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1. ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001
TRACT MAP 33597, AMENDMENT 1) TO REVISE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
REMOVING MADISON STREET IMPROVEMENTS; APPLICANT: DESERT HOME
INVESTORS #1; PROJECT NAME: MALAGA; CEQA: A MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT 2005-541; LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60
AND MADISON STREET
ADJOURNMENT
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I, Tania Flores, Secretary/Administrative Technician of the City of La Quinta, California,
do hereby declare that the foregoing Director’s Hearing Agenda for November 3, 2025,
was posted on the City’s website, near the entrance to the Council Chamber at 78495
Calle Tampico and the bulletin board at 51321 Avenida Bermudas, on October 30, 2025.
DATED: October 30, 2025
Tania Flores, Administrative Technician
City of La Quinta, California
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City of La Quinta
DIRECTOR’S HEARING MEETING: NOVEMBER 3, 2025
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDED FINAL TRACT
MAP 2025-0001 (TRACT MAP 33597, AMENDMENT 1) TO REVISE CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL REMOVING MADISON STREET IMPROVEMENTS; APPLICANT: DESERT
HOME INVESTORS #1; PROJECT NAME: MALAGA; CEQA: A MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT 2005-541; LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60
AND MADISON STREET
PROJECT INFORMATION:
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
ORIGINAL DEVELOPER: R.T. HUGHES, CO., LLC
REQUEST: CONSIDER AMENDING FINAL TRACT MAP 33597 TO
MODIFY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, REMOVING
MADISON STREET IMPROVEMENTS
CEQA: A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED
FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT 2005-541
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON
STREET
LEGAL: TRACT 33597
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution to approve Amended Final Tract Map 2025-0001 (Tract Map 33597,
Amendment 1) and find the project consistent with Environmental Assessment 2005-541.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 5, 2005, the La Quinta City Council approved Tentative Tract Map 33597
for subdivision of approximately 21 acres into 57 residential lots. This development
has been named Malaga (Attachment 1).
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Conditions of Approval required improvements to a segment of Madison Street,
south of Avenue 60, and adjacent to Malaga, which at the time of the original
approval was designated as a secondary arterial in the General Plan.
General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2017-0002 was approved on August 6, 2024,
which removed the segment of Madison Street, south of Avenue 60, as a General
Plan secondary arterial roadway. This General Plan Amendment was approved as
part of the Travertine Specific Plan, which was also approved on August 6, 2024.
The right-of-way dedications on the Malaga Final recorded map will need to be
amended to reflect their change in use to private road easements, which will need
to be re-recorded with the County of Riverside.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
Final Tract Map 33597 (Malaga) was recorded with the County of Riverside on September
21, 2017 (Attachment 2), and the Final Map included dedications of lettered Lots ‘O’ and
‘L’ for the Madison Street improvements.
Malaga sits adjacent to the approved Travertine Specific Plan project to the South. The
Travertine project was redesigned to use extensions of Jefferson Street and Avenue 62
as the primary entrances into the development, instead of an extension of Madison Street.
A private road for use by public safety agencies will be constructed by the Travertine
developers, in place of Madison Street, which was removed as a General Plan roadway
by GPA 2017-0002. Since the public extension to Madison Street is no longer required,
the applicant, Desert Home Investors #1, has requested that the Malaga Final Map be
amended to remove the conditions of approval that require Madison Street improvements,
including landscaping.
Additional Conditions of Approval regarding the dedications to the City are required.
Revisions to the Final Map shall be submitted to change the use of public right-of-way to
easements that will be used for a private road to be used as emergency access for the
Travertine project and for maintenance access to Dike No. 4 by the US Bureau of
Reclamation and the Coachella Valley Water District..
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
A Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was adopted by the City of La Quinta City
Council on June 10, 2003, under Environmental Assessment 2005-541 for Tract Map
33597. The Design and Development Department has determined that the proposed
project is consistent with the adopted MND, as no changes to the map itself are proposed.
Prepared by: Scott Nespor, Senior Planner
Attachment: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Tentative Tract Map 33597
3. Redlined Condition of Approval
DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025 – XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDED FINAL
TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TRACT MAP 33597,
AMENDMENT NO. 1) AND THE CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL THEREOF
CASE NUMBER:
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP (AFTM) 2025-0001
(TRACT MAP 33597 AMENDMENT 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
WHEREAS, the Design and Development Director of the City of La Quinta,
California did, on November 3, 2025, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider a
request by Desert Home Investors #1 for an amendment to the Final Map 33597 for
Malaga, to modify existing conditions of approval of a Tract Map located on the
southwest corner of Madison Street and Avenue 60; and
WHEREAS, the Design and Development Department published a public hearing
notice in The Desert Sun newspaper on October 23, 2025, as prescribed by the Municipal
Code. Public hearing notices were also mailed to all property owners within 500 feet of
the site; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested an amendment to the Conditions of
Approval for the Final Map (“Conditions of Approval”), a copy of which is on file with the
City Engineer, and is available for review upon request; and
WHEREAS, the Design and Development Director for the City of La Quinta has
the authority to review and approve amendments to Final Maps and modifications to
existing Conditions of Approval pursuant to La Quinta Municipal Code Section 13.04.060;
and
WHEREAS, the Design and Development Director for the City of La Quinta finds
that the legal requirements which allow for an amendment of the Final Map and,
specifically, modifications to existing Conditions of Approval, as requested by the
Applicant, have been met in accordance with applicable provisions of the La Quinta
Municipal Code and California Subdivision Map Act (California Government Code
Section 66410 et seq.) (“Map Act”), with reference to the following:
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DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025–XXX
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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La Quinta Municipal Code Section 13.20.115(B), states an amendment to
the Final Map may be based on the criteria in Government Code Section
66472.1 of the Map Act when, as here, the request to amend the Final Map
conforms with the provisions in Government Code Section 66472.1 which
provides that, if there are “changes in circumstances that make any or all of
the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary and that the
modifications do not impose any additional burden on the fee owners of the
real property, and if the modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest
in the real property reflected on the recorded map, and the local agency
finds that the map as modified conforms to Section 66474[,]” then the Final
Map may be amended. Here, previous Conditions of Approval are no longer
necessary as the Circulation Element of the City’s General Plan has been
amended to no longer identify a segment of Madison Street, south of
Avenue 60, as a General Plan secondary arterial roadway. As such, the
applicant is requesting the removal of the requirement to construct Madison
Street improvements as originally set forth in the Conditions of Approval.
Additionally, the Conditions of Approval will be amended to designate the
portions of the property as Right-of-Way and Open Space as easements
reserved for public safety, public utilities, and for access by public agencies
needing to access the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Dike No. 4. The
modifications of the Conditions of Approval as requested by the Applicant
do not impose any additional burdens on the existing fee owners, and does
not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property. None of the
provisions in Government Code Section 66474 apply that would prohibit the
approval of the Final Map as amended, and the public hearing was confined
to the consideration of, and action on, the modification to the Conditions of
Approval as requested by the Applicant. Therefore, all of the criteria in
Government Code Section 66472.1 of the Map Act have been satisfied.
WHEREAS, a Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted by the City of La Quinta
City Council on July 5, 2005, under Environmental Assessment 2005-541. The Design
and Development Department has determined that the proposed project is consistent with
this previously approved project, as no changes to the map itself are proposed; and
WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony
and arguments, if any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard, said Design and
Development Director confirmed it has met all requirements from La Quinta Municipal
Code Chapter 13.20 Final Maps and Parcel Maps.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Design and Development Director
of the City of La Quinta, California, as follows:
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DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025–XXX
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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SECTION 1. The Recitals and findings therein are true and correct and incorporated
by reference into this Resolution.
The Final Map Conditions of Approval are hereby amended to read as SECTION 2.
follows (Exhibit A):
Condition 8 is struck in its entirety and amended to read as follows:
The public street right-of-way offers for dedication required for this development include:
A. PUBLIC STREETS
1)Avenue 60 (Local Street, 60' ROW) – The standard 30 feet from the
centerline of Avenue 60 for a total 60-foot ultimate developed right of
way.
Condition 13 is struck in its entirety and amended to read as follows:
The applicant shall create perimeter landscaping setbacks along all public right-of-ways
as follows:
The listed setback depth shall be the average depth where a meandering wall
design is approved.
The setback requirements shall apply to all frontages, 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 offer for dedication blanket easements for those purposes on
the Final Map.
Condition No. 53 is struck in its entirety, is renumbered Condition No. 55, and is amended
to read as follows:
The applicant shall construct the following street improvements to conform with the
General Plan (street type noted in parentheses)
A. OFF-SITE STREETS
1) Avenue 60 (Local Road, 60’ R/W):
a) Widen the south side of the street along all frontage adjacent
to the Tentative Map boundary to its ultimate width on the
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DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025–XXX
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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south side as requirements of these conditions. the south curb
face shall be located twenty feet (20’) south of the centerline.
Other required improvements in the Avenue 60 right or way and/or
adjacent landscape setback area include:
b) All appurtenant components, such as, but not limited to: curb,
gutter, traffic control striping, legends, and signs
c) A minimum 5-foot wide sidewalk with landscaping provided
between the curb and the sidewalk as approved by the
Community Development and the Engineering Departments.
d) An additional street widening along all frontage adjacent to the
Tentative Map boundary of fourteen feet (14’) north of the
centerline to accommodate west-bound traffic unless street
improvements have been constructed by development on the
north side of Avenue 60.
e) Lighting at the project entry. The applicant shall design and
install a single street light or equivalent landscape lighting at
the shared entry. Additionally, the applicant or Home Owners
Association shall pay for the perpetual maintenance of the
street light or landscape lighting.
The applicant shall extend improvements beyond the subdivision boundaries to
ensure they safely integrate with existing improvements (e.g., grading; traffic
control devices and transitions in alignment, elevation, or dimensions of streets
and sidewalks).
