CC Resolution 1994-054^"G7 RESOLUTION 9*4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A 55 SINGLE FAMILY LOT
SUBDIVISION ON APPROXIMATELY 22 ACRES GENERALLY
LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RANCHO LA QUINTA
DRIVE EAST OF WASHINGTON STREET
TENTATIVE TRACT 27952
lb DESERT DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did
on the 28th day of June, 1994, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing as requested by TD Desert
Development for a 55 single family lot subdivision with associated street, common area and
recreation lots, generally located on the south side of Rancho La Quinta Drive east of
Washington Street within Rancho La Quinta, more particularly described as:
PORTIONS OF PARCELS 2, 3, AND 5, OF PARCEL MAP 20469
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta did on the 19th day of
July, 1994, hold a public hearing to consider this request and the recommendation for approval
by the Planning Commission; and,
WHEREAS, said tentative map has complied with the requirements of The Rules
to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970" as amended, Resolufion 83-63,
in that an Environmental Impact Report *IR) and addendum EIR have been adopted.
Therefore, no additional environmental documentation is deemed necessary; and,
WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing held on the 19th day of July, 1994, upon
hearing and considering all testimony and arguments of all interested persons desiring to be
heard, said Council did make findings to justify the approval of said tentafive tract map:
1. The design and improvements of the approved Tentative Tract 27952 are consistent with
the current goals and objectives of the La Quinta General Plan.
2. Tentative Tract 27952 is consistent with current standards of the Municipal Zoning and
Land Division Ordinances.
3. The subject site is physically suitable for residential and recreational development.
4. The design of Tentative Tract 27952 and its related improvements are not likely to cause
environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish and wildlife or their
habitat provided that approval conditions related to mitigation measures for the flora,
fauna, and archaeological resources are complied with during project development.
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5. The design of Tentative Tract 27952 and the type of improvements are not likely to cause
public health problems nor would they conflict with existing public easements.
6. There is no evidence to suggest that approval of Tentative Tract 27952 could have a
major adverse impact on the environment.
7. The location and appearance of the proposed dwelling units will be compatible with the
area in which the development is located.
8. The proposed private circulation system will provide for the safe and efficient movement
of vehicles within the project, and the use of small private Streets within some areas of
the project will not impact the overall safety of the future residents.
NOW, THEREPORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta, California as follows:
1 That the above recitations are true and correct and con sfitute the findings of the Council
in this case;
2. That it does hereby concur with the environmental determination and approves the above
described Tentative Tract 27952, for the reasons set forth in this resolution and subject
to the attached Conditions of Approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council held on this 19th day of July, 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Men**ers Bangerter, McCartney, Perkins, Sniff,
Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City of La Quinta, California
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Resolution 94-54
ATTEST:
AUNDRA L. 3UHOLA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM
DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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RESOLUTION 94-54
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FINAL
TENTATIVE TRACT 27952- RANCHO LA QUINTA
JULY 19, 1994
* Amended by Planning Commission June 28, 1994
** Added by Planning Commission June 28, 1994
GENERAL:
1 Tentative Tract Map 27952 shall comply with the requirements and standards of the State
Subdivision Map Act and the City of La Quinta Land Division Ordinance, unless
otherwise modified by the following conditions.
2. This tentative tract map approval shall expire and become void within two years after
City Council date of July 19, 1994, approval unless extended pursuant to the City's
Subdivision Ordinance.
3. Prior to recordation of final map, the issuance of a grading or building permit for
construction of any building or use contemplated by this approval, the applicant shall
obtain permits and/or clearances from the following public agencies:
City Fire Marshal
Public Works Department
Planning and Development Department
Riverside Co. Environmental Health Department
Desert Sands Unified School District
Coachella Valley Water District
Imperial Irrigation District
California Regional Water Quality Control Board NPDES Permit)
Applicant is responsible for any requirements of the permits or clearances from those
jurisdictions. If the requirements include approval of improvement plans, applicant shall
furnish proof of said approvals prior to obtaining City approvals and signatures on the
plans.
