spray irrigation within 5-feet of curbs along public streets.
48. The applicant shall ensure that landscaping plans and utility plans are coordinated to
provide visual screening of above -ground utility structures.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
49, The applicant shall employ construction quality -assurance measures which meet the
approval of the City Engineer.
50. The subdivider shall arrange and bear the cost of measurement, sampling and testing
not included in the City's permit inspection program but which are required by the City
to provide evidence that materials and their placement comply with plans and
specifications.
51. The applicant shall employ or retain California registered civil engineers, geotechnical
engineers, or surveyors, as appropriate, who will provide, or have their agents provide,
sufficient supervision and verification of the construction to be able to furnish and sign
accurate record drawings. _
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52. Upon completion of construction, the applicant shall furnish the City reproducible
record drawings of all plans which were signed by the City Engineer. Each sheet of
the drawings shall have the words "Record Drawings," "As -Built" or "As -Constructed"
clearly marked on each sheet and be stamped and signed by the engineer or surveyor
certifying to the accuracy of the drawings. The applicant shall revise the plan
computer files previously submitted to the City to reflect the as -constructed condition.
MAINTENANCE
53. The applicant shall make provisions for continuous and perpetual maintenance of all
required improvements unless and until expressly released from said responsibility by
the City.
FEES AND DEPOSITS
54. The applicant shall pay all deposits and fees required by the City for plan checking and
construction inspection. Deposit and fee amounts shall be those in effect when the
applicant makes application for plan checking and permits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
55. Schedule A fire protection approved Super fire hydrants (6" X 4" X 2.5" X 2.5") shall
be located at each street intersection spaced not more than 330 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 1,000 g.p.m. for a two-hour duration at 20 psi.
56. Prior to issuance recordation of final map, applicant/developer shall furnish one blue
line copy of the water system plans to the Fire Department for review/approval. Plans
shall conform to the fire hydrant types, location and spacing, and the system shall
meet fire flow requirements. Plans shall be signed/approved by a registered Civil
Engineer and the local water company with the following certification: "I certify that
the design of the water system is in accordance with the requirements prescribed by
the Riverside County Fire Department".
57. 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.
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58. A temporary water supply for fire protection may be allowed for the construction of
the models only. Plans for a temporary water system must be submitted to the Fire
Department for review prior to issuance of building permits.
59. Gates installed to restrict access shall be power operated and equipped with a Fire
Department override system consisting of Knox Key operated switches, Series KS-2P
with dust cover, mounted per recommended standard of the Knox Company.
Improvement plans for the entry street and gates shall be submitted to the Fire
Department for review/approval prior to installation.
MISCELLANEOUS
60. Swimming pool and related recreation area facilities on Lot 63 shall be installed before
issuance of the 30`h building permit for this Tract, with plans for facilities approved
prior to issuance of first building permit.
61. Restroom facilities shall be provided at the common pool and spa complex (Lot 63)•
Separate restroom facilities shall be accessible to the golf course maintenance workers
and gardeners during their normal working hours as approved by the Community
Development Director.
62. Final map(s) shall not be approve or recorded with lot widths of less than 60 feet until
a Specific Plan Amendment is approved permitting such lot widths.
63. The developer/property owner agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City
of La Quinta in the event of any legal claim or litigation arising out of the City's
approval of this project including but not limited to indemnifying and holding harmless
the City from any challenge regarding SP 84-004 (Amendment #4), GPA 2001-073,
EA 2001-421, and affiliated subdivision maps. The City of La Quinta shall have the
right to select its defense counsel in its sole discretion.
The City shall promptly notify the subdivider of any claim, action or proceeding and
shall cooperate fully in the defense.
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