B. PRIVATE STREETS
1) Construct 32-foot wide travel width as shown on the tentative map,
measured from gutter flow line to gutter flow line, provided parking is
restricted to one side and there is adequate off-street parking for
residents and visitors, and the applicant establishes provisions for
ongoing enforcement of the parking restriction in the CC&Rs. The
CC&Rs shall be reviewed by the Engineering and Planning
Department and approved by the Planning Department prior to Final
Map recordation.
2) The location of driveways of corner lots shall not be located within
the curb return and away from the intersection when possible.
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DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025–XXX
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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C. PRIVATE CUL DE SACS
1) Shall be constructed according to the layout shown on the tentative
map with 38-foot curb radius or greater at the bulb, similar to the
layout shown on the rough grading plan.
Additionally, the following two new conditions will be added. These additions will affect
and re-number all of the remaining conditions after their insertion.
Condition 17:
The applicant shall agree to amend the final map, within six (6) months of the date
of issuance of these amended conditions of approval adding this condition, by
granting an easement for areas previously dedicated as Madison Street ROW and
adjacent open space for landscaping to be used as easements for:
1. Public Safety
2. Public Utilities
3. Access for maintenance purposes by the United States Bureau of
Reclamation and the Coachella Valley Water Authority
Condition 18:
The applicant enter into, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of these
amended conditions of approval adding this condition, a reciprocal access
agreement(s) or other similar agreement(s), in a form(s) approved by the City
Manager and City Attorney, with the owners of the adjoining developments of
Travertine and Trilogy for the purposes of maintenance of the shared access
easements south of Avenue 60. The property owners of Travertine shall be solely
responsible for the construction and maintenance of the access road and adjoining
landscaping. The City shall be a party or third-party beneficiary, with the right to
enforce the above-referenced easements for the benefit of the public, under any
such agreement(s).
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a meeting of the City of La Quinta
Design and Development Director held on November 3, 2025.
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DIRECTOR’S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025–XXX
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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__________________________________________________
CHERI FLORES, Interim Director of Design and Development
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
_________________________
TANIA FLORES, Administrative Technician
City of La Quinta, California
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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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 Tentative Tract Map, or any
Final Map recorded thereunder. 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. This Tentative Tract Map, and any Final Map recorded thereunder, shall comply
with the requirements and standards of Government Code §§ 66410 through
66499.58 (the “Subdivision Map Act”), and Chapter 13 of the La Quinta Municipal
Code (“LQMC”).
The City of La Quinta’s Municipal Code can be accessed on the City’s website at
www.la-quinta.org.
3. Prior to the issuance of any grading, construction, or building permit by the City,
the applicant shall obtain any necessary 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)
Planning Department
Riverside Co. Environmental Health Department
Coachella Valley Unified School District
Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD)/Bureau of Reclamation
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 improvement plans for City approval.
A project-specific NPDES construction permit must be obtained by the applicant,
who then shall submit a copy of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s
EXHIBIT A
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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(“RWQCB”) acknowledgment of the applicant’s Notice of Intent (“NOI”), prior to the
issuance of any grading or site construction permit by the City.
4. 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; and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Order
No. 99-08-DWQ.
A. For construction activities including clearing, grading or excavation of land
that disturbs one (1) acre or more of land, or that disturbs less than one (1)
acre of land, but which is a part of a construction project that encompasses
more than one (1) acre of land, the Permitee shall be required to submit a
Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan (“SWPPP”).
The applicant or design professional can obtain the California Stormwater
Quality Association SWPPP template at www.cabmphandbooks.com for
use in their SWPPP preparation.
B. The applicant’s SWPPP shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to any
on or off-site grading being done in relation to this project.
C. The applicant shall ensure that the required SWPPP is available for
inspection at the project site at all times through and including acceptance
of all improvements by the City.
D. The applicant’s SWPPP shall include provisions for all of the following Best
Management Practices (“BMPs”) (8.70.020 (Definitions), LQMC):
1) Temporary Soil Stabilization (erosion control).
2) Temporary Sediment Control.
3) Wind Erosion Control.
4) Tracking Control.
5) Non-Storm Water Management.
6) Waste Management and Materials Pollution Control.
E. All erosion and sediment control BMPs proposed by the applicant shall be
approved by the City Engineer prior to any onsite or offsite grading,
pursuant to this project.
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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F. The approved SWPPP and BMPs shall remain in effect for the entire
duration of project construction until all improvements are completed and
accepted by the City.
5. 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).
PROPERTY RIGHTS
6. Prior to issuance of any permit(s), the applicant shall acquire or confer easements
and other property rights necessary for the 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.
7. The applicant shall offer for dedication on the Final Map all public street right-of-
ways in conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable
specific plans, and/or as required by the City Engineer.
8. The public street right-of-way offers for dedication required for this development
include:
A. PUBLIC STREETS
1) Avenue 60 (Local Street, 60' ROW) – The standard 30 feet from the
centerline of Avenue 60 for a total 60-foot ultimate developed right of
way.
9. The applicant shall retain for private use on the Final Map all private street right-
of-ways in conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable
specific plans, and/or as required by the City Engineer.
The private street rights-of-way to be retained for private use required for this
development include:
1) Private Residential Streets shall be 32-foot travel width measured at
gutter flow line to gutter flow line with parking restricted to one side
and provided there is adequate off-street parking for residents and
visitors, and the applicant establishes provisions for ongoing
enforcement of the parking restriction in the CC&Rs. The CC&Rs
shall be reviewed by the Engineering and Planning Departments and
approved by the Planning Department prior to Final Map recordation.
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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A. CUL-DE-SACS
1) The cul-de-sac shall conform to the shape shown on the tentative
map with a 38-foot curb radius at the bulb or larger as shown on the
tentative map.
Curve radii for curbs at all street intersections shall not be less than 25 feet.
10. Dedications shall include additional widths as necessary for dedicated right and
left turn lanes, bus turnouts, and other features contained in the approved
construction plans.
Pursuant to this requirement, the Applicant shall include in the submittal packet
containing the draft final map submitted for map checking, an offsite street
geometric layout, drawn at 1” equals 40 feet, detailing the following design aspects:
median curb line, outside curb line, lane line alignment including lane widths, left
turn lanes, deceleration lane(s) and bus stop turnout(s). The geometric layout shall
be accompanied by sufficient professional engineering studies to confirm the
appropriate length of all proposed turn pockets and auxiliary lanes that may impact
the right-of-way dedication required of the project and the associated landscape
setback requirement.
11. When the City Engineer determines that access rights to the proposed street right-
of-ways shown on the approved Tentative Tract Map are necessary prior to
approval of the Final Map dedicating such right-of-ways, the applicant shall grant
the necessary right-of-ways within 60 days of a written request by the City.
12. The applicant shall offer for dedication on the Final Map a ten-foot wide public
utility easement contiguous with, and along both sides of, all private streets. Such
easement may be reduced to five feet (5’) in width with the express written approval
of IID.
13. The applicant shall create perimeter landscaping setbacks along all public right-of-
ways as follows:
The listed setback depth shall be the average depth where a meandering wall
design is approved.
The setback requirements shall apply to all frontages, 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 offer for dedication blanket easements for those purposes on
the Final Map.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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14. The applicant shall offer for dedication those easements necessary for the
placement of, and access to, utility lines and structures, drainage basins, mailbox
clusters, park lands, and common areas on the Final Map.
15. The applicant shall furnish proof of easements, or written permission, as
appropriate, from those owners of all abutting properties on which grading,
retaining wall construction, permanent slopes, or other encroachments will occur.
16. The applicant shall cause no easement to be granted, or recorded, over any
portion of the subject property between the date of approval of the Tentative Tract
Map and the date of recording of any Final Map, unless such easement is approved
by the City Engineer.
17. The applicant shall agree to amend the final map, within six (6) months of the date
of issuance of these amended conditions of approval adding this condition, by
granting an easement for areas previously dedicated as Madison Street right-of-
way and adjacent open space for landscaping to be used as easements for:
1) Public Safety
2) Public Utilities
3) Access for maintenance purposes by the United States Bureau of
Reclamation and the Coachella Valley Water Authority
18. The applicant shall enter into, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of these
amended conditions of approval adding this condition, a reciprocal access
agreement(s) or other similar agreement(s), in a form(s) approved by the City
Manager and City Attorney, with the owners of the adjoining developments of
Travertine and Trilogy for the purposes of maintenance of the shared access
easements south of Avenue 60. The property owners of Travertine shall be solely
responsible for the construction and maintenance of the access road and adjoining
landscaping. The City shall be a party or third-party beneficiary, with the right to
enforce the above-referenced easements for the benefit of the public, under any
such agreement(s).
FINAL MAPS
19. Prior to the City’s approval of a Final Map, the applicant shall furnish accurate
AutoCAD files of the Final Map that was approved by the City’s map checker on a
storage medium acceptable to the City Engineer. Such files shall be in a standard
AutoCAD format so as to be fully retrievable into a basic AutoCAD program.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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Where a Final Map was not produced in an AutoCAD format, or produced in a file
that can be converted to an AutoCAD format, the City Engineer will accept a raster-
image file of such Final Map. The Final Map shall be of a 1” = 40’ scale.
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.
20. 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.
21. 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 in writing by the City. Plans may be
prepared at a larger scale if additional detail or plan clarity is desired. Note that
the applicant may be required to prepare other improvement plans not listed here
pursuant to improvements required by other agencies and utility purveyors.
A. On-Site Rough Grading Plan 1" = 40' Horizontal
B. PM10 Plan 1” = 40’ Horizontal
C. SWPPP 1” = 40’ Horizontal
NOTE: A through C to be submitted concurrently.