Evidence of said permits or clearances from the above mentioned agencies shall be
presented to the Building and Safety Department at the time of the application for a
building permit for the use contemplated herewith or the Engineering Department prior
to recordation.
4. This approval shall be in compliance with all applicable condifions and applicable
provisions of Specific Plan No.84-004 and applicable Development Agreement.
5. Provisions shall be made to comply with the terms and requirements of the City's
adopted Infrastructure Fee program in effect at the time of issuance of building permits.
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Tentative Tract 27952 Rancho La Quinta
July 19, 1994
6. Construction shall comply with all local and State building code requirements as
determined by the Building and Safety Director.
7. Applicant shall insure that landscaping plans and utility plans are coordinated to provide
visual screening of above-ground utility structures.
8. Applicant shall submit a copy of the proposed grading, landscaping and irrigation plans
to the Coachella Valley Water District for review and approval with respect to the
District's Water Management Program.
TRACT AM) BUILDING DESIGN
9. That prior to issuance of the first building permit for lots in this tract, a plot plan
showing the proposed units shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning and
Development Department.
10. Any minor changes in lot mix, sizes, lines, or shapes, or street alignments, shall be
reviewed and approved by the Planning and Development Department prior to any final
map approvals for recordation.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
11. Schedule A fire protection approved Super fire hydrants 6" X 4" X 2'h'1 X 21/2) shall
be located at each street intersection spaced not more than 330 feet apart in any direction
with no portion of any frontage more than 165 feet from a fire hydrant. Minimum fire
flow shall be 1000 gpm for two hours duration at 20 psi.
12. Prior to recordation of the final map, applicant/developer shall furnish one blueline copy
of the water system plans to the Fire Department for review/approval. Plans shall
conform to the fire hydrant types, location, and spacing, and the system shall meet the
fire flow requirements Plan shall be signed/approved by a registered civil engineer and
the local water company will sign the following certification: I certify that the design
of the water system is in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Riverside
County Fire Department.".
13. The required water system including fire hydrants shall be installed and accepted by the
appropriate water agency prior to any combustible building material being placed on an
individual lot.
14. A temporary water supply for fire protection may be allowed for the construction of the
model units only. Plans for a temporary water system must be submitted to the Fire
Department for review prior to issuance of building permits.
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Conditions of Approval
Tentative Tract 279S2 Rancho La Quinta
July 19, 1994
UTILITIES
15. All conditions and requirements of the Coachella Valley Water District shall be met as
noted in their letter dated April 28, 1994, on file in the Department of Planning and
Development.
16. All existing and proposed utilities adjacent to or within the proposed development shall
be installed underground. High voltage power lines which the power authority will not
accept underground are exempt from this requirement.
17. In areas where hardscape surface improvements are planned, underground utilities shall
be installed prior to construction of the surface improvements. The applicant shall
provide certified reports of utility trench compaction tests for approval of the City
Engineer.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
18. If the applicant desires to phase tract improvements, tract phasing plans shall be
submitted for review and approval by the City Engineer and the Planning and
Development Department prior to recordation of any final map under this tentative map.
The applicant shall develop tract phases in the order of the approved phasing plan.
Improvements required of each phase shall be complete prior to issuance of Certificates
of Occupancy within the phase unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT:
19. The applicant shall construct, or enter into a secured agreement to construct, the on- and
off-site grading, Streets, utilities, landscaping, on-site common area improvements, and
any other improvements required by these conditions before approval of any final map(s)
under this tentative tract map.
Improvements to be made or agreed to shall include removal of any existing structures
or obstructions which are not part of the proposed improvements.
20. The applicant shall dedicate 10-foot wide public utility easements contiguous with and
along both sides of all private streets.
21. The applicant shall dedicate any easements necessary for placement of and access to
utility lines and structures, park lands, drainage basins, common areas, and mailbox
clusters.
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Conditions of Approval
Tentative Tract 27952 Rancho La Quinta
July 19, 1994
22. The applicant shall cause no easements to be granted or recorded over any portion of this
property between the date of approval by the City Council and the date of recording of
any final map(s) covering the same portion of the property unless such easements are
approved by the City Engineer.
