2015 11 19 Minutes - Development Code Ad-hoc
AD-HOC COMMITTEE MINUTES 1 NOVEMBER 19, 2015
AD-HOC COMMITTEE
MINUTES
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the La Quinta Ad-hoc Committee was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by
Vice-Chair Bettencourt.
Roll Call:
Present: Committee Members Bettencourt, McCune, Peña, and Radi
Absent: Chairperson Wright
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Committee Member Radi led the Committee in the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENT – None.
CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA – Confirmed.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion – A motion was made and seconded by Committee Members Radi/Peña to approve
the Ad-hoc Committee Minutes of October 28, 2015 as submitted, and amending
Paragraph 4 on page 3 to read as follow:
“Committee Member Peña asked staff to review the code as it relates to marijuana
cultivation, dispensaries, and mobile deliveries.”
AYES: Committee Members Bettencourt, McCune, Peña, and Radi. NOES: None. ABSTAIN:
None. ABSENT: Chairperson Wright. Motion passed.
STUDY SESSION
1. Development Code Tune Up.
Planning Manager Perez presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of
which is on file in the Community Development Department.
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He said the Development Code Tune Up is only one of a number of streamlining efforts
and updates the City is currently undergoing. The following is a list of items and
anticipated timeframes that will be coming forth for review and consideration in 2016:
Development Code Tune Up (February)
Zoning Consistency (March)
Zoning Map Update to ensure consistency with the General Plan (March/April)
Village Text Amendment (May)
Revised Parking Standards (August)
Discussion followed regarding project types that would be classified under the proposed
Minor Site Development Permit category and related variable threshold parameters;
approval requirements for Amended Final Tract and Parcel Maps as identified by the
Subdivision Map Act; expanding the deviations of up to 10 percent of a numerical
development standard allowed under Minor Adjustment applications; create a
development review process for planned unit developments as a Conditional Use Permit to
allow flexibility for residential developments similar to a Specific Plan ; the City’s existing
boards and commissions; the applicable due process for review and approval of
development applications; and staff level review and due process.
Several Committee Members noted they were not comfortable recommending elimination
of any of the City’s existing review boards and commissions. The Committee suggested
educating the boards’ and commissions’ members and clearly defining their scope of
purview to achieve streamlined and expedited review hearings. Further, staff should
consider utilizing the boards and commissions only on an as needed basis, instead of
having them as a required part of the process.
Discussion followed regarding the City’s historic resources database; the established
process for recording and handling recovered artifacts during site grading; the Historic
Preservation Commission’s Certified Local Government certification standing; and tribal
state notification requirements.
The Committee asked if review status and applications’ permit issuance information is
available online through the online portal, eTRAKiT, of the new development tracking
software, TRAKiT9. Staff replied that currently only one of the modules, Permit TRAK, is
accessible online, thus, this information is available for a limited number of permits.
However, over the next 12 months, staff will be launching all additional modules of the
software, Project, License, and Code TRAKs on eTRAKiT, which will make this information
accessible online for all applications submitted with the City.
Staff said the second Stakeholder meeting, as part of the initial Development Code Tune
Up community outreach efforts, will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at 10:00
a.m., at City Hall.
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The fourth and last Ad-hoc Committee meeting is scheduled for December 16, 2015, at
4:00 p.m.
The Development Code Tune Up proposed final changes will be presented to the Planning
Commission on January 12, 2016, and to City Council on February 2, 2016.
The Committee suggested that the information presented to the Ad-hoc Committee be
also forwarded to the members of the Planning Commission to seek their feedback and
comments.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Committee Members
Radi/Peña to adjourn this meeting at 4:21 p.m. AYES: Committee Members Bettencourt,
McCune, Peña, and Radi. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: Chairperson Wright.
Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
MONIKA RADEVA, Executive Assistant
City of La Quinta, California