D. Off-Site Street Improvement/Storm Drain Plan 1" = 40' Horizontal, 1" = 4'
Vertical
E. Off-Site Signing & Striping Plan 1” = 40’ Horizontal
The Off-Site street improvement plans shall have separate plan sheet(s)
(drawn at 20 scale) that show the meandering sidewalk, mounding, and
berming design in the combined parkway and landscape setback area.
F. On-Site Street Improvements/Signing & Striping/Storm Drain Plan
1" = 40' Horizontal, 1"= 4' Vertical
NOTE: D through F to be submitted concurrently.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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The following plans shall be submitted to the Building and Safety Department for
review and approval. The plans shall utilize the minimum scale specified, unless
otherwise authorized in writing by the Building and Safety Director. Plans may be
prepared at a larger scale if additional detail or plan clarity is desired. Note that
the applicant may be required to prepare other improvement plans not listed here
pursuant to improvements required by other agencies and utility purveyors.
G. On-Site Residential 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.
All Off-Site Plan & Profile Street Plans and Signing & Striping Plans shall show all
existing improvements for a distance of at least 200 feet beyond the project limits,
or a distance sufficient to show any required design transitions.
All On-Site Signing & Striping Plans shall show, at a minimum; Stop Signs, Limit
Lines and Legends, No Parking Signs, Raised Pavement Markers (including Blue
RPMs at fire hydrants), and Street Name Signs per Public Works Standard Plans
and/or as approved by the Engineering Department.
“Rough Grading” plans shall normally include perimeter walls with Top Of Wall &
Top Of Footing elevations shown. All footings shall have a minimum of 1 foot of
cover, or sufficient cover to clear any adjacent obstructions.
22. The City maintains standard plans, detail sheets, and/or construction notes for
elements of construction which can be accessed “Plans, Notes and Design
Guidelines” section of the Public Works Department at the City website
(https://www.laquintaca.gov/business/design-and-development/development-
services/standard-drawings). Please navigate to the Public Works Department
home page and look for the Standard Drawings hyperlink.
23. The applicant shall furnish a complete set of the mylars of all approved
improvement plans on a storage medium acceptable to the City Engineer.
Upon completion of construction, and prior to the final acceptance of the
improvements by the City, 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 approved
mylars previously submitted to the City, revised to reflect the as-built conditions.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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The applicant shall employ or retain the Engineer Of Record (EOR)during the
construction phase of the project so that the EOR can make site visits in support
of preparing As Built drawings. However, if subsequent approved revisions have
been approved by the City Engineer and reflect said “As Built” conditions, the EOR
may submit a letter attesting to said fact to the City Engineer in lieu of a mylar
submittal.
IMPROVEMENT SECURITY AGREEMENTS
24. Prior to approval of any Final Map, the applicant shall construct all on and off-site
improvements and satisfy its obligations for same or shall furnish a fully secured
and executed Subdivision Improvement Agreement (“SIA”) guaranteeing the
construction of such improvements and the satisfaction of its obligations for same,
or shall agree to any combination thereof, as may be required by the City.
25. Any Subdivision Improvement Agreement (“SIA”) entered into by and between the
applicant and the City of La Quinta, for the purpose of guaranteeing the completion
of any improvements related to this Tentative Tract Map, shall comply with the
provisions of Chapter 13.28 (Improvement Security), LQMC.
26. Improvements to be made, or agreed to be made, shall include the removal of any
existing structures or other obstructions which are not a part of the proposed
improvements; and shall provide for the setting of the final survey monumentation.
27. Depending on the timing of the development of this Tentative Tract Map, and the
status of the off-site improvements at the time, the applicant may be required to:
A. Construct certain off-site improvements.
B. Construct additional off-site improvements, subject to the reimbursement of
its costs by others.
C. Reimburse others for those improvements previously constructed that are
considered to be an obligation of this tentative tract map.
D. Secure the costs for future improvements that are to be made by others.
E. To agree to any combination of these means, as the City may require.
Off-Site Improvements should be completed on a first-priority basis. The applicant
shall complete off-site improvements in the first phase of construction or by the
issuance of the 20 % Building Permit (add number when applicable).
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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In the event that any of the improvements required for this development are
constructed by the City, the applicant shall, prior to the approval of the Final Map,
or the issuance of any permit related thereto, reimburse the City for the costs of
such improvements.
28. If the applicant elects to utilize the secured agreement alternative, the applicant
shall submit detailed construction cost estimates for all proposed on-site and off-
site improvements, including an estimate for the final survey monumentation, for
checking and approval by the City Engineer. Such estimates shall conform to the
unit cost schedule adopted by City Resolution or ordinance.
For items not listed in the City's unit cost schedule, the proposed unit costs shall
be approved by the City Engineer.
At the time the applicant submits its detailed construction cost estimates for
conditional approval of the Final Map by the City Council, the applicant shall also
submit one copy each of an 8-1/2" x 11" reduction of each page of the Final Map,
along with a copy of an 8-1/2" x 11" Vicinity Map.
Estimates for improvements under the jurisdiction of other agencies shall be
approved by those agencies and submitted to the City along with the applicant’s
detailed cost estimates.
Security will not be required for telephone, natural gas, or Cable TV improvements.
29. Should the applicant fail to construct the improvements for the development, or fail
to satisfy its obligations for the development in a timely manner, the City shall have
the right to halt issuance of building permits, and/or final building inspections,
withhold other approvals related to the development of the project, or call upon the
surety to complete the improvements.
GRADING
30. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.050 (Grading
Improvements), LQMC.
31. 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.
32. 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,
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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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.
All grading shall conform to the recommendations contained in the Preliminary
Soils Report, and shall be certified as being adequate by a Soils Engineer, or by
an engineering geologist.
A statement shall appear on the Final Map that a soils report has been prepared
in accordance with the California Health & Safety Code § 17953.
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.
33. 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.
34. Grading within the perimeter setback and parkway areas shall have undulating
terrain and shall conform with the requirements of LQMC Section 9.60.240(F)
except as otherwise modified by this condition requirement. The maximum slope
shall not exceed 3:1 anywhere in the landscape setback area, except for the
backslope (i.e., the slope at the back of the landscape lot), which shall not exceed
2:1 if fully planted with ground cover. The maximum slope in the first six feet (6’)
adjacent to the curb shall not exceed 4:1 when the nearest edge of sidewalk is
within six feet (6’) of the curb, otherwise the maximum slope within the right of way
shall not exceed 3:1. All unpaved parkway areas adjacent to the curb shall be
depressed one and one-half inches (1.5") in the first eighteen inches (18") behind
the curb.
35. Building pad elevations on the rough grading plan submitted for City Engineer’s
approval shall conform with pad elevations shown on the tentative map, unless the
pad elevations have other requirements imposed elsewhere in these Conditions of
Approval.
36. Building pad elevations of perimeter lots shall not differ by more than one foot (1’)
higher from the building pads in adjacent developments.
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - RECOMMENDED
AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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37. The applicant shall minimize the differences in elevation between the adjoining
properties and the lots within this development.
Where compliance within the above-stated limits is impractical, the City may
consider alternatives that are shown to minimize safety concerns, maintenance
difficulties, and neighboring-owner dissatisfaction with the grade differential.
38. Prior to any site grading or re-grading that will raise or lower any portion of the site
by more than plus or minus five-tenths of a foot from the elevations shown on the
approved Tentative Tract Map, the applicant shall submit the proposed grading
changes to the City Staff for a substantial conformance finding review.
39. Prior to the issuance of a building permit(s) for any building lot, the applicant shall
provide a lot pad certification stamped and signed by a qualified engineer or
surveyor.
Each pad certification shall list the pad elevation as shown on the approved
grading plan, the actual pad elevation, and the difference between the two, if any.
Such pad certification shall also list the relative compaction of the pad soil. The
data shall be organized by lot number and listed cumulatively if submitted at
different times.
DRAINAGE
40. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of LQMC Section 13.24.120
(Drainage), Retention Basin Design Criteria, Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 –
Hydrology Report with Preliminary Hydraulic Report Criteria for Storm Drain
Systems and Engineering Bulletin No. 06-015 - Underground Retention Basin
Design Requirements. More specifically, stormwater falling on the site during the
100-year storm shall be retained within the development, unless otherwise
approved by the City Engineer. The design storm shall be either the 3-hour, 6-
hour, or 24-hour event producing the greatest total runoff.
41. Nuisance water shall be retained on site. Nuisance water shall be disposed of per
approved methods contained in Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 – Hydrology Report
with Preliminary Hydraulic Report Criteria for Storm Drain Systems and
Engineering Bulletin No. 06-015 - Underground Retention Basin Design
Requirements.
42. In the design of retention facilities, the maximum percolation rate shall be two
inches (2”) per hour. The percolation rate will be considered to be zero (0) unless
the applicant provides site-specific data indicating otherwise and as approved by
the City Engineer.
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AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
ADOPTED:
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43. The project shall be designed to accommodate purging and blowoff water (through
underground piping and/or retention facilities) from any on-site or adjacent well
sites granted or dedicated to the local water utility authority as a requirement for
development of this property.
44. No fence or wall shall be constructed around any retention basin unless approved
by the Planning Director and the City Engineer.
45. For on-site above-ground common retention basins, retention depth shall be
according to Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 – Hydrology Report with Preliminary
Hydraulic Report Criteria for Storm Drain Systems. Side slopes shall not exceed
3:1 and shall be planted with maintenance-free ground cover. Additionally,
retention basin widths shall be not less than 20 feet at the bottom of the basin.
46. 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 LQMC Section 9.100.040(B)(7).
47. The design of the development shall not cause any increase in flood boundaries,
levels, or frequencies in any area outside the development.
48. The development shall be graded to permit storm flow in excess of retention
capacity to flow out of the development through a designated overflow and into the
historic drainage relief route.