GRADING:
23. Prior to occupation of the project site for construction purposes, the applicant shall
submit and receive approval of a Fugitive Dust Control plan prepared in accordance with
Chapter 6.10, La Quinta Municipal Code. In accordance with said Chapter, the applicant
shall furnish security, in a form acceptable to the City, in an amount sufficient to
guarantee compliance with the provisions of the permit.
24. The applicant shall comply with the City's Flood Protection Ordinance.
25. A thorough preliminary engineering, geological and soils engineering investigation shall
be conducted. The report of the investigation the soils report") shall be submitted with
the grading plan.
26. A grading plan shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer. The plan shall be
submitted on 24" X 36" media and must meet the approval of the City Engineer prior
to approval of any final map(s).
The grading plan shall conform with the recommendations of the soils report and shall
be certified as adequate by a soils engineer or an engineering geologist. A statement
shall appear on the final map(s), if any are required of this development, that a soils
report has been prepared pursuant to Section 17953 of the Health and Safety Code.
Prior to issuance of any building permit the applicant shall provide a separate document
bearing the seal and signature of a California registered civil engineer, geotechnical
engineer, or surveyor that lists actual building pad elevations. The document shall, for
each building pad in the tract, state the pad elevation approved on the grading plan, the
as-built elevation, and shall clearly identify the difference, if any. The data shall be
organized by tract phase and lot number and shall be cumulative if the data is submitted
at different times.
DRAINAGE
27. The tract shall be graded to permit storm flow in excess of retention capacity to flow out
of the tract through a designated overflow oudet and into the historic drainage relief
route. The tract shall be graded to receive storm flow from adjoining property at
locations that have historically received flow.
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July 19, 1994
28. Storm water run-off produced in 24 hours during a 100-year storm shall be retained on
site. The tributary drainage area for which the applicant is responsible shall extend to
the centerline of adjacent public streets.
Storm water produced during a 100-year storm shall not overflow street rights-of-way
except through approved storm drainage conveyance locations.
29. In design of retention facilities, the percolation rate shall be considered to be zero unless
the applicant provides site-specific data that indicates otherwise.
30. The design of the tract shall not cause any change in flood boundaries, levels or
frequencies in any area outside the tract.
STREET AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS:
31. The City is contemplating adoption of a major thoroughfare improvement program. If
the program is in effect 60 days prior to recordation of any final map for this
development, the development shall be subject to the provisions of the ordinance.
If this development is not subject to a major thoroughfare improvement program, the
applicant shall design and construct street improvements as listed below.
32. Improvement plans for all on- and off-site streets and access gates shall be prepared by
a registered civil engineer. Plans shall be submitted on 24'* X 36*' media. Improvements
shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the La Quinta Municipal Code,
adopted Standard Drawings, and as approved by the City Engineer.
Street pavement sections shall be based on a Caltrans design procedure for a 20-year life
and shall consider soil strength and anticipated traffic loading including site and building
construction traffic. The minimum pavement sections shall be as follows:
Residenfial and Parking Areas 3.0" a.c./4.50" a.b.
Collector 4.0"/5.00"
Secondary Arterial 4.0"/6.00"
Primary Arterial 4*5"*6.00"
Major Arterial 5.5"16.50"
If the applicant proposes to construct a partial pavement section for use during
development of the tract, the partial section shall be designed with a strength equivalent
to the 20-year design strength.
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Conditions of Approval
Tentative Tract 27952 Rancho La Quinta
July 19, 1994
33. Improvements shall include all appurtenances such as traffic igns, channelization
markings, raised medians if required, street name signs, sidewalks, and mailbox clusters
approved in design and location by the U.S Post Office and the City Engineer. Mid-
block street lighting is not required.
34. The City Engineer may require miscellaneous incidental improvements and enhancements
to existing improvements as necessary to integrate the new work with existing
improvements and provide a finished product conforming with City standards and
practices. This may include, but is not limited to, street width transitions extending
beyond tract boundaries.
