CC Resolution 2003-027 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-027
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CLOSING THE 1,290-FOOT
LONG SEGMENT OF THE WASHINGTON STREET
FRONTAGE ROAD TO MOTORIZED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
SOUTH OF HIGHLAND PALMS DRIVE
CASE NO.: RW-C 2003-003
APPLICANT: CITY OF LA QUINTA & SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
WHEREAS., the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, on
the 22nd day of April, 2003, held a duly noticed Public Hearing for the City of La
Quinta to review and recommend approval to the City Council of the City of La
Quinta the street closure of a 1,290-foot long segment of the Washington Street
Frontage Road to motorized vehicular traffic south of Highland Palms Drive; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, did on the
20th day of May, 2003, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing for the City of La Quinta
to review and recommend closing a 1,290-foot long segment of the Washington
Street Frontage Road to motorized vehicular traffic south of Highland Palms Drive;
and
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta desires to close the 1,290-foot long
segment of the Washington Street Frontage Road to motorized vehicular traffic
south of Highland Palms Drive, which is delineated on Exhibits A and B attached
hereto, but continue to accommodate pedestrians and bicycle traffic through the
closure area; and
WHEREAS, proposed closure to motorized vehicular traffic is permissible
under Vehicle Code §21101(a)(1) and La Quinta City Council Resolution 2000-99;
and
WHEREAS, at said Public Hearing, upon hearing and considering all
testimony and arguments, if any, of interested persons wanting to be heard, said
City Council did make the following mandatory findings recommending closure of the
proposed street segment:
1. The 1,290-foot long segment of the Washington Street Frontage Road
between Highland Palms Drive and the realigned portion of Washington
Street where it transitions back onto the half-section line of Section 30 near
Lake La Quinta Drive is no longer needed for motorized vehicular traffic.
Resolution No. 2003-027
Closure of Washington Street Frontage Road
Adopted: May 20, 2003
Page 2
2. Closure of the 1,290-foot long segment of the Washington Street Frontage
Road is consistent with the goals and policies of the La Quinta General Plan,
and the Circulation System Policy Diagram contained therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta, California, as follows:
Section 1. The area proposed for closure to motorized vehicular traffic is
more particularly described as being that part of the old Washington Street
alignment roughly centered on the half-section line of Section 30 (now commonly
called the Washington Street Frontage Road) located south of the Highland Palms
Drive south right-of-way line, where said southerly line projects across the
proposed closure area; and located north of the westerly right-of-way line of the
realigned portion of Washington Street where .it transitions back to its alignment
centered on the Section 30 half-section line; the westerly right-of-way line of the
realigned Washington Street is uniformly offset westerly of the centerline by sixty
feet. The area of closure varies in width from seventy-four feet wide at the north
end, east to west, to eighty-five feet wide near the south end before it transitions
to a point approximately one thousand two hundred ninety feet south of Highland
Palms, and contains approximately 103,000 square feet.
Section 2. The closure area is no longer needed for motorized vehicular
traffic and there are sufficient alternative routes in the immediate area to complete
access needs of motorists to properties in the area with inconsequential impact.
Section 3. Closure of the 1,290-foot long segment of Washington Street
Frontage Road is consistent with the General Plan.
Section 4. The closure shall be null and void if the vacant land located south
of St. Francis of Assisi Church is not developed in accordance with Site
Development Permit 2002-755 prior to May 20, 2006.
Section 5. The closure shall not be implemented until: 1) a signal is installed
at the Lake La Quinta intersection, 2) a paved circulation route on the vacant land
proposed for development pursuant to SDP 2002-755 has been connected to the
existing Church parking lot and the signalized intersection, and 3) removal of the
existing pavement shall not commence until the first two requirements are
implemented and then it shall be removed in phases, with appropriate traffic control
devices installed to route traffic as needed to ensure the existing Church driveway
is kept open at all times with access to either the existing frontage road or
Washington Street as proposed by SDP 2002-755.
Resolution No. 2003-027
Closure of Washington Street Frontage Road
Adopted: May 20, 2003
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council, held on this 20th day of May, 2003, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES' None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN- None
DON ADOLPH, i~ivlayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
JUNE~REEK, CMC, Cit~l~erk
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. KATHERIN-E JENSON, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
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