49. Storm drainage historically received from adjoining property shall be received and
retained or passed through into the historic downstream drainage relief route.
UTILITIES
50. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.110 (Utilities),
LQMC.
51. 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.
52. Existing overhead utility lines within, or adjacent to the proposed development, and
all proposed utilities shall be installed underground.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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All existing utility lines attached to joint use 92 KV transmission power poles are
exempt from the requirement to be placed underground.
53. 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.
The applicant shall provide certified reports of all utility trench compaction for
approval by the City Engineer.
STREET AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
54. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Sections 13.24.060 (Street
Improvements), 13.24.070 (Street Design - Generally) & 13.24.100 (Access For
Individual Properties And Development), LQMC for public streets; and Section
13.24.080 (Street Design - Private Streets), where private streets are proposed.
55. The applicant shall construct the following street improvements to conform with the
General Plan (street type noted in parentheses.)
A. OFF-SITE STREETS
1) Avenue 60 (Local Road, 60’ R/W):
a) Widen the south side of the street along all frontage adjacent
to the Tentative Map boundary to its ultimate width on the
south side as required by these conditions. the south curb
face shall be located twenty feet (20’) south of the centerline.
Other required improvements in the Avenue 60 right-of-way and/or
adjacent landscape setback area include:
b) All appurtenant components, such as, but not limited to: curb,
gutter, traffic control striping, legends, and signs
c) A minimum 5-foot (5’) wide sidewalk with landscaping
provided between the curb and the sidewalk as approved by
the Community Development and the Engineering
Departments.
d) An additional street widening along all frontage adjacent to the
Tentative Map boundary of 14 feet north of the centerline to
accommodate west-bound traffic unless street improvements
have been constructed by development on the north side of
Avenue 60.
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LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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e) Lighting at the project entry. The applicant shall design and
install a single streetlight or equivalent landscape lighting at
the shared entry. Additionally, the applicant or Homeowners
Association (HOA) shall pay for the perpetual maintenance of
the streetlight or landscape lighting.
The applicant shall extend improvements beyond the subdivision boundaries to
ensure they safely integrate with existing improvements (e.g., grading; traffic
control devices and transitions in alignment, elevation or dimensions of streets and
sidewalks).
B. PRIVATE STREETS
1) Construct 32-foot wide travel width as shown on the Tentative Map
measured from gutter flow line to gutter flow line, provided parking is
restricted to one side and there is adequate off-street parking for
residents and visitors, and the applicant establishes provisions for
ongoing enforcement of the parking restriction in the CC&Rs. The
CC&Rs shall be reviewed by the Engineering and Planning
Department and approved by the Planning Department prior to Final
Map recordation.
2) The location of driveways of corner lots shall not be located within
the curb return and away from the intersection when possible.
C. PRIVATE CUL-DE-SACS
1) Shall be constructed according to the layout shown on the tentative
map with 38-foot curb radius or greater at the bulb, similar to the
layout shown on the rough grading plan.
56. All gated entries shall provide for a three (3) car minimum stacking capacity for
inbound traffic to be a minimum length of 62 feet from the call box to the street;
and shall provide for a full turnaround outlet for non-accepted vehicles.
Where a gated entry is proposed, the applicant shall submit a detailed exhibit at a
scale of 1" = 10', demonstrating that those passenger vehicles that do not gain
entry into the development can safely make a full turnaround (minimum radius to
be 24 feet) out onto the main street from the gated entry. Pursuant to said
conditions, there shall be a minimum of 25 feet width provided at the turnaround
openings provided.
Two (2) lanes of traffic shall be provided on the entry side of each gated entry; one
(1) lane shall be dedicated for residents, and one (1) lane for visitors. The two (2)
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APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
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travel lanes shall be a minimum of 20 feet of total paved roadway surface or as
approved by the Fire Department.
Entry drives, main interior circulation routes, standard knuckles, corner cutbacks,
bus turnouts, dedicated turn lanes, and other features shown on the approved
construction plans may require additional street widths as may be determined by
the City Engineer.
57. 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:
Residential/Local 3.0" a.c./4.5" c.a.b.
Secondary Arterial 4.0" a.c./6.0" c.a.b.
or the approved equivalents of alternate materials.
58. The applicant shall submit current mix designs (less than two (2) 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 (6) 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.
59. General access points and turning movements of traffic are limited to the following:
A. Primary Entry (Avenue 60, 580 feet west of Madison Street): Full turn
movements are allowed.
B. Secondary Entry (Avenue 60, 1,170 feet west of Madison Street): Full turn
movements are allowed for resident traffic only.
60. Improvements shall include appurtenances such as traffic control signs, markings
and other devices, raised medians if required, street name signs, and sidewalks.
61. Improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with City adopted
standards, supplemental drawings and specifications, or as approved by the City
Engineer. Improvement plans for streets, access gates, and parking areas shall be
stamped and signed by qualified engineers.
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APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
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CONSTRUCTION
62. The City will conduct final inspections of habitable buildings only when the buildings
have improved street and (if required) sidewalk access to publicly-maintained
streets. The improvements shall include required traffic control devices, pavement
markings, and street name signs. If on-site streets in residential developments are
initially constructed with partial pavement thickness, the applicant shall complete
the pavement prior to final inspections of the last ten percent (10%) of homes within
the development or when directed by the City, whichever comes first.
LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
63. The applicant shall comply with Sections 13.24.130 (Landscaping Setbacks) &
13.24.140 (Landscaping Plans), LQMC.
64. The applicant shall provide landscaping in the required setbacks, retention basins,
common lots, and park areas.
65. Landscape and irrigation plans for landscaped lots and setbacks, medians,
retention basins, and parks shall be signed and stamped by a licensed landscape
architect.
66. The applicant shall submit the landscape plans for approval to plan checking by
the Planning Department. When plan checking has been completed by the
Planning Department, the applicant shall obtain the signatures of CVWD and the
Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner prior to submittal for signature by the
Planning Manager. Where City Engineer approval is not required, the applicant
shall submit for a green sheet approval by the Public Works Director.
Final landscape plans for on-site planting shall be reviewed by the Architectural
and Landscaping Review Commission (ALRC) and approved by the Planning
Director prior to issuance of first building permit. Final plans shall include all
landscaping associated with this project.
NOTE: Plans are not approved for construction until signed by Planning Manager and/or
City Engineer when applicable.
67. Landscape areas shall have permanent irrigation improvements meeting the
requirements of the Planning Manager and the City Engineer. Use of lawn areas
shall be minimized with no lawn or spray irrigation being placed within 18 inches
of curbs along public streets.
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68. The applicant or his agent has the responsibility for proper sight distance
requirements per guidelines in the AASHTO “A Policy on Geometric Design of
Highways and Streets”, 5th Edition or latest, in the design and/or installation of all
landscaping and appurtenances abutting and within the private and public street
right-of-way.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
69. The applicant shall employ construction quality-assurance measures that meet the
approval of the City Engineer.
70. 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.
71. 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.
72. 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
73. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.160 (Maintenance),
LQMC.
74. The applicant shall make provisions for the continuous and perpetual maintenance
of all private on-site improvements, perimeter landscaping, access drives, and
sidewalks. In particular, the applicant shall provide language in the CC&Rs for
continuous and perpetual maintenance by the HOA of the landscaped slope
easement along Madison Street.
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FEES AND DEPOSITS
75. 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 at the time the applicant makes the
application for plan check and permits.
76. 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).
MISCELLANEOUS
77. Perimeter wall designs, including height, color, material, design shall be approved
by the Architecture and Landscaping Review Committee and the Planning
Commission prior to issuance of building permit(s) for the wall(s).
78. Proposed street names with a minimum of two alternative names per street shall
be submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Names to be approved
prior to the recordation of the Final Map.
79. All mitigation measures contained in Environmental Assessment 2005-541 shall
be met.
80. Prior to final map approval, the developer shall submit to the Planning Department
for review, a copy of the proposed Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions
(CC&Rs) for the project.
81. Production homes require approval of a Site Development Permit application by
the Planning Commission.
82. The westerly access shall be restricted to exit only for residents and emergency
access only for entry into the site by emergency vehicles.
83. The design of the home on Lot 57 shall incorporate a circular driveway to allow
vehicles to leave the lot front-end first.
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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 Tentative Tract Map, or any Final Map recorded
thereunder. 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.This Tentative Tract Map, and any Final Map recorded thereunder, shall comply with the
requirements and standards of Government Code §§ 66410 through 66499.58 (the
“Subdivision Map Act”), and Chapter 13 of the La Quinta Municipal Code (“LQMC”).
The City of La Quinta’s Municipal Code can be accessed on the City’s Web Site at www.la-
quinta.org.
3.Prior to the issuance of any grading, construction, or building permit by the City, the
applicant shall obtain any necessary 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)
•Planning Department
•Riverside Co. Environmental Health Department
•Coachella Valley Unified School District
•Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD)/Bureau of Reclamation
•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.
A project-specific NPDES construction permit must be obtained by the applicant; who then
shall submit a copy of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (“RWQCB”)
acknowledgment of the applicant’s Notice of Intent (“NOI”), prior to the issuance of a grading
or site construction permit by the City.
4.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; and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Order No. 99-08-DWQ.
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A.For construction activities including clearing, grading or excavation of land that
disturbs one (1) acre or more of land, or that disturbs less than one (1) acre of
land, but which is a part of a construction project that encompasses more than one
(1) acre of land, the Permitee shall be required to submit a Storm Water Pollution
Protection Plan (“SWPPP”).
The applicant or design professional can obtain the California Stormwater Quality
Association SWPPP template at www.cabmphandbooks.com for use in their
SWPPP preparation.
B.The applicant’s SWPPP shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to any on or
off-site grading being done in relation to this project.
