CC Resolution 2017-058RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - 058
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING A NEGATIVE
DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PREPARED
FOR ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 2017-0003 TO
AMEND SECTION 9.100.210 OF THE LA QUINTA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO GOLF COURSE
MAINTENANCE NOISE
CASE NUMBER: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2017-
0012
APPLICANT: CITY OF LA QUINTA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California did, on the 5th day
of December, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider a request by the City of La
Quinta to adopt Environmental Assessment 2017-0012, prepared for Zoning
Ordinance Amendment 2017-0003 to amend Section 9.100.210 of the La Quinta
Municipal Code relating to exempting golf course maintenance noise from the City's
noise limits.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did on
the 14`I' day of November, 2017, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing and recommended
certification of a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact prepared for Zoning
Ordinance Amendment 2017-0003; and,
WHEREAS, said Environmental Assessment complies with the requirements of
"The Rules to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970" as
amended (Resolution 83-63), in that the Planning Director has conducted an Initial
Study (Environmental Assessment 08-601) and has determined that there will not be
a significant effect on the environment, and that a Negative Declaration of
environmental impact should be adopted; 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 Planning
Commission did make the following mandatory findings pursuant to Section 9.220.010
of the Municipal Code to justify approval of said Environmental Assessment "Exhibit
A":
1. The proposed zoning ordinance amendment will not be detrimental to the
health, safety, or general welfare of the community, either indirectly, or
directly, in that no significant impacts were identified by Environmental
Assessment 2017-0012.
Resolution No. 2017-058
Environmental Assessment 2017-0012
Adopted: December 5, 2017
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2. The proposed zoning ordinance amendment will not have the potential to
degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of
a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to
eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the
range of rare or endangered plants or animals or eliminate important
examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory.
3. There is no evidence before the City that the proposed zoning ordinance
amendment will have the potential for an adverse effect on wildlife
resources of the habitat on which the wildlife depends.
4. The proposed zoning ordinance amendment will not result in impacts which
are individually limited or cumulatively considerable.
5. The proposed zoning ordinance amendment will not have environmental
effects that will adversely affect the human population, either directly or
indirectly. Impacts associated with noise and air quality will be less than
significant.
6. There is no substantial evidence in light of the entire record that the project
may have a significant effect on the environment.
7. The City Council has considered Environmental Assessment 2017-0012 and
said assessment reflects the independent judgment of the City.
8. The location and custodian of the City's records relating to this project is the
Design and Development Department located at 78-495 Calle Tampico, La
Quinta, California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Quinta,
California, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and constitute the Findings of the City
Council in this case.
SECTION 2. That the City Council does hereby certify Environmental Assessment 2017-
0012 for the reasons set forth in this Resolution and as stated in the Environmental
Assessment Checklist, "Exhibit A" attached and on file in the Design and Development
Department.
Resolution No. 2017-058
Environmental Assessment 2017-0012
Adopted: December 5, 2017
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held this 5th day of December, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Fitzpatrick, Pena, Radi, Sanchez, Mayor Evans
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
LINDA EVANS, Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
;rtiviO/h.
SUSAN MAYSELS, City
rk
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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WILLIAM H. IHRRE, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF LA QUI NTA
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
Phone: (760) 777-7000
Environmental Checklist
Project Title: Zoning Text Amendment 2017-0003 Golf Course Maintenance
Lead Agency Name and Address: City of La Quinta
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
Contact Person and Phone Number: Cheri Flores, (760) 777-7067
Project Location: Citywide
Project Sponsor's Name and
Address:
City of La Quinta
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
General Plan Designation: Open Space - Recreation
Zoning Designation: Golf Course
ProjectDesaiption Updating Section 9.100.210 Noise Control of the Municipal Code
to provide an exemption from noise restrictions for golf course
maintenance activities.
Surrounding Land Uses and Setting
Other Public Agencies whose None
approval is required
Have California Native In progress. Consultation began October 10, 2017. As of October
American tribes traditionally 30, 2017, no tribes have requested consultation.
and culturally affiliated with
the project area requested
consultation pursuant to Public
resources Code section
21080.3.1? If so, has
consultation begun?
