PCRES 2003-091PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2003- 091
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA APPROVING DEVELOPMENT
PLANS FOR TWO MULTI -USE RETAIL
STORES OF 10,980 AND 11,040 SQUARE
FEET
CASE NO.: SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2003-790
APPLICANT: STAMKO DEVELOPMENT CO.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California,
did on the, 251h day of November, 2003 hold a duly noticed Public Hearing, to review
building elevations, site and landscape plans for two multi -use retail stores of 10,980
and 11,040 square feet on 3.15 acres; generally located at the southeast of Highway
111, east of La Quinta Drive, more particularly described as:
PARCEL 7 and 8 OF PARCEL MAP 30420
WHEREAS, the Architectural and Landscaping Review Committee (ALRC)
of the City of La Quinta, California did on the 5th day of November, 2003 hold a public
meeting to review building elevations, site and landscape plans for two multi -use retail
stores 10,980 and 11,040 square feet in size on 3.15 acres.
WHEREAS, said Site Development Permit has complied with the
requirements of "The Rules to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of
1970" as amended (Resolution 83-63)• The City Council certified a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report (State Clearing House No. 97011055 the Centre at La
Quinta Commercial Center, Specific Plan 97-029, Amendment No. 1). No changed
circumstances or conditions and no new information is proposed which would trigger
the preparation of a subsequent Environmental Assessment pursuant to Public
Resources Code Section 21166.
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 to justify approval of
said Site Development Permit 2003-770.
1 . The proposed commercial building is consistent with the City's General Plan in
that the property is designated Regional Commercial (RC). The project is
consistent with the goals, policies and intent of the La Quinta General Plan Land
Use Element (Chapter 2) provided conditions are met.
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2. The proposed project is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Centre
at La Quinta Specific Plan, Specific Plan 97-029, Amendment No. 1 in that the
project is a permitted use and complies with the development standards and
design guidelines.
3. The proposed building is consistent with the City's Zoning Code in that
development standards and criteria contained in the Centre at La Quinta Specific
Plan 97-029, Amendment No. 1. supplements, replaces, or are consistent with
those in the City's Zoning Code.
4. The site design of the proposed project is compatible with the commercial
development in the area, and accommodates site generated traffic at area
intersections.
5 The landscape design of the proposed project, as conditioned by the ALRC,
complements the building and the surrounding commercial area in that it
enhances the aesthetic and visual quality of the area and uses a high quality of
materials.
6. The architectural design of the project is compatible with surrounding
commercial buildings and development in the general vicinity in that it is similar
in scale; the building materials provided are a durable, aesthetically pleasing, low
maintenance, with a blend of surfaces and textures.
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
Commission in this case;
2. That it does approve Site Development Permit 2003-790 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 the 25`h day of November, 2003, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Abels, Daniels, Quill, Tyler, and Chairman Kirk
NOES: None
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ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Tom M , Chairman
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
- RY H®RMAN, Community Development Director
MCit of La Quinta, California
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2003-091
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL — FINAL
SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2003-790
NOVEMBER 25, 2003
FIRE MARSHALL
1. Final conditions will be addressed when building plans are reviewed. A plan
check fee must be paid to the Fire Department at the time building plans are
submitted. All questions regarding Fire Marshall conditions should be directed
to the Fire Department Planning & Engineering staff at (760) 863-8886.
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
2. Final conditions will be addressed when building plans are reviewed. Prior to
issuance of a building permit, applicant shall review building plans with the
Sheriff's Department regarding vehicle code requirements, defensible space, and
other law enforcement and public safety concerns. All questions regarding the
Sheriff Department should be directed to the Senior Deputy at (760) 863-8950.
MISCELLANEOUS
3. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall submit for approval by
the Community Development Director a revised Landscape Plan with following
changes:
A. Provide 15 gallon shrubs along La Quinta Drive.
B. Provide 5 gallon shrubs within the parking lot.
C. Provide 24" box withl % inch calipers trees.
D. All Date Palms provided shall be 8 foot minimum in height, 5) remove
mesquite trees.
GENERAL
4. The applicant 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 site
development plan. The City shall have sole discretion in selecting its defense
counsel.
The City shall promptly notify the applicant of any claim, action or proceeding
and shall cooperate fully in the defense.
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5. 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
• Imperial Irrigation District (IID)
• California Water Quality Control Board (CWQCB)
• SunLine Transit Agency
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.
6. The applicant shall comply with applicable provisions of the NPDES stormwater
discharge permit covered under Specific Plan 97-026, Amendment No. 1, Site
Development Permit 02-728 and Parcel Map 30420.
PROPERTY RIGHTS
7. Prior to issuance of any permit(s), the applicant shall acquire or confer
easements and other property rights 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.
8. Right of way dedications required of this development include:
A. PUBLIC STREETS
1 . State Route 1 1 1 (SR 1 1 1) — Major Arterial — No additional right of
way is required to comply with the General Plan street widths or
Caltrans requirements for Parcel Map 30420.
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2. La Quinta Drive (Local Street, 60' Right of Way) - No additional
street right of way is required to comply with the General Plan
street widths.
9. The applicant shall create perimeter setbacks along public rights of way as
follows:
A. SR 111 - Fifty (50) feet from the R/W - P/L.
B. La Quinta Drive (Collector Street, 60' Right of Way) - As specified in the
Specific Plan 97-029.