C.The applicant shall ensure that the required SWPPP is available for inspection at
the project site at all times through and including acceptance of all improvements
by the City.
D.The applicant’s SWPPP shall include provisions for all of the following Best
Management Practices (“BMPs”) (8.70.020 (Definitions), LQMC):
1)Temporary Soil Stabilization (erosion control).
2)Temporary Sediment Control.
3)Wind Erosion Control.
4)Tracking Control.
5)Non-Storm Water Management.
6)Waste Management and Materials Pollution Control.
E.All erosion and sediment control BMPs proposed by the applicant shall be
approved by the City Engineer prior to any onsite or offsite grading, pursuant to
this project.
F.The approved SWPPP and BMPs shall remain in effect for the entire duration of
project construction until all improvements are completed and accepted by the
City.
5.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).
PROPERTY RIGHTS
6.Prior to issuance of any permit(s), the applicant shall acquire or confer easements and
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other property rights necessary for the 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.
7.The applicant shall offer for dedication on the Final Map all public street right-of-ways in
conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable specific plans,
and/or as required by the City Engineer.
8.The public street right-of-way offers for dedication required for this development include:
A.PUBLIC STREETS
1)Madison Street (Secondary Arterial with Class II Bike Lane, 96' ROW) – 48
feet from the centerline of Madison Street for a total 96-foot ultimate
developed right of way except for an additional variable right of way
dedication at the proposed Madison Street extension over Dike #4 to the
south to accommodate improvements conditioned under STREET AND
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
2)1)Avenue 60 (Local Street, 60' ROW) – The standard 30 feet from the
centerline of Avenue 60 for a total 60-foot ultimate developed right of way.
9.The applicant shall retain for private use on the Final Map all private street right-of-ways
in conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable specific plans,
and/or as required by the City Engineer.
The private street rights-of-way to be retained for private use required for this development
include:
1)Private Residential Streets shall be 32-foot travel width measured at gutter
flow line to gutter flow line with parking restricted to one side and provided
there is adequate off-street parking for residents and visitors, and the
applicant establishes provisions for ongoing enforcement of the parking
restriction in the CC&R’s. The CC&R’s shall be reviewed by the
Engineering and Planning Departments and approved by the Planning
Department prior to Final Map recordation.
A.CUL DE SACS
1)The cul de sac shall conform to the shape shown on the tentative map with
a 38-foot curb radius at the bulb or larger as shown on the tentative map.
Curve radii for curbs at all street intersections shall not be less than 25 feet.
10.Dedications shall include additional widths as necessary for dedicated right and left turn
lanes, bus turnouts, and other features contained in the approved construction plans.
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Pursuant to this requirement, the Applicant shall include in the submittal packet containing
the draft final map submitted for map checking, an offsite street geometric layout, drawn
at 1” equals 40 feet, detailing the following design aspects: median curb line, outside curb
line, lane line alignment including lane widths, left turn lanes, deceleration lane(s) and bus
stop turnout(s). The geometric layout shall be accompanied with sufficient professional
engineering studies to confirm the appropriate length of all proposed turn pockets and
auxiliary lanes that may impact the right of way dedication required of the project and the
associated landscape setback requirement.
11.When the City Engineer determines that access rights to the proposed street right-of-ways
shown on the approved Tentative Tract Map are necessary prior to approval of the Final
Map dedicating such right-of-ways, the applicant shall grant the necessary right-of-ways
within 60 days of a written request by the City.
12.The applicant shall offer for dedication on the Final Map a ten-foot wide public utility
easement contiguous with, and along both sides of all private streets. Such easement
may be reduced to five feet in width with the express written approval of IID.
13.The applicant shall create perimeter landscaping setbacks along all public right-of-ways
as follows:
A.Madison Street (Secondary Arterial with Class II Bike Lane) - 10-foot from the R/W-
P/L.
The listed setback depth shall be the average depth where a meandering wall design is
approved.
The setback requirements shall apply to all frontages 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 offer for dedication blanket easements for those purposes on the Final Map.
14.The applicant shall offer for dedication those easements necessary for the placement of,
and access to, utility lines and structures, drainage basins, mailbox clusters, park lands,
and common areas on the Final Map.
15.The applicant shall furnish proof of easements, or written permission, as appropriate, from
those owners of all abutting properties on which grading, retaining wall construction,
permanent slopes, or other encroachments will occur.
16.The applicant shall cause no easement to be granted, or recorded, over any portion of the
subject property between the date of approval of the Tentative Tract Map and the date of
recording of any Final Map, unless such easement is approved by the City Engineer.
17.The applicant shall agree to amend the final map, within six (6) months of the date of
issuance of these amended conditions of approval adding this condition, by granting an
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easement for areas previously dedicated as Madison Street ROW and adjacent open
space for landscaping to be used as easements for:
1)Public Safety
2)Public Utilities
3)Access for maintenance purposes by the United State Bureau of
Reclamation and the Coachella Valley Water Authority
16.18. The applicant shall agreeenter into, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of these
amended conditions of approval adding this condition, to enter into a reciprocal access
agreement(s) or other similar agreement(s), in a form(s) approved by the City Manager
and City Attorney, with the owners of the adjoining developments of Travertine and Trilogy
for the purposes of maintenance of the shared access easements south of Avenue 60.
The property owners of Travertine shall be solely responsible for the construction and
maintenance of the access road and adjoining landscaping. The City shall be a party or
third party beneficiary, with the right to enforce the above referenced easements for the
benefit of the public, under any such agreement(s).
FINAL MAPS
17.19. Prior to the City’s approval of a Final Map, the applicant shall furnish accurate AutoCAD
files of the Final Map that was approved by the City’s map checker on a storage media
acceptable to the City Engineer. Such files shall be in a standard AutoCAD form at so as
to be fully retrievable into a basic AutoCAD program.
Where a Final Map was not produced in an AutoCAD format, or produced in a file that can
be converted to an AutoCAD format, the City Engineer will accept a raster-image file of
such Final Map. The Final Map shall be of a 1” = 40’ scale.
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.
18.20. 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.
19.21. 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.
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A.On-Site Rough Grading Plan 1" = 40' Horizontal
B.PM10 Plan 1” = 40’ Horizontal
C.SWPPP 1” = 40’ Horizontal
NOTE: A through C to be submitted concurrently.
D.Off-Site Street Improvement/Storm Drain Plan 1" = 40' Horizontal, 1" = 4'
Vertical
E.Off-Site Signing & Striping Plan 1” = 40’ Horizontal
The Off-Site street improvement plans shall have separate plan sheet(s) (drawn at
20 scale) that show the meandering sidewalk, mounding, and berming design in
the combined parkway and landscape setback area.
F.On-Site Street Improvements/Signing & Striping/Storm Drain Plan
1" = 40' Horizontal, 1"= 4' Vertical
NOTE: D through F to be submitted concurrently.
The following plans shall be submitted to the Building and Safety Department for review
and approval. The plans shall utilize the minimum scale specified, unless otherwise
authorized by the Building and Safety Director 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.
G.On-Site Residential 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.
All Off-Site Plan & Profile Street Plans and Signing & Striping Plans shall show all existing
improvements for a distance of at least 200-feet beyond the project limits, or a distance
sufficient to show any required design transitions.
All On-Site Signing & Striping Plans shall show, at a minimum; Stop Signs, Limit Lines
and Legends, No Parking Signs, Raised Pavement Markers (including Blue RPMs at fire
hydrants) and Street Name Signs per Public Works Standard Plans and/or as approved
by the Engineering Department.
“Rough Grading” plans shall normally include perimeter walls with Top Of Wall & Top Of
Footing elevations shown. All footings shall have a minimum of 1-foot of cover, or
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20.22. The City maintains standard plans, detail sheets and/or construction notes for elements
of construction which can be accessed “Plans, Notes and Design Guidelines” section of
the Public Works Department at the City website (). Please navigate to the Public Works
Department home page and look for the Standard Drawings hyperlink.
21.23. The applicant shall furnish a complete set of the mylars of all approved improvement plans
on a storage media acceptable to the City Engineer.
Upon completion of construction, and prior to the final acceptance of the improvements
by the City, 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 approved mylars previously submitted to the City, revised to reflect
the as-built conditions. The applicant shall employ or retain the Engineer Of Record during
the construction phase of the project so that the EOR can make site visits in support of
preparing As Built drawings. However, if subsequent approved revisions have been
approved by the City Engineer and reflect said “As Built” conditions, the Engineer Of
Record may submit a letter attesting to said fact to the City Engineer in lieu of mylar
submittal.
IMPROVEMENT SECURITY AGREEMENTS
22.24. Prior to approval of any Final Map, the applicant shall construct all on and off-site
improvements and satisfy its obligations for same, or shall furnish a fully secured and
executed Subdivision Improvement Agreement (“SIA”) guaranteeing the construction of
such improvements and the satisfaction of its obligations for same, or shall agree to any
combination thereof, as may be required by the City.
23.25. Any Subdivision Improvement Agreement (“SIA”) entered into by and between the
applicant and the City of La Quinta, for the purpose of guaranteeing the completion of any
improvements related to this Tentative Tract Map, shall comply with the provisions of
Chapter 13.28 (Improvement Security), LQMC.
24.26. Improvements to be made, or agreed to be made, shall include the removal of any existing
structures or other obstructions which are not a part of the proposed improvements; and
shall provide for the setting of the final survey monumentation.
25.27. Depending on the timing of the development of this Tentative Tract Map, and the status
of the off-site improvements at the time, the applicant may be required to:
A.Construct certain off-site improvements.
B.Construct additional off-site improvements, subject to the reimbursement of its
costs by others.
C.Reimburse others for those improvements previously constructed that are
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considered to be an obligation of this tentative tract map.
D.Secure the costs for future improvements that are to be made by others.
E.To agree to any combination of these means, as the City may require.