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EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
1) A brief explanation is required for all answers except "No Impact" answers that are adequately
supported by the information sources a lead agency cites in the parentheses following each
question. A "No Impact" answer is adequately supported if the referenced information sources
show that the impact simply does not apply to projects like the one involved (e.g., the project
falls outside a fault rupture zone). A "No Impact" answer should be explained where it is based
on project -specific factors as well as general standards (e.g., the project will not expose
sensitive receptors to pollutants, based on a project -specific screening analysis).
2) All answers must take account of the whole action involved, including off-site as well as on-site,
cumulative as well as project -level, indirect as well as direct, and construction as well as
operational impacts.
3) Once the lead agency has determined that a particular physical impact may occur, then the
checklist answers must indicate whether the impact is potentially significant, less than
significant with mitigation, or less than significant. "Potentially Significant Impact" is
appropriate if there is substantial evidence that an effect may be significant. If there are one or
more "Potentially Significant Impact" entries when the determination is made, an EIR is
required.
4) "Negative Declaration: Less Than Significant With Mitigation Incorporated" applies where the
incorporation of mitigation measures has reduced an effect from "Potentially Significant
Impact" to a "Less Than Significant Impact." The lead agency must describe the mitigation
measures, and briefly explain how they reduce the effect to a less than significant level
(mitigation measures from Section XVII, "Earlier Analyses," may be cross-referenced).
5) Earlier analyses may be used where, pursuant to the tiering, program EIR, or other CEQA
process, an effect has been adequately analyzed in an earlier EIR or negative declaration.
Section 15063(c)(3)(D). In this case, a brief discussion should identify the following:
a) Earlier Analysis Used. Identify and state where they are available for review.
b) Impacts Adequately Addressed. Identify which effects from the above checklist were
within the scope of and adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to
applicable legal standards, and state whether such effects were addressed by mitigation
measures based on the earlier analysis.
c) Mitigation Measures. For effects that are "Less than Significant with Mitigation
Measures Incorporated," describe the mitigation measures which were incorporated or
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refined from the earlier document and the extent to which they address site-specific
conditions for the project.
6) Lead agencies are encouraged to incorporate into the checklist references to information
sources for potential impacts (e.g., general plans, zoning ordinances). Reference to a previously
prepared or outside document should, where appropriate, include a reference to the page or
pages where the statement is substantiated.
7) Supporting Information Sources: A source list should be attached, and other sources used or
individuals contacted should be cited in the discussion.
8) This is only a suggested form, and lead agencies are free to use different formats; however,
lead agencies should normally address the questions from this checklist that are relevant to a
project's environmental effects in whatever format is selected.
9) The explanation of each issue should identify:
a) The significance criteria or threshold, if any, used to evaluate each question; and
b) The mitigation measure identified, if any, to reduce the impact to less than significance.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:
The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this project, involving at least one
impact that is a "Potentially Significant Impact" as indicated by the checklist on the following pages.
❑ Aesthetics
❑ Agriculture and Forestry ❑ Air Quality
Resources
❑ Biological Resources 0 Cultural Resources ❑ Geology/Soils
O Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
O Hazards and Hazardous 0 Hydrology/Water Quality
Materials
O Land Use/Planning 0 Mineral Resources XI Noise
O Population/Housing 0 Public Services 0 Recreation
❑ Transportation/Traffic 0 Tribal Cultural Resources ❑ Utilities and Service Systems
❑ Mandatory Findings of
Significance
DETERMINATION:
On the basis of this initial evaluation:
NI find that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NEGATIVE
DECLARATION will be prepared.
01 find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be
a significant effect in this case because revisions in the project have been made by or agreed to by the project
proponent. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared.
❑I find that the proposed project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT is required.
❑ I find that the proposed project MAY have a "potentially significant impact" or "potentially significant unless
mitigated" impact on the environment, but at least one effect 1) has been adequately analyzed in an earlier
document pursuant to applicable legal standards, and 2) has been addressed by mitigation measures based on
the earlier analysis as describe on attached sheets. An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required, but it
must analyze only the effects that remain to be addressed.
