PCRES 2005-052 Madison Club SDP 2005-843PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2005-052
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE
DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR A MAINTENANCE COMPLEX
IN THE MADISON CLUB
CASE NO.: SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2005-843
APPLICANT: EAST OF MADISON, LLC
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California,
did on the 25TR day of October 2005, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider
the request of East of Madison, LLC to approve the development plans for a
maintenance complex in the RL zone district, located within The Madison Club project
on the northwest corner of Monroe Street and Avenue 54, more particularly described
as:
A Portion of 767-210-038
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) in that the La Quinta Community Development
Department has determined the Site Development Permit is within the area covered by
Specific Plan 99-035, Amendment #1 and is exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act of 1970, as amended, per Public Resources Code Section 65457 (a). An
Environmental Impact Report (State Clearing house 83062922 and 90020727) was
certified on November 21, 2000, by the City Council for SP 99-035. No changed
circumstances or conditions exist which would trigger the preparation of a subsequent
Environmental Impact Report or environmental review pursuant to Public Resources
Code Section 21166; and,
WHEREAS, the Architecture and Landscaping Review Committee did on
the 5th day of October, 2005, at a regular meeting, recommended approval of the
development plans, subject to conditions; 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
Planning Commission did find the following facts and reasons to justify approval of
said Site Development Permit:
1. The maintenance complex is consistent with the General Plan in that it is related
_ uses to golf courses and residential country clubs which are permitted on the
residentially designated property.
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Planning Commission Resolution 2005-052
Site Development Permit 2005-843
East of Madison, LLC
Adopted: October 25, 2005
2. The maintenance complex is designed to comply with City Zoning Code
requirements and is in compliance with Specific Plan 99-035, Amendment #1.
3. The architectural design of the maintenance complex including, but not limited
to the architectural style, scale, building mass, materials, colors, architectural
details, roof style, and other architectural elements is compatible with the
surrounding development and with the quality of design prevalent in the city.
The maintenance complex is well designed and will conform with the theme for
the project.
4. The site design of the project including, but not limited to project entries,
interior circulation, pedestrian amenities, screening of roof equipment, exterior
lighting, and other site design elements are compatible with surrounding
development and with the quality of design prevalent in the city.
5. Project landscaping including, but not limited to the location, type, size, color,
texture, and coverage of plant materials, with conditions, has been designed so
as to provide relief, complement buildings, visually emphasize prominent design
elements and vistas, screen undesirable views, provide a harmonious transition
between adjacent land uses and between development and open space, and
provide an overall unifying influence to enhance the visual continuity of the
project.
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 approve Site Development Permit 2005-843 for the reasons
set forth in this Resolution, subject to the Conditions, attached hereto;
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta City Planning Commission, held on the 25`h day of October, 2005, by the
following vote, to wit:
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Planning Commission Resolution 2005-052
Site Development Permit 2005-843
East of Madison, LLC
Adopted: October 25, 2005
AYES: Commissioners Alderson, Daniels, Quill, and Chairman Kirk
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Ladner
ABSTAIN: None
M K, Chairman
f La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
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DOUGLA�. EVANS
Community Development Director
City of La Quinta, California
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2005-052
SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2005-843
EAST OF MADISON, LLC
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL — FINAL
ADOPTED: OCTOBER 25, 2005
GENERAL
1. The applicant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City of La Quinta
("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 Permit. 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.
2. Prior to the issuance of any grading, construction, or building permit by the City, the
applicant shall obtain the applicable clearances and/or permits from the following
agencies:
• Fire Marshal
• Public Works Department (Grading Permit, Green Sheet (Public Works
Clearance) for Building Permits, 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)
• SunLine Transit Agency
• South Coast Air Quality Management District, Coachella Valley
The applicant is responsible for all requirements of the permits and/or clearances
from the above listed agencies. When the requirements include approval of
improvement plans, the applicant shall furnish proof of such approvals when
submitting those improvements plans for City approval.
3. The applicant shall comply with applicable provisions of the City's NPDES
stormwater discharge permit, Sections 8.70.010 et seq. (Stormwater Management
and Discharge Controls), and 13.24.170 (Clean Air/Clean Water), LQMC; Riverside
County Ordinance No. 457; the State Water Resources Control Board's Order No.
99-08-DWQ and the approved SWPPP for Tentative Tract Map No. 33076.
Pursuant to the above, the applicant or his design professional shall recommend or
design BMPs to be implemented or constructed per Supplement A and the
Stormwater Management Plan for the Whitewater NPDES Permit.
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Site Development Permit 2005-843
Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
4. 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).
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.
5. Improvement plans 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.
6. The following improvement plans shall be prepared and submitted for review and
approval by the Public Works Department. 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. Precise Grading 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.
Precise grading 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.
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Site Development Permit 2005-843
Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
PRECISE GRADING
7. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.050 (Grading
Improvements), LQMC.
8. Prior to occupancy of the project site for any construction, or other purposes, the
applicant shall obtain a grading permit approved by the City Engineer.
9. To obtain an approved grading permit, the applicant shall submit and obtain approval
of all of the following:
A. A grading plan prepared by a qualified engineer or architect,
B. A preliminary geotechnical ("soils") report prepared by a qualified engineer,
C. A Fugitive Dust Control Plan prepared in accordance with Chapter 6.16,
(Fugitive Dust Control), LQMC, and
D. A Best Management Practices report prepared in accordance with Sections
8.70.010 and 13.24.170 (NPDES stormwater discharge permit and Storm
Management and Discharge Controls), LQMC.
The applicant shall furnish security, in a form acceptable to the City, and in an
amount sufficient to guarantee compliance with the approved Fugitive Dust Control
Plan provisions as submitted with its application for a grading permit.