Off-Site Improvements should be completed on a first priority basis. The applicant shall
complete Off-Site Improvements in the first phase of construction or by the issuance of
the 20 % Building Permit (add number when applicable).
In the event that any of the improvements required for this development are constructed
by the City, the applicant shall, prior to the approval of the Final Map, or the issuance of
any permit related thereto, reimburse the City for the costs of such improvements.
26.28. If the applicant elects to utilize the secured agreement alternative, the applicant shall
submit detailed construction cost estimates for all proposed on-site and off-site
improvements, including an estimate for the final survey monumentation, for checking and
approval by the City Engineer. Such estimates shall conform to the unit cost schedule
adopted by City resolution, or ordinance.
For items not listed in the City's unit cost schedule, the proposed unit costs shall be
approved by the City Engineer.
At the time the applicant submits its detailed construction cost estimates for conditional
approval of the Final Map by the City Council, the applicant shall also submit one copy
each of an 8-1/2" x 11" reduction of each page of the Final Map, along with a copy of an
8-1/2" x 11" Vicinity Map.
Estimates for improvements under the jurisdiction of other agencies shall be approved by
those agencies and submitted to the City along with the applicant’s detailed cost
estimates.
Security will not be required for telephone, natural gas, or Cable T.V. improvements.
27.29. Should the applicant fail to construct the improvements for the development, or fail to
satisfy its obligations for the development in a timely manner, the City shall have the right
to halt issuance of building permits, and/or final building inspections, withhold other
approvals related to the development of the project, or call upon the surety to complete
the improvements.
GRADING
28.30. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.050 (Grading
Improvements), LQMC.
29.31. 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.
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30.32. 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,
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.
All grading shall conform to the recommendations contained in the Preliminary Soils
Report, and shall be certified as being adequate by a soils engineer, or by an engineering
geologist.
A statement shall appear on the Final Map that a soils report has been prepared in
accordance with the California Health & Safety Code § 17953.
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.
31.33. 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.
32.34. Grading within the perimeter setback and parkway areas shall have undulating terrain and
shall conform with the requirements of LQMC Section 9.60.240(F) except as otherwise
modified by this condition requirement. The maximum slope shall not exceed 3:1
anywhere in the landscape setback area, except for the backslope (i.e. the slope at the
back of the landscape lot) which shall not exceed 2:1 if fully planted with ground cover.
The maximum slope in the first six (6) feet adjacent to the curb shall not exceed 4:1 when
the nearest edge of sidewalk is within six feet (6’) of the curb, otherwise the maximum
slope within the right of way shall not exceed 3:1. All unpaved parkway areas adjacent to
the curb shall be depressed one and one-half inches (1.5") in the first eighteen inches
(18") behind the curb.
33.35. Building pad elevations on the rough grading plan submitted for City Engineer’s approval
shall conform with pad elevations shown on the tentative map, unless the pad elevations
have other requirements imposed elsewhere in these Conditions of Approval.
34.36. Building pad elevations of perimeter lots shall not differ by more than one foot higher from
the building pads in adjacent developments.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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35.37. The applicant shall minimize the differences in elevation between the adjoining properties
and the lots within this development.
Where compliance within the above stated limits is impractical, the City may consider
alternatives that are shown to minimize safety concerns, maintenance difficulties and
neighboring-owner dissatisfaction with the grade differential.
36.38. Prior to any site grading or re-grading that will raise or lower any portion of the site by
more than plus or minus five tenths of a foot from the elevations shown on the approved
Tentative Tract Map, the applicant shall submit the proposed grading changes to the City
Staff for a substantial conformance finding review.
37.39. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for any building lot, the applicant shall provide a
lot pad certification stamped and signed by a qualified engineer or surveyor.
Each pad certification shall list the pad elevation as shown on the approved grading plan,
the actual pad elevation and the difference between the two, if any. Such pad certification
shall also list the relative compaction of the pad soil. The data shall be organized by lot
number, and listed cumulatively if submitted at different times.
DRAINAGE
38.40. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of LQMC Section 13.24.120 (Drainage),
Retention Basin Design Criteria, Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 – Hydrology Report with
Preliminary Hydraulic Report Criteria for Storm Drain Systems and Engineering Bulle tin
No. 06-015 - Underground Retention Basin Design Requirements. More specifically,
stormwater falling on site during the 100 year storm shall be retained within the
development, unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. The design storm shall be
either the 3 hour, 6 hour or 24 hour event producing the greatest total run off.
39.41. Nuisance water shall be retained on site. Nuisance water shall be disposed of per
approved methods contained in Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 – Hydrology Report with
Preliminary Hydraulic Report Criteria for Storm Drain Systems and Engineering Bulletin
No. 06-015 - Underground Retention Basin Design Requirements.
40.42. In design of retention facilities, the maximum percolation rate shall be two inches per hour.
The percolation rate will be considered to be zero unless the applicant provides site
specific data indicating otherwise and as approved by the City Engineer.
41.43. The project shall be designed to accommodate purging and blowoff water (through
underground piping and/or retention facilities) from any on-site or adjacent well sites
granted or dedicated to the local water utility authority as a requirement for development
of this property.
42.44. No fence or wall shall be constructed around any retention basin unless approved by the
Planning Director and the City Engineer.
43.45. For on-site above ground common retention basins, retention depth shall be according to
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
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Engineering Bulletin No. 06-16 – Hydrology Report with Preliminary Hydraulic Report
Criteria for Storm Drain Systems. Side slopes shall not exceed 3:1 and shall be planted
with maintenance free ground cover. Additionally, retention basin widths shall be not less
than 20 feet at the bottom of the basin.
44.46. 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 LQMC
Section 9.100.040(B)(7).
45.47. The design of the development shall not cause any increase in flood boundaries, levels or
frequencies in any area outside the development.
46.48. The development shall be graded to permit storm flow in excess of retention capacity to
flow out of the development through a designated overflow and into the historic drainage
relief route.
47.49. Storm drainage historically received from adjoining property shall be received and retained
or passed through into the historic downstream drainage relief route.
UTILITIES
48.50. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.110 (Utilities), LQMC.
49.51. 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.
50.52. Existing overhead utility lines within, or adjacent to the proposed development, and all
proposed utilities shall be installed underground.
All existing utility lines attached to joint use 92 KV transmission power poles are exempt
from the requirement to be placed underground.
51.53. 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.
The applicant shall provide certified reports of all utility trench compaction for approval by
the City Engineer.
STREET AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
52.54. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Sections 13.24.060 (Street
Improvements), 13.24.070 (Street Design - Generally) & 13.24.100 (Access For Individual
Properties And Development), LQMC for public streets; and Section 13.24.080 (Street
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AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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Design - Private Streets), where private streets are proposed.
53.55. The applicant shall construct the following street improvements to conform with the
General Plan (street type noted in parentheses.)
A.OFF-SITE STREETS
1)Madison Street (Secondary Arterial with Class II Bike Lane; 96' R/W):
a)Widening of Madison has been made a requirement of the
Travertine Specific Plan. However, if this widening has not
been completed within 2 years of this approval, the applicant
shall widen the west side of the street along all frontage
adjacent to the Tentative Map boundary to its ultimate width
on the west side as specified in the General Plan and the
requirements of these conditions. The west curb face shall be
located thirty six feet (36’) west of the centerline. Applicant
shall bond for this widening prior to approval of any final map.
Other required improvements in the Madison Street right or way
and/or adjacent landscape setback area include:
b)All appurtenant components such as, but not limited to: curb,
gutter, traffic control striping, legends, and signs.
c)8-foot wide meandering sidewalk. The meandering sidewalk
shall have an arrhythmic horizontal layout that utilizes
concave and convex curves with respect to the curb line that
touches the back of curb at intervals not to exceed 250 feet.
The sidewalk curvature radii should vary between 50 and 300
feet, and at each point of reverse curvature, the radius should
change to assist in creating the arrhythmic layout. The
sidewalk shall meander into the landscape setback lot and
approach within 5 feet of the perimeter wall at intervals not to
exceed 250 feet.
d)Establish a benchmark in the Madison Street right of way and
file a record of the benchmark with the County of Riverside.
2)1)Avenue 60 (Local Road, 60’ R/W):
a)Widen the south side of the street along all frontage adjacent to the
Tentative Map boundary to its ultimate width on the south side as
requirements of these conditions. the south curb face shall be
located twenty feet (20’) south of the centerline.
Other required improvements in the Avenue 60 right or way and/or adjacent
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AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
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APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
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b)All appurtenant components such as, but not limited to: curb, gutter,
traffic control striping, legends, and signs
c)A minimum 5-foot wide sidewalk with landscaping provided
between the curb and the sidewalk as approved by the Community
Development and the Engineering Departments.
d)An additional street widening along all frontage adjacent to the
Tentative Map boundary of fourteen feet (14’) north of the centerline
to accommodate west bound traffic unless street improvements
have been constructed by development on the north side of Avenue
60.
e)Lighting at the project entry. The applicant shall design and install
a single street light or equivalent landscape lighting at the shared
entry. Additionally, the applicant or Home Owners Association shall
pay for the perpetual maintenance of the street light or landscape
lighting.
The applicant shall extend improvements beyond the subdivision boundaries to ensure
they safely integrate with existing improvements (e.g., grading; traffic control devices and
transitions in alignment, elevation or dimensions of streets and sidewalks).
B.PRIVATE STREETS
1)Construct 32-foot wide travel width as shown on the tentative map
measured from gutter flow line to gutter flow line, provided parking is
restricted to one side and there is adequate off-street parking for residents
and visitors, and the applicant establishes provisions for ongoing
enforcement of the parking restriction in the CC&R’s. The CC&R’s shall be
reviewed by the Engineering and Planning Department and approved by
the Planning Department prior to Final Map recordation.