El I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, because all
potentially significant effects a) have been analyzed adequately in an earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION
pursuant to applicable standards, and b) have been avoided or mitigated pursuant to that earlier EIR or
NEGATIVE DECLARATION, including revisions or mitigation measures that are imposed upon the proposed
project, nothing further is required.
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Signature Date
I. AESTHETICS
Potential
Significant
Impact
I. AESTHETICS -- Would the project:
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
a) Have a substantial adverse effect on a
scenic vista?
b) Substantially damage scenic
resources, including, but not limited to,
trees, rock outcroppings, and historic
buildings within a state scenic highway?
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No Impact
c) Substantially degrade the existing
visual character or quality of the site and
its surroundings?
d) Create a new source of substantial
Tight or glare which would adversely
affect day or nighttime views in the
area?
mpact Discussion
a) -d) No Impact The project only involves noise exemptions for golf course maintenance and will not
involve or lead to any impact on a scenic vista, damage scenic resources, substantially
degrade the existing visual character of the City, or create a new source of light or glare.
The project does not involve the construction of any structure, so no aesthetics will be
impacted. This project does not involve any vertical construction, leading to no impact
on aesthetics.
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II. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Potential Less Than ! Less Than
Significant Significant w/ Significant No Impact
ImpactMitigation Impact
11. AGRICULTURE RESOURCES: In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are
significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land
Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an
optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. In determining whether
impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are significant environmental effects, lead agencies
may refer to information compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
regarding the state's inventory of forest land, including the Forest and Range Assessment Project and
the Forest Legacy Assessment project; and forest carbon measurement methodology provided in
Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Would the project:
a) a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide
Importance (Farmland), as shown on the
maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland
Mapping and Monitoring Program of the
California Resources Agency, to non-
agricultural use?
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b) Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson Act
contract?
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c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or
cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined
in Public Resources Code section
12220(g)), timberland (as defined by
Public Resources Code section 4526), or
timberland zoned Timberland Production
(as defined by Government Code section
51104(g))?
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d) Result in the loss of forest land or
conversion of forest land to non -forest
use?
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e) Involve other changes in the existing
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environment which, due -to their location
or nature, could result in conversion of
Farmland, to non-agricultural use or
conversion of forest land to non -forest
use?
Impact Discussion
a) -e) No Impact The project involves noise on golf course land and will not impact any agricultural
resources. The subject properties are not designated as Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance according to the California Dept. of
Conservation, nor is it used for agricultural purposes. There are no Williamson Act
contracts on the subject properties or properties in the immediate vicinity. The
proposed properties are not zoned for agricultural use and will not result in the
conversion of existing farmland to non-agricultural uses. There will be no impacts to
agricultural resources. This project involves no ground moving activity, leading to no
impact on agricultural resources.
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III. AIR QUALITY
Potential
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No Impact
III. AIR QUALITY: Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality
management or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following
determinations. Would the project:
a) Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of the applicable air
quality plan?
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b) Violate any air quality standard or
contribute substantially to an existing or
projected air quality violation?
c) Result in a cumulatively considerable
net increase of any criteria pollutant for
which the project region is non -
attainment under an applicable federal
or state ambient air quality standard
(including releasing emissions which
exceed quantitative thresholds for ozone
precursors)?
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d) Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant concentrations?
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e) Create objectionable odors affecting a
substantial number of people?
mpact Discussion
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a) -e) No Impact The operation of golf course maintenance equipment results in air pollutant emissions,
due to the use of gas or electricity. The proposed project involves a Zone Text
Amendment to exempt noise from regular golf course maintenance operations, which
would not result in new or more golf course maintenance. The 2035 General Plan EIR
analyzed sources of emissions from the use of electricity and natural gas, and from area
sources and mobile sources. Fuel used for landscaping purposes such as golf course
maintenance is considered a type of area source emission. The Zone Text Amendment
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would not introduce any new sources of emissions above what already has been
assessed in the 2035 General Plan EIR related to permitted activities performed for
existing land uses such as landscape and golf course maintenance. Any emissions
related to golf course maintenance equipment are addressed in the 2035 General Plan
EIR; therefore, the proposed Zone Text Amendment will have no impact on air quality.
IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES -- Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect,
either directly or through habitat
modifications, on any species identified as
a candidate, sensitive, or special status
species in local or regional plans, policies,
or regulations, or by the California
Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
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b) Have a substantial adverse effect on
any riparian habitat or other sensitive
natural community identified in local or
regional plans, policies, regulations or by
the California Department of Fish and
Game or US Fish and Wildlife Service?
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c) Have a substantial adverse effect �n
federally protected wetlands as defined
by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
(including, but not limited to, marsh,
vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct
removal, filling, hydrological interruption,
or other means?
d) Interfere substantially with the
movement of any native resident or
migratory fish or wildlife species or with
established native resident or migratory
wildlife corridors, or impede the use of
native wildlife nursery sites?
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e) Conflict with any local policies or
ordinances protecting biological
resources, such as a tree preservation
policy or ordinance?
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f) Conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan,
Natural Community Conservation Plan, or
other approved local, regional, or state
habitat conservation plan?
Impact discussion:
a) -f) No Impact The project only involves a noise exemption action, thus the proposed Zone Text
Amendment will have no impact on biological resources. There is no construction or
ground moving activity in this project.
V. CULTURAL RESOURCES
Potentially
Significant
Impact
V. CULTURAL RESOURCES -- Would the project:
a) Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of a historical resource as
defined in §15064.5?
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
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No
Impact
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b) Cause a substantial adverse change in
the significance of an archaeological
resource pursuant to 0_5064.5?
c) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource or site or unique
geologic feature?
0
0
d) Disturb any human remains, including
those interred outside of formal
cemeteries?
0
0
Impact discussion:
a) -d) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will not impact
cultural resources. It will not involve a substantial adverse change in significant of a
historical or archaeological resource, directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource or site or unique geological feature, or disturb any human
remains. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project.
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VI. GEOLOGY AND SOILS
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Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
I Impact
No
Impact
VI. GEOLOGY AND SOILS -- Would the project:
a) Expose people or structures to
potential substantial adverse effects,
including the risk of loss, injury, or death
involving:
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i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault,
as delineated on the most recent
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning
Map issued by the State Geologist for
the area or based on other substantial
evidence of a known fault? Refer to
Division of Mines and Geology Special
Publication 42.
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ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
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iii) Seismic -related ground failure,
including liquefaction?
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iv) Landslides?
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b) Result in substantial soil erosion or
the loss of topsoil?
c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil
that is unstable, or that would become
unstable as a result of the project, and
potentially result in on or off-site
landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence,
liquefaction or collapse?
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d) Be located on expansive soil, as
defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform
Building Code (1994), creating
substantial risks to life or property
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e) Have soils incapable of adequately
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supporting
alternative
where se
disposal o
the use of septic tanks or
waste water disposal systems
'ers are not available for the
waste water?
Impact Discussion
a) -e) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will not impact any geology
or soils. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project.
VII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Potentially Less Than Less Than
Significant L Significant w/ Significant
Impact [1 Mitigation Impact
VII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS — Would the project:
a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions
either directly or indirectly, that may have
a significant impact on the environment?
b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy
or regulation adopted for the purpose of
reducing the emissions of greenhouse
gases?
No
Impact
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Impact discussion:
a) and b) No Impact The operation of motorized golf course maintenance equipment results in
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), due to the use of gas or electricity. The proposed
project involves a Zone Text Amendment to exempt noise from regular golf course
maintenance operations, which will not result in new or more golf course maintenance.
The 2035 General Plan EIR analyzed sources of emissions from the use of electricity and
natural gas, and from area sources and mobile sources. Fuel used for landscaping
purposes such as golf course maintenance is considered a type of area source emission.