10. The applicant shall maintain all open graded, undeveloped land in order to prevent
wind and/or water erosion of such land. All open graded, undeveloped land shall
either be planted with interim landscaping, or stabilized with such other erosion
control measures, as were approved in the Fugitive Dust Control Plan.
DRAINAGE
11. Stormwater handling shall conform with the applicable approved hydrology and
drainage report for Madison Club Development, Tentative Tract Map No. 33076 or as
modified for this Site Development Permit as approved by the City Engineer.
12. Stormwater may not be retained in landscaped parkways or landscaped setback lots.
Only incidental storm water (precipitation which directly falls onto the setback) will
be permitted to be retained in the landscape setback areas. The perimeter setback
and parkway areas in the street right-of-way shall be shaped with berms and
mounds, pursuant to Section 9.100.040(B)l7►, LQMC.
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Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
13. The design of the development shall not cause any increase in flood boundaries,
levels or frequencies in any area outside the development.
14. The project shall be designed to accommodate purging and blowoff water from the
adjacent well site. The aforementioned purged and blowoff water shall be transported
and/or contained in the storm drain system adjacent to private streets and not
through any direct underground facility through residential lots to the proposed lake
retention facility.
UTILITIES
15. The applicant shall obtain the approval of the City Engineer for the location of all
utility lines within any right-of-way, and all above -ground utility structures including,
but not limited to, traffic signal cabinets, electric vaults, water valves, and telephone
stands, to ensure optimum placement for practical and aesthetic purposes.
16. Underground 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.
17. The applicant shall provide certified reports of all utility trench compaction for
approval by the City Engineer.
PARKING FACILITY
18. The design of parking facilities shall conform to LQMC Chapter 9.150 (Parking).
19. Entry drives, main interior circulation routes, corner cutbacks, 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. The applicant shall redesign Gray Avenue and the entry driveway to
the Maintenance Facility to accept trailer delivery vehicles and/or service vehicles
without interference to vehicular traffic to the development and as required by the
City Engineer.
Additionally, direct access to Golf Course golf cart paths from the maintenance
facility may be required in the plan check process.
20. The applicant shall design street pavement sections using CalTrans' design procedure
for 20-year life pavement, and the site -specific data for soil strength and anticipated
traffic loading (including construction traffic). Minimum structural sections shall be
as follows:
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Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
Parking Areas (Parking and Low Traffic) 3.0" a.c./4.5" c.a.b.
Parking Areas & Drive Aisles (High Traffic) 4.5" a.c./5.5" c.a.b.
Loading Dock and Trash Enclosure Service Area 6.0" p.c.c.
or the approved equivalents of alternate materials
21. 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
22. The applicant shall comply with Sections 13.24.130 (Landscaping Setbacks) &
13.24.140 (Landscaping Plans), LOMC.
23. The applicant shall provide landscaping in the required setbacks, retention basins,
common lots and park areas.
24. 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 the landscape plans for plan checking by the Public Works
Department. When plan checking has been completed by Community Development
Department, the applicant shall obtain the signatures of CVWD and the Riverside
County Agricultural Commissioner, prior to submittal for signature by the City
Engineer and final approval by the Community Development Department.
NOTE: Plans are not approved for construction until signed by the City Engineer.
25. Landscape areas shall have permanent irrigation improvements meeting the
requirements of the City Engineer and Community Development Department. Use of
lawn areas shall be minimized with no spray irrigation, being placed within 18 inches
of curbs along public streets.
26. Use and locations of Phoenix canariensis, Strelitzia nicolai and cats claw shall be
restudied due to desert climate.
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Site Development Permit 2005-843
Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
QUALITY ASSURANCE
27. The applicant shall employ construction quality -assurance measures that meet with
the approval of the City Engineer.
28. The applicant shall employ, or retain, qualified engineers, surveyors, and such other
appropriate professionals as are required to provide the expertise with which to
prepare and sign accurate record drawings, and to provide adequate construction
supervision.
29. The applicant shall arrange for, and bear the cost of, all measurements, sampling and
testing procedures not included in the City's inspection program, but which may be
required by the City, as evidence that the construction materials and methods
employed comply with the plans, specifications and other applicable regulations.
30. Upon completion of construction, the applicant shall furnish the City with
reproducible record drawings of all improvement plans which were approved by the
City. Each sheet shall be clearly marked "Record Drawing," "As -Built" or "As -
Constructed" and shall be stamped and signed by the engineer or surveyor certifying
to the accuracy and completeness of the drawings. The applicant shall have all
AutoCAD or raster -image files previously submitted to the City, revised to reflect the
as -built conditions.
MAINTENANCE
31. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.160 (Maintenance),
LQMC.
32. The applicant shall make provisions for the continuous and perpetual maintenance of
all private on -site improvements, perimeter landscaping, access drives, and
sidewalks.
FEES AND DEPOSITS
33. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.180 (Fees and
Deposits), LQMC. These fees include all deposits and fees required by the City for
plan checking and construction inspection. Deposits and fee amounts shall be those —
in effect when the applicant makes application for plan check and permits.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Site Development Permit 2005-843
Conditions of Approval - Final
Adopted: October 25, 2005
34. The top of the canopy adjacent to Monroe Street shall not exceed the perimeter wall
height.
35. The complex perimeter wall facing north and west shall be solid grouted to attenuate
noise impacts to adjacent residential land uses in the country club.
36. The project shall consider the comments from the La Quinta Police Department, on
file in the Community Development Department, and implement them where possible.
37. The final working drawings, including architectural, landscaping, walls shall be
approved by the Community Development Department prior to issuance of applicable
permit.
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