2)The location of driveways of corner lots shall not be located within the curb
return and away from the intersection when possible.
C.PRIVATE CUL DE SACS
1)Shall be constructed according to the lay-out shown on the tentative map
with 38-foot curb radius or greater at the bulb similar to the layout shown
on the rough grading plan.
54.56. All gated entries shall provide for a three-car minimum stacking capacity for inbound traffic
to be a minimum length of 62 feet from call box to the street; and shall provide for a full
turn-around outlet for non-accepted vehicles.
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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Where a gated entry is proposed, the applicant shall submit a detailed exhibit at a scale
of 1" = 10', demonstrating that those passenger vehicles that do not gain entry into the
development can safely make a full turn-around (minimum radius to be 24 feet) out onto
the main street from the gated entry. Pursuant to said conditions, there shall be a minimum
of twenty five feet width provided at the turn-around opening provided.
Two lanes of traffic shall be provided on the entry side of each gated entry, one lane shall
be dedicated for residents, and one lane for visitors. The two travel lanes shall be a
minimum of 20 feet of total paved roadway surface or as approved by the Fire Department.
Entry drives, main interior circulation routes, standard knuckles, corner cutbacks, bus
turnouts, dedicated turn lanes and other features shown on the approved construction
plans, may require additional street widths as may be determined by the City Engineer.
55.57. 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:
Residential/Local 3.0" a.c./4.5" c.a.b.
Secondary Arterial 4.0" a.c./6.0" c.a.b.
or the approved equivalents of alternate materials.
56.58. 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.
57.59. General access points and turning movements of traffic are limited to the following:
A.Primary Entry (Avenue 60, 580 feet west of Madison Street): Full turn movements
are allowed.
B.Secondary Entry (Avenue 60, 1,170 feet west of Madison Street): Full turn
movements are allowed for resident traffic only.
58.60. Improvements shall include appurtenances such as traffic control signs, markings and
other devices, raised medians if required, street name signs and sidewalks.
59.61. Improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with City adopted
standards, supplemental drawings and specifications, or as approved by the City Engineer.
Improvement plans for streets, access gates and parking areas shall be stamped and
signed by qualified engineers.
CONSTRUCTION
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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60.62. The City will conduct final inspections of habitable buildings only when the buildings have
improved street and (if required) sidewalk access to publicly-maintained streets. The
improvements shall include required traffic control devices, pavement markings and street
name signs. If on-site streets in residential developments are initially constructed with
partial pavement thickness, the applicant shall complete the pavement prior to final
inspections of the last ten percent of homes within the development or when directed by
the City, whichever comes first.
LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION
61.63. The applicant shall comply with Sections 13.24.130 (Landscaping Setbacks) & 13.24.140
(Landscaping Plans), LQMC.
62.64. The applicant shall provide landscaping in the required setbacks, retention basins,
common lots and park areas.
63.65. Landscape and irrigation plans for landscaped lots and setbacks, medians, retention
basins, and parks shall be signed and stamped by a licensed landscape architect.
64.66. The applicant shall submit the landscape plans for approval to plan checking by the
Planning Department. When plan checking has been completed by the Planning
Department, the applicant shall obtain the signatures of CVWD and the Riverside County
Agricultural Commissioner, prior to submittal for signature by the Planning Director. Where
City Engineer approval is not required, the applicant shall submit for a green sheet
approval by the Public Works Director.
Final landscape plans for on-site planting shall be reviewed by the ALRC and approved
by the Planning Director prior to issuance of first building permit. Final plans shall include
all landscaping associated with this project.
NOTE: Plans are not approved for construction until signed by Planning Director and/or City
Engineer when applicable.
65.67. Landscape areas shall have permanent irrigation improvements meeting the requirements
of the Planning Director and the City Engineer. Use of lawn areas shall be minimized with
no lawn, or spray irrigation, being placed within 18 inches of curbs along public streets.
66.68. The applicant or his agent has the responsibility for proper sight distance requirements
per guidelines in the AASHTO “A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets”,
5th Edition or latest, in the design and/or installation of all landscaping and appurtenances
abutting and within the private and public street right-of-way.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
67.69. The applicant shall employ construction quality-assurance measures that meet with the
approval of the City Engineer.
68.70. The applicant shall employ, or retain, qualified engineers, surveyors, and such other
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PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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appropriate professionals as are required to provide the expertise with which to prepare
and sign accurate record drawings, and to provide adequate construction supervision.
69.71. 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.
70.72. 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
71.73. The applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 13.24.160 (Maintenance),
LQMC.
72.74. The applicant shall make provisions for the continuous and perpetual maintenance
of all private on-site improvements, perimeter landscaping, access drives, and
sidewalks. In particular, the applicant shall provide language in the CC&Rs for
continuous and perpetual maintenance by the HOA of the landscaped slope
easement along Madison Street.
FEES AND DEPOSITS
73.75. 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.
74.76. 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).
MISCELLANEOUS
75.77. Perimeter wall designs including height, color, material, design shall be approved by the
Architecture and Landscaping Review Committee and the Planning Commission prior to
issuance of building permit for the wall.
76.78. Proposed street names with a minimum of two alternative names per street shall be
submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Names to be approved prior to
recordation of final map.
77.79. All mitigation measures contained in Environmental Assessment 2005-541 shall be met.
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AMENDED FINAL TRACT MAP 2025-0001 (TTM 33597, AMENDMENT NO. 1)
PROJECT: MALAGA
APPLICANT: DESERT HOME INVESTORS #1
LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND AVENUE 60
ADOPTED:
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78.80. Prior to final map approval, the developer shall submit to the Planning Department
for review, a copy of the proposed Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R’s) for the
project.
79.81. Production homes require approval of a Site Development Permit application by the
Planning Commission.
80.82. The westerly access shall be restricted to exit only for residents and emergency access
only for entry into the site by emergency vehicles.
81.83. The design of the home on Lot 57 shall incorporate a circular driveway to allow vehicles
to leave the lot front-end first.
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WRITTEN PUBIC
COMMENT
DIRECTOR'S
HEARING
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Written Public Comment DIRECTOR’S HEARING AGENDA, SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 3, 2025, AT 4:00 P.M.
Mary Mann 80451 Palatine Ct. La Quinta CA 95523 maryhpmann@gmail.com
Subject of Public Hearing: ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDED FINAL TRACT
MAP 2025-0001 TRACT MAP 33597, AMENDMENT 1) TO REVISE CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL REMOVING MADISON STREET IMPROVEMENTS; APPLICANT: DESERT HOME
INVESTORS #1; PROJECT NAME: MALAGA; CEQA: A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2005-541;
LOCATION: SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AVENUE 60 AND MADISON STREET
Written Comment: I urge you to consider the larger implications of this approval tonight,
review this application and urge the applicant to submit a more comprehensive request for
changes that may be required before Desert Home Investors can complete their project.
Please note that approval indicates that that the City is planning to cede its rights on the
Madison extension in favor of a private roadway. I do not begrudge the applicant for wanting
to remove the requirements/obligations under its current tract map and development
agreement given the time past and the changes that the City has made to its general plan
since 2005. I daresay there are a number of changes that Desert Home Investors would be
seeking to the TTM and development agreement that are not considered tonight.
I am appreciative that the Directors meeting was called so we get a small chance to
understand what is really planned and consider how it will impact our day-to-day lives and
La Quinta’s future. Though this again is a Special Meeting called late last week, and it is
difficult to review and understand in that time to be able to comment.
The approval tonight is for the benefit of the current Travertine specific plan a single private
development that will eat up 855 acres, cut off access to our open space and public lands,
jeopardize critical habitat and species, destroy historical and prehistorical relics, and place
up to 1500 homes in danger of the impacts of flooding and landslides, destruction of
property and infrastructure. This will be a drain on City resources and the future
homeowners, with no coherent plan as to how to reconcile the need for access to
recreation, assuring public safety, and supporting critical water infrastructure.
The approval tonight hinges on the idea that the City is to cede the Madison St. extension to
a private development. Though this Travertine plan was approved it left open essential
questions of the viability of access to the development, proposing an elevated roadway
and/or the Jefferson extension as the primary access to the development, both of which are
years out for planning. The Jefferson extension access point to Travertine implies
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development on the West side of Coral Mountain, which has not been assessed or
approved.
In the Travertine approval (that is: General Plan Amendment (GPA 2017-0002), Zone
Change (ZC 2017-0002), Specific Plan Amendment (SP 2017-0004), Tentative Tract Map
(TTM 2017-0008), and Development Agreement (DA 2021-0001)) considerations were not
given to the real impacts this plan has for public right of ways, recreation, public safety,
protection of our cultural and environmental resources, or protection and education
regarding the Vital Community infrastructure that are the ground water infiltration ponds
and levees.
The access off the Madison extension is used daily by Trilogy residents who have a
pedestrian access gate onto this current public easement. This is a common access point
for recreation, and one of the few remaining access points for maintenance of levee,
emergency ingress and egress to critical infrastructure for emergency personnel especially
if there is to be housing beyond the levee. If Madison extension in the control of a private
entity has potential to impeded access for fires, floods and other disasters. Because of the
public safety implications alone La Quinta should not relinquish its rights. Even if the
secondary arterial roadway is not required in current plan, the City is reckless in ceding this
access point and throughway to private development, especially given the continued
uncertainty regarding the Travertine development and access.
Development of Travertine will be overlapping with the General Plan update that will be
here before we know it. Approval of Travertine and the adjacent large development the Club
at Coral Mt. is removing the freedom of the City to adapt and update the General Plan in
coming years incorporating the new populations who have moved into the area and
changing landscape of development in Coachella Valley.