The Zone Text Amendment would not introduce any new sources of emissions above
what already has been assessed in the 2035 General Plan EIR related to permitted
activities performed for existing land uses such as landscape and golf course
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maintenance. Any emissions related to golf course maintenance equipment are
addressed in the 2035 General Plan EIR; therefore, the proposed Zone Text Amendment
would not introduce new greenhouse gas emissions and would not conflict with the
City's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan. The proposed Zone Text Amendment would
have no impact regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
III. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
VIII. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS --Would the project:
a) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through the
routine transport, use, or disposal of
hazardous materials?
0
No
Impact
b) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through
reasonably foreseeable upset and
accident conditions involving the release
of hazardous materials into the
environment?
c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle
hazardous or acutely hazardous
materials, substances, or waste within
one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school?
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d) Be located on a site which is included
on a list of hazardous materials sites
compiled pursuant to Government Code
Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it
create a significant hazard to the public
or the environment?
e) For a project located within an airport
land use plan or, where such a plan has
not been adopted, within two miles of a
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rpublic airport or public use airport,
would the project result in a safety
hazard for people residing or working in
the project area?
' f) For a project within the vicinity of a
private airstrip, would the project result
in a safety hazard for people residing or
working in the project area?
0
III
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g) Impair implementation of or physically
interfere with an adopted emergency
response plan or emergency evacuation
plan?
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N
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h) Expose people or structures to a
significant risk of loss, injury or death
involving wildland fires, including where
wildlands are adjacent to urbanized
areas or where residences are intermixed
with wildlands?
Impact Discussion
a) -h) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on
hazards and hazardous materials. There is no construction or ground moving activity in
this project.
IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Potentially Less Than
Significant Significant w/
Impact Mitigation
IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY -- Would the project:
a) Violate any water quality standards or
waste discharge requirements?
b) Substantially deplete groundwater
supplies or interfere substantially with
groundwater recharge such that there
would be a net deficit in aquifer volume or
a lowering of the local groundwater table
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
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level (e.g., the production rate of pre-
existing nearby wells would drop to a level
which would not support existing land
uses or planned uses for which permits
have been granted)?
c) Substantially alter the existing drainage
pattern of the site or area, including
through the alteration of the course of a
stream or river, in a manner which would
result in substantial erosion or siltation on -
or off-site?
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d) Substantially alter the existing drainage
pattern of the site or area, including
through the alteration of the course of a
stream or river, or substantially increase
the rate or amount of surface runoff in a
manner which would result in flooding on -
or off-site?
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e) Create or contribute runoff water which
would exceed the capacity of existing or
planned stormwater drainage systems or
provide substantial additional sources of
polluted runoff?
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f) Otherwise substantially degrade water
quality?
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g) Place housing within a 100 -year flood
hazard area as mapped on a federal Flood
Hazard Boundary or Flood Insurance Rate
Map or other flood hazard delineation
map?
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h) Place within a 100 -year flood hazard
area structures which would impede or
redirect flood flows?
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i) Expose people or structures to a
significant risk of loss, injury or death
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involving flooding, including flooding as a
result of the failure of a levee or dam?
j) Inundation by seiche, tsunami, or
mudflow?
Impact Discussion
a) -j) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on
hydrology and water quality. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this
project.
X. LAND USE AND PLANNING
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
X. LAND USE AND PLANNING - Would the project:
a) Physically divide an established
community?
b) Conflict with any applicable land use
plan, policy, or regulation of an agency
with jurisdiction over the project
(including, but not limited to the general
plan, specific plan, local coastal program,
or zoning ordinance) adopted for the
purpose of avoiding or mitigating an
environmental effect?
c) Conflict with any applicable habitat
conservation plan or natural community
conservation plan?
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
-t,
Impact Discussion
a) -c) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on Land
Use and Planning. The amendment would not physically divide an established
community, conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency
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with jurisdiction over the project, or conflict with ay applicable habitat conservation
plan or natural community conservation plan.
