12-0058 (AC) Revision 1P.O. Box 1504
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA 92247-1504
78-495 CALLE TAMPICO
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA 9225.3
July 24, 2012
Mr. Nick bespras
Lavender Bistro
78-073 Calle Barcelona
La Quinta, CA 92253
(760) 777-7000
FAX (760) 777-7101
SUBJECT: MODIFICATION BY APPLICANT 2012-044:
LAVENDER BISTRO WALK-IN COOLER IMPROVEMENTS
Dear Mr..Despres:
The Planning Department hereby approves your request for a modification .to the
existing. Lavender Bistro restaurant, located .at 78-073 Calle Barcelona, within the La
Quinta Village. The building improvements include the construction and placement of a
walk-in cooler with internal access to the restaurants kitchen, improved landscape.
areas, and exterior building improvements. All building. 'improvements are to be
architecturally compatible with the existing building; including building stucco, finish,
color, roof line and materials. The modification of the building to accommodate a walk-
in cooler is subject to. the following conditions:
1. The walk-in cooler shall be installed along the building's east -facing elevation.
The cooler is limited to interior building access only and shall not have access
from the exterior of the building. The cooler shall be framed -in, with building
finishes, stucco,. and trim to match the building's.. architecture.
2. The cooler addition is limited to twelve (12) feet in height. The addition's
roofline shall be pitched at 3:12 and shall match the pitch of the existing
building.
3. The cooler addition shall not exceed a total of three hundred and eighty (380)
square feet.
4. The cooler is permitted to extend a maximum of four (4) feet into the adjacent
parking area. The applicant shall construct. a new parking curb around the
building extension. The new parking curb shall be engineered to allow for the
proper draining of the impervious surface. The curb shall be a minimum of two
feet from the building addition. The applicant shall re-stripe parking stalls.
affected by the building extension to eliminate parking within the affected areas.
5. The applicant shall provide adequate screening around the building addition and
new/existing round mounted mechanical equipment. The applicant shall work
with Planning Department staff to ensure new landscape will adequately screen
the equipment.
This approval will be forwarded to the Building and . -Safety Department for their
information.A f you have any questions regarding the' approval of this request, please
contact_ m a (760) 777-7125 or Ijohnson@La=q:uta-org.
Sincere .,
/ES J --SON
Planning Director
`t-- - __Greg -Butler, Building and SafetyDepartment