I have been speaking to the Council and Planning commission since May regarding the
need for planning around the Coral Mountain district 1) to preserve and conserve and
highlight the vibrant and unique desert landscape that occurs in the Southwest La Quinta
2)ensure the quality of life for the past present and future residents of La Quinta. The two
large developments now approved border and encompass a Community Resource that
being the water infiltration ponds. Our aquifer is lowering and CVWD requires Colorado
River water dumped into the ponds to maintain water levels, public education is needed
and the City has a responsibility to discuss and consider.
In both the EIR related to the Club at Coral Mt. (SCH# 2021020310) and for Travertine, the
City has failed in its role as Lead Agency in properly assessing the impacts to our
environment, water supply and security, cultural and historical assets, air quality, traffic
patterns, workforce requirements, water and electricity availability. Beyond that the City
has a moral obligation to citizens of La Quinta past present and future, our Cahuilla
ancestors, the Bighorn Sheep and the whole of these remaining precious desert open
spaces to document, conserve, and plan well for the Future. These properties around Coral
Mountain (aka the gem of La Quinta) are special, and already contain a lot of our history.
The Travertine property is on an active alluvial fan and the implications of stranding a large
development to bear the brunt of events like Hurricane Hilary only two years ago, have not
been regarded. The Travertine development, including the ceding of a public roadway off
property to a private interest cuts off our access to the lands to the west that are
intermixed with federal lands and are a key asset in the City’s recreation and Open Space
arsenal.
The City needs to cease reviewing new applications for both the Club at Coral Mt. and the
Travertine Development. In place of this we need to start the dialogue that helps form a
more cohesive plan for development in SW La Quinta in advance of the General Plan
update and in line with the current discussions around Santa Rosa annexation. By locking
the City into the development in a particular fashion over 1200 acres of land between Club
at Coral Mt. we will be severely limited in how we can grow and change in the future.
The City does not seem to have a an integrated plan for this area and we have continued to
process general plan amendments at the whim of a private landholder’s latest concept. A
new General Plan needs to include an overriding Specific Plan for the lands abutting Coral
Mountain and interfacing with the Santa Rosa Wilderness area. The plan to cede the public
right of way for the Madison extension is reckless, and bows to the whims of a private
development that is years away from realization.
End
Mary Mann 3 Nov. 3, 2025
HANDOUTS
DIRECTOR'S
HEARING
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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Tania Flores
From:Scott Nespor
Sent:Monday, November 3, 2025 11:57 AM
To:Tania Flores
Subject:FW: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
The property owner would like to use the email below (which includes the previous email) below as a
supplemental item, included in the report.
Thanks-
Scott Nespor | Senior Planner
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7069
www.laquintaca.gov
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 11:22 AM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: RE: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
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Scott,
Digging into what we are collectively trying to accomplish, I wanted to clarify a few points, including my thoughts
and conclusions of Lot “O”.
- Lot O has been dedicated to the City as a portion of the overall ROW of Madison Street. Therefore, the City
would not need our permission for access, easements or the granting of same to others (e.g. Travertine).
- Lot L (Slope area) – La Quinta Malaga, LLC reserved Lots D through L for open space, landscaping, walls,
maintenance, recreational and drainage purposes. If Lot L is part of Travertine’s improvement to Madison,
then we would be willing to work with the City and Travertine relative to their access, improvement and
maintenance rights to Lot L.
However, I don’t believe Travertine or the City really needs access to Lot L given we had previously dedicated the
18’ wide Lot O, which includes some sidewalk and landscape areas and a PUE. Lot O is now a part of the City’s
ROW. Does the City or Travertine need access to Lot L given Travertine will now only be building a 24’ fire access
road only?
Scott, I can stop by your office as early as 1:30 if we want to “game plan” this a bit more before the hearing.
Thanks,
2
Mitchell
Build. Serve. Transform.
Mitchell Bradford
10621 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
949.413.3118
mbradford@divpac.com
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2025 12:56 PM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>; Nolan Leggio <NLeggio@divpac.com>
Subject: Re: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
Scott,
We completely understand what you are trying to accomplish with the Madison street roadway and
adjacent slopes. What we would suggest that rather than amending a Final Map, we will agree to work
the City to grant any necessary permission necessary for the installation and maintenance of Slope Area
O by others.
Or, we can simply relinquish any easement and improvement rights we have to Lot O or other areas
currently identified on Final Map 33597.
This prevents us from entering into agreements with outside entities (e.g. Travertine and Trilogy), in a time
frame we don't control, on a property owned by the City of La Quinta, that will be installed and
maintained by Travertine.
We can bring this up during the hearing and we are perfectly comfortable with you sharing this in your
presentation.
If necessary, I can come by your office late morning or early afternoon on Monday to further discuss any
particulars. Our goal is "simpler is better". And, we are all on the same page on this for sure.
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Kind Regards,
Mitchell
Build. Serve. Transform.
Mitchell Bradford
10621 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
949.413.3118
mbradford@divpac.com
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From: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:09 AM
To: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>
Subject: RE: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
Hello-
I left a voice mail and am looking into your questions. We should be able to meet later this
afternoon. Please let me know if you have availability this afternoon anytime between 3 and 5:30 pm?
Thanks-
Scott Nespor | Senior Planner
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7069
www.laquintaca.gov
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 8:58 AM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>
Subject: Re: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
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Tania Flores
From:Scott Nespor
Sent:Monday, November 3, 2025 1:32 PM
To:Tania Flores
Subject:FW: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
Please include this.
Thanks
Scott Nespor | Senior Planner
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7069
www.laquintaca.gov
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 12:25 PM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: RE: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
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Scott,
Perhaps we write a condition that looks something like this below (given we don’t know exactly what the
emergency access road and landscaping will look like until designed and submitted by Travertine). We are happy
to agree to this revised condition on the tract and record any necessary documents that lock this condition into
and on to Tract 33597.
17. The applicant agrees to work cooperatively with the City of La Quinta in order to provide access
and easement rights as necessary for Travertine, and/or others to build and maintain an emergency
access road and landscaping in and adjacent to the current ROW of the dedicated Madison Street
right of way, south of 60th Street and adjacent to Tract 33597. Said access, easements and
maintenance obligations would relate solely to Lot L, Tract 33597. Said agreements, and other
documents shall be in a form as approved by the City of La Quinta City Manager and City Attorney.
Just don’ want to have to revise a FM if possible.
Build. Serve. Transform.
Mitchell Bradford
10621 Civic Center Drive
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
949.413.3118
mbradford@divpac.com
From: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 11:03 AM
To: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>; Nolan Leggio <NLeggio@divpac.com>
Subject: RE: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
Hello-
The email below will be distributed as a supplemental item and will be included with the staff
report. You will be able to discuss the alternatives below at the Directors Hearing.
I also want to advise you that the start time for Director’s Hearings has changed from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
this afternoon (Monday, November 3, 2025 at 4:00 pm.)
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Scott Nespor | Senior Planner
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7069
www.laquintaca.gov
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2025 12:56 PM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>; Nolan Leggio <NLeggio@divpac.com>
Subject: Re: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
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Scott,
We completely understand what you are trying to accomplish with the Madison street roadway and
adjacent slopes. What we would suggest that rather than amending a Final Map, we will agree to work
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the City to grant any necessary permission necessary for the installation and maintenance of Slope Area
O by others.
Or, we can simply relinquish any easement and improvement rights we have to Lot O or other areas
currently identified on Final Map 33597.
This prevents us from entering into agreements with outside entities (e.g. Travertine and Trilogy), in a time
frame we don't control, on a property owned by the City of La Quinta, that will be installed and
maintained by Travertine.
We can bring this up during the hearing and we are perfectly comfortable with you sharing this in your
presentation.
If necessary, I can come by your office late morning or early afternoon on Monday to further discuss any
particulars. Our goal is "simpler is better". And, we are all on the same page on this for sure.
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Kind Regards,
Mitchell
Build. Serve. Transform.
Mitchell Bradford
10621 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
949.413.3118
mbradford@divpac.com
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From: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 9:09 AM
To: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>
Subject: RE: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
Hello-
I left a voice mail and am looking into your questions. We should be able to meet later this
afternoon. Please let me know if you have availability this afternoon anytime between 3 and 5:30 pm?
Thanks-
Scott Nespor | Senior Planner
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7069
www.laquintaca.gov
From: Mitchell Bradford <MBradford@divpac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 8:58 AM
To: Scott Nespor <snespor@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: Sandi Wiley <sandi@duchousingco.com>
Subject: Re: Directors Hearing - Removal of COA to improve Madison Street south of 60th
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POWERPOINTS
DIRECTOR'S
HEARING
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
DIRECTOR'S HEARING NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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Director’s Hearing
November 3, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Director’s Hearing
November 3, 2025
PH1 – AFTM 2025-0001 (Tract Map 33597 Amendment)
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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Background
• Malaga - Approved July 5, 2005:
– Southwest corner of Avenue 60 and Madison Street
– Madison Street south of Avenue 60 was included as
a General Plan Roadway
• GPA 2017-0002 – Approved August 6, 2024
– Removed Madison Street south of Avenue 60 as a
General Plan Roadway
Vicinity
Map
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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Map Amendments
• The following amendments to the conditions
of approval are proposed:
– Remove the requirement of the applicant to
provide Madison Street Right-of-Way and
Landscaping Improvements
– Revise the map to change the use of map
dedications so they are no longer identified as
Public Right-of-Way
Map Amendments (Continued)
• Enter into reciprocal access agreement
with the City, Travertine, and Trilogy
developments for the future emergency
and maintenance access road, with
Travertine responsible for construction and
maintenance of the roadway
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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TM 33597
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution to approve AFTM 2025-0001 for an
amendment to final map 33597 that modifies a condition of
approval and find the project is consistent with the
previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration which
was prepared under Environmental Assessment 2005-541.
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DIRECTOR'S HEARING NOVEMBER 3, 2025
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