XI. MINERAL RESOURCES
Potentially Less Than
Significant Significant w/
Impact Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
XI. MINERAL RESOURCES -- Would the project:
a) Result in the loss of availability of a
known mineral resource that would be
of value to the region and the residents
of the state?
b) Result in the Toss of availability of a
locally -important mineral resource
recovery site delineated on a local
general plan, specific plan or other land
use plan? (Special Report 159, CA Dept. of
Conservation, Division of Mines & Geology,
1998)
mpact Discussion
a) -b) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have not result in
the Toss of availability of a known mineral resource or a locally -important mineral
resource recovery site. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this
project.
XII. NOISE
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
XII. NOISE - Would the project result in:
a) Exposure of persons to or generation
of noise levels in excess of standards
established in the local general plan or
noise ordinance, or applicable standards
No
Impact
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of other agencies?
b) Exposure of persons to or generation
of excessive groundborne vibration or
groundborne noise levels?
c) A substantial permanent increase in
ambient noise levels in the project
vicinity above levels existing without the
project?
d) A substantial temporary or periodic
increase in ambient noise levels in the
project vicinity above levels existing
without the project?
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, e) For a project located within an airport
land use plan or, where such a plan has
not been adopted, within two miles of a
public airport or public use airport,
would the project expose people
residing or working in the project area to
excessive noise levels?
f) For a project within the vicinity of a
private airstrip, would the project
expose people residing or working in the
project area to excessive noise levels?
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Source: City of La Quinta Municipal Code, City of La Quinta 2013 General Plan, Riverside County Airport Land Use
Compatibility Plan
Impact discussion:
a) Less Than Significant Impact The project will involve an exemption for golf course maintenance
from the City of La Quinta's noise standards, Section 9.100.210 Noise Control. The noise
standard is 50 dB(A) for noise sensitive land uses between 10:00 p.m. — 7:00 a.m. Golf
course maintenance occurs within this time period beginning at 5:30 a.m. Noise from
golf course maintenance is generated from the equipment that is used to maintain the
grounds, which includes mowers, sweepers, and blowers. The maintenance begins at
5:30 am to occur before the golf course is being used, as tee times start as early as 6:00
a.m.
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A survey on August 30, 2017 was taken to complete noise readings of golf course
maintenance work at different holes at a representative golf course, the PGA West golf
course located south of Avenue 54 and west of Madison Street. Maintenance at this
golf course usually occurs one hole at a time, where maintenance lasts 2-3 hours per
hole. The readings were taken from 6:00 am — 7:00 am at the closest residences to the
golf course. Golf course sweepers produced decibel readings as high as 60 dB(A) and as
low as 52 dB(A) during the duration of the maintenance work. The mowers produced
readings ranging from 52 dB(A) to 65 dB(A), and a blower produced readings within the
same range as the mowers. The maintenance equipment is a mobile source of noise
and noise levels are observed to decrease when the mobile source travels away from
the residence.
The City of La Quinta 2013 General Plan identifies dB(A)'s from 50-60 as having a
moderate subjective loudness and sleep disturbance as a noise effect. The General Plan
identifies dB(A)'s of 60-80 as being subjectively loud and creating speech interference.
The City of La Quinta General Plan and Municipal code identifies dB(A)'s from 55-70 for
single family dwellings as conditionally acceptable.
The City of La Quinta Municipal Code, states that it is unlawful for noise on any
property within the City to occur from 10:00 p.m. — 7:00 a.m. to exceed 50 dB(A) for a
cumulative period of more than thirty minutes in any hours, 55 dB(A) for a cumulative
period of more than fifteen minutes in any hour, 60 dB(A) for a cumulative period of
more than five minutes in any hour, 65 dB(A) for a cumulative period of more than one
minute in any hour, and 70 dB(A) for any period of time, where the term "cumulative
period" means the number of minutes that a noise occurs within any hour, whether
such minutes are consecutive or not. The noise readings taken at the PGA West course
would exceed these limits. However, the maintenance equipment is not stationary; does
not remain in front of one residence for the entire maintenance period, and the noise
levels that occur from the maintenance are identified as conditionally acceptable, per
the City's General Plan and Municipal Code. Additionally, golf course maintenance will
be permitted take place between 5:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. and would not occur during the
night. Due to these factors, the noise generated from golf course maintenance noise
would not constitute a significant impact. .
b) No Impact This project does not involve any groundborne vibration. There is no construction or
ground moving activity proposed in this project that is a source of groundbourne
vibration. The project will not expose any persons to any excessive groundborne
vibration or groundborne noise levels.