35. The following street improvements shall be constructed to conform with the General Plan
street type noted in parentheses:
A. North-South Street and Interior Residential Streets 32 feet wide between curb
faces. Applicant shall submit a detail of the curb and gutter design for interior
residential streets for approval by the City Engineer.
B. Rancho La Quinta Drive 36 feet wide between curb faces.
36. Cul-de-sac shall have a minimum outside curb radius of 45-feet and a maximum center
island curb radius of five feet unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer and the
Fire Marshal. The configuration of other center islands is subject to review and
modification by the City Engineer.
37. All streets proposed for residential or other access drives shall be designed and
constructed with curbs and gutters or shall have other approved methods to convey
nuisance water flows without ponding in yard or drive areas.
LANDSCAPING:
38. * Landscape and irrigation plans for landscaped lots and common retention basins shall be
prepared by a licensed landscape architect. I*ndscape areas shall have permanent
irrigation improvements meeting the requirements of the City Engineer. Common area
drainage basins and swales shall be designed with a turf grass surface which can be
mowed with standard tractor-mounted equipment.
Landscape and irrigation plans shall meet the requirements of and be signed by the
Planning Director, the City Engineer, the Coachella Valley Water District, and the
Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner.
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Conditions of Approval
Tentative Tract 27952 Rancho La Quinta
July 19, 1994
OUALITY ASSURANCE
39. The City is contemplating adoption of a quality-assurance program for privately-funded
construction. If the program is adopted prior to the issuance of permits for construction
of the improvements required of this map, the applicant shall fully comply with the
quality-assurance program.
If the quality-assurance program has not been adopted, the applicant shall employ
construcfion quality-assurance measures which meet the approval of the City Engineer.
40. The applicant shall employ or retain California registered civil engineers, geotechnical
engineers, or surveyors, as appropriate, who will provide, or have his or her agents
provide, sufficient supervision and verification of the construction to be able to furnish
and sign accurate record drawings and certify compliance of all work with approved
plans, specifications and applicable codes.
41. Upon completion of construction, the applicant shall furnish the City reproducible record
drawings of all plans signed by the City Engineer. Each sheet of the drawings shall have
the words Record Drawings,t* **As-Built" or As-Constructed" clearly marked on each
sheet and be stamped and signed by the engineer or surveyor certifying to the accuracy
of the drawings.
MAINTENANCE
42. The applicant shall make provisions for continuous maintenance of landscaping and
related improvements.
43. * The applicant shall maintain the landscaped areas of the subdivision such as common
lots, landscaped setbacks and retention basins until those areas have been accepted for
maintenance by a homeowner's association HOA). The applicant shall maintain all
other improvements until final acceptance of tract improvements by the City Council.
This tract shall be governed by the existing Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions CC
& R's) for the project.
44. The applicant shall provide an Executive Summary Maintenance Booklet for streets,
landscaping and related improvements, perimeter walls, drainage facilities, or any other
improvements to be maintained by the HOA. The booklet should include drawings of the
facilities, recommended maintenance procedures and frequency, and a costing algorithm
with fixed and variable factors to assist the HOA in planning for routine and long term
maintenance.
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FEES AND DEPOSITS
45. The applicant shall pay all deposits and fees required by the City for plan checking and
construction inspection. Deposit and fee amounts shall be those in effect when the
applicant makes application for the plan checks and permits.
MISCELLANEOUS
46. Plans for grading, drainage, streets, pedestrian/bike facilities, gates, common parking
areas, lighting, landscaping and irrigation, and perimeter walls are not approved for
construction until they have been signed by the City Engineer.
47. Prior to issuance of Certificates of Occupancy for buildings within the tract, the applicant
shall install traffic control devices and street name signs along access roads to those
buildings.
48. Prior to recordation of final map, the applicant shall submit proposed street names three
per street) to the Planning and Development Department for approval.
49. A plot plan application and plans shall be filed and approved by the Director of Planning
and Development for the two pool area improvements prior to issuance of building
permits for said improvements.
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