The setback requirement applies to all frontage including, but not limited to,
remainder parcels and sites dedicated for utility purposes.
Where public facilities (e.g., sidewalks) are placed on privately -owned setbacks, the
applicant shall dedicate blanket easements for those purposes.
10. Direct vehicular access to SR 111 from lots with frontage along SR 111 is restricted,
except for those access points identified on the approved Site Development
Permit 02-728, or as otherwise conditioned in these conditions of approval.
11. Direct vehicular access to La Quinta Drive from lots with frontage along La
Quinta Drive is restricted, except for those access points identified on the
approved Site Development Permit 02-728, or as otherwise conditioned in these
conditions of approval. No direct access from Parcel 8 is permitted to La Quinta
Drive.
12. 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. If the applicant has satisfied the condition under Site
Development Permit 2002-728, the condition shall not be required.
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.
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13. Improvement plans for internal circulation shall be prepared by or under the
direct supervision of qualified engineers and/or architects, as appropriate, and
shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.040 (Improvement Plans),
LQMC.
14. The following improvement plans shall be prepared and submitted for review
and approval by the City. A separate set of plans for each line item specified
below shall be prepared. The plans shall utilize the minimum scale specified,
unless otherwise authorized by the City Engineer in writing. Plans may be
prepared at a larger scale if additional detail or plan clarity is desired. Note, the
applicant may be required to prepare other improvement plans not listed here
pursuant to improvements required by other agencies and utility purveyors.
A. Site Development Plan 1 " = 30' Horizontal
Other engineered improvement plans prepared for City approval that are not
listed above shall be prepared in formats approved by the City Engineer prior to
commencing plan preparation.
The applicant shall prepare an accessibility assessment on a marked up print of
the building floor plan identifying every building egress and notes the 2001
California Building Code accessibility requirements associated with each door.
The assessment must comply with submittal requirements of the Building &
Safety Department. A copy of the reviewed assessment shall be submitted to
the Engineering Department in conjunction with the Site Development Plan
when it is submitted for plan checking.
"Site Development" plans shall normally include all on -site surface
improvements including but not necessarily limited to finish grades for curbs &
gutters, building floor elevations, parking lot improvements and ADA
requirements including ADA accessibility to surrounding buildings, parking
facilities and public streets.
The applicant shall revise or cause to revise the existing precise grading plans to
eliminate driveway access to La Quinta Drive.
Plans for improvements not listed above shall be in formats approved by the
City Engineer.
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15. 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, 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.
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. In the event that any of the improvements required herein are constructed by
the City, the applicant shall, at the time of approval of the development or
building permit, reimburse the City for the cost of those improvements.
GRADING
18. Prior to occupation of the project site for construction purposes and if the
Fugitive Dust Control Plan for Parcel Map 30420 is no longer in effect, 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
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DRAINAGE
"Stormwater handling shall conform with the approved hydrology and drainage plan for
Parcel Map 30420. Nuisance water shall be retained on site and disposed of in a
manner acceptable to the City Engineer.
UTILITIES
21. 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.
22. 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,
PARKING LOTS and ACCESS POINTS
23. The design of parking facilities shall conform to LQMC Chapter 9.150 (Parking).
Entry drives, main interior circulation routes, corner cutbacks, bus turnouts,
dedicated turn lanes, ADA accessibility route to public streets and other
features shown on the approved construction plans, may require additional
street widths and other improvements as may be determined by the City
Engineer.
A. General access points and turning movements of traffic to off site public
streets are limited to the access locations approved in Site Development
Permit 02-728 and Parcel Map 30420.
If the applicant has satisfied the condition under Site Development Permit 2002-
728, the condition shall not be required.
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24. The applicant shall submit current mix designs (less than two years old at the
time of construction) for base, asphalt concrete and Portland cement concrete.
The submittal shall include test results for all specimens used in the mix design
procedure. For mix designs over six months old, the submittal shall include
recent (less than six months old at the time of construction) aggregate gradation
test results confirming that design gradations can be achieved in current
production. The applicant shall not schedule construction operations until mix
designs are approved.
LANDSCAPING
25. The applicant shall provide landscaping in required setbacks, retention basins,
common lots, and park areas.
26. Landscape and irrigation plans for landscaped lots and setbacks, medians,
retention basins, and parks shall be signed and stamped by a licensed landscape
architect.
The applicant shall submit plans for approval by the Community Development
Department prior to plan checking by the Public Works Department. When plan
checking is complete, the applicant shall obtain the signatures of CVWD and the
Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner prior to submitting for signature by
the City Engineer. Plans are not approved for construction until signed by the
City Engineer.
27. 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 18 inches of curbs along public streets. If the
applicant has satisfied the condition under Site Development Permit 2002-728,
the condition shall not be required.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
28. The applicant shall employ construction quality -assurance measures which meet
the approval of the City Engineer.
29. 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.
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30. 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.
31. 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.
MAINTENANCE
32. The applicant shall make provisions for continuous, perpetual maintenance of all
on -site improvements, perimeter landscaping, access drives, and sidewalks.
The applicant shall maintain required public improvements until expressly
released from this responsibility by the appropriate public agency.
FEES AND DEPOSITS
33. 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.
34. Permits issued under this approval shall be subject to the provisions of the
Infrastructure Fee Program and Development Impact Fee program in effect at
the time of issuance of building permit(s).
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