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c) -d) No Impact This project involves an exemption of noise levels for golf course maintenance and will
not permanently or temporarily increase ambient noise levels in the project vicinity.
Current ambient noise levels in the project vicinity already include noise from golf
course maintenance. This would not change upon adoption of the proposed exemption.
e) Less Than Significant Impact Portions of the project area fall within Zone E of the Riverside
County Airport Land Use compatibility Plan for the Bermuda Dunes Airport. Zone E is
the zone furthest away from the airport. The project will not increase exposure to new
noise levels, as the golf course maintenance would occur without the project and the
noise exemption action is not creating additional noise.
f) No Impact The project is not within the vicinity of a private airstrip.
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XIII. POPULATION AND HOUSING
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
XIII. POPULATION AND HOUSING — Would the project:
a) Induce substantial population growth
in an area, either directly (for example,
by proposing new homes and
businesses) or indirectly (for example,
through extension of roads or other
infrastructure)?
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
0
b) Displace substantial numbers of
existing housing, necessitating the
construction of replacement housing
elsewhere?
c) Displace substantial numbers of
people, necessitating the construction of
replacement housing elsewhere?
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Impact Discussion
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a) -c) No Impact There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project. As a noise
exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on population and
housing.
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XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES
XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES
Potential Less Than
Significant Significant w/
Impact Mitigation
a) Would the project result in substantial
adverse physical impacts associated with
the provision of new or physically
altered governmental facilities, need for
new or physically altered governmental
facilities, the construction of which could
cause significant environmental impacts,
in order to maintain acceptable service
ratios, response times or other
performance objectives for any of the
public services:
Fire protection?
Police protection?
Schools?
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
0
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0
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0
0
Parks?
0
0
Other public facilities?
0
0
0
Impact Discussion
a) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on
public services. The project will not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated
with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or
physically altered governmental facilities, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios,
response times or other performance objectives for any public services. There is no
construction or ground moving activity in this project.
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XV. RECREATION
Potentially
Significant
Impact
XV. RECREATION --
a) Would the project increase the use of
existing neighborhood and regional
parks or other recreational facilities such
that substantial physical deterioration of
the facility would occur or be
accelerated?
b) Does the project include recreational
facilities or require the construction or
expansion of recreational facilities which
might have an adverse physical effect on
the environment?
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
0
Impact Discussion
a) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will not increase the use of
existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities There is no
construction or ground moving activity in this project..
b) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will not have an adverse
physical effect on the environment. There is no construction or ground moving activity
in this project.
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XVI. TRANSPORTATION
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
XVI. TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC -- Would the project:
•
a) Conflict with an applicable plan,
ordinance or policy establishing
measures of effectiveness for the
performance of the circulation system,
taking into account all modes of
transportation including mass transit
and non -motorized travel and relevant
components of the circulation system,
including but not limited to
intersections, streets, highways and
freeways, pedestrian and bicycle paths,
and mass transit?
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
b) Conflict with an applicable congestion
management program, including, but
not limited to level of service standards
and travel demand measures, or other
standards established by the county
congestion management agency for
designated roads or highways?
c) Result in a change in air traffic
patterns, including either an increase in
traffic levels or a change in location that
results in substantial safety risks?
d) Substantially increase hazards due to
a design feature (e.g., sharp curves or
dangerous intersections) or
incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
0
0
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0
e) Result in inadequate emergency
access?
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0
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f) Conflict with adopted policies, plans,
or programs regarding public transit,
bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or
otherwise decrease the performance or
safety of such facilities?
Impact Discussion
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a) -f) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on
transportation or traffic. The entirety of the project has no impact on circulation,
congestion management programs, air traffic patterns, transportation design features,
emergency access, policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle or
pedestrian facilities, or public or private streets. There is no construction or ground
moving activity in this project.
XVII. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
XVII. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES- Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the
significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public resources Code section 21074 as either a
site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope
of the landscape, scared place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe,
and that is:
a) Listed or eligible for listing in the
California Register of Historical
Resources, or in a local register of
historical resources as defined in Public
Resources Code section 5020.1(k) or
0
0
b) A resource determined by the lead
agency, in its discretion and supported
by substantial evidence, to be significant
pursuant to criteria set forth in
subdivision (c) of Public resources Code
Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall
consider the significance of the resource
to a California Native American tribe.
Source: City of La Quinta Historic Resources Database
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Impact Discussion
a -b) No Impact As a noise exemption, this Zoning Text Amendment will have no impact on a tribal
cultural resource. The City of La Quinta does not have any golf courses that are listed or elgible for
listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources.
There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project.
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XVIII. UTILITIES
Potentially Less Than Less Than
Significant Significant w/ Significant
Impact J Mitigation Impact
No
Impact
XVII. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS. Would the project:
a) Exceed wastewater treatment
requirements of the applicable Regional
Water Quality Control Board?
0
0
r
b) Require or result in the construction
of new water or wastewater treatment
facilities or expansion of existing
facilities, the construction of which could
cause significant environmental effects?
c) Require or result in the construction
of new storm water drainage facilities or
expansion of existing facilities, the
construction of which could cause
significant environmental effects?
d) Have sufficient water supplies
available to serve the project from
existing entitlements and resources, or
are new or expanded entitlements
needed?
0
0
0
e) Result in a determination by the
wastewater treatment provider that
serves or may serve the project that it
has adequate capacity to serve the
project's projected demand in addition
to the provider's existing commitments?
0
0
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f) Be served by a landfill with sufficient
permitted capacity to accommodate the
project's solid waste disposal needs?
0
g) Comply with federal, state, and local
statutes and regulations related to solid
waste?
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0
0
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Impact discussion:
a)-g) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment has no impact on utilities
and service systems. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project.
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XVIV. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less Than
Significant w/
Mitigation
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
XVIII. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE --
a) Does the project have the potential to
degrade the quality of the environment,
substantially reduce the habitat of a fish
or wildlife species, cause a fish or
wildlife population to drop below self-
sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a
plant or animal community, reduce the
number or restrict the range of a rare or
endangered plant or animal or eliminate
important examples of the major
periods of California history or
prehistory?
b) Does the project have the potential to
achieve short-term, to the disadvantage
of long-term environmental goals?
0
0
0
c) Does the project have impacts that
are individually limited, but cumulatively
considerable? ("Cumulatively
considerable" means that the
incremental effects of a project are
considerable when viewed in connection
with the effects of past projects, the
effects of other current projects, and the
effects of probable future projects)?
d) Does the project have environmental
effects which will cause substantial
adverse effects on human beings, either
directly or indirectly?
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0
0
0
0
0
a) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment has no impact on utilities
and service systems. There is no construction or ground moving activity in this project.
The project involves no activity that would degrade the quality of the environment or
impact any fish, plant, wildlife, or animal species.
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b) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have not have a long
term disadvantage to environmental goals. There is no construction or ground moving
activity in this project.
c) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have not have
cumulatively considerable impacts. There is no construction or ground moving activity
in this project.
d) No Impact As a noise exemption action, the Zoning Text Amendment will have not cause substantial
adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. The only impacts are
noise impacts and as identified in the Noise section, the impacts are not substantial
adverse effects as they are conditionally acceptable, have a temporary effect of sleep
disturbance and speech interference. There is no construction or ground moving
activity in this project.
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References
City of La Quinta 2013 General Plan.
City of La Quinta Historic Resources Database
City of La Quinta Municipal Code.
Riverside County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
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