CC Resolution 2007-096RESOLUTION NO. 2007-096
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA . QUINTA TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND
REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
COACHELLA VALLEY MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLAN AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION
NUMBER 2006-053
IMPLEMENTATION POLICY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. TITLE
This Resolution shall be known as the "Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat
Conservation Plan Implementation Policy."
SECTION II. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
A. The City Council finds that the ecosystems of the City of La Quinta ("City"),
the Coachella Valley and surrounding mountains located in central Riverside
County and the vegetation communities and sensitive species they support
are fragile, irreplaceable resources that are vital to the general welfare of all
residents; these vegetation communities and natural areas contain habitat
value which contributes to the region's environmental resources; and special
protections for these vegetation communities and natural areas must be
established to prevent future endangerment of the plant and animal species
that are dependent upon them. This Resolution will protect the City's and the
region's biological resources, vegetation communities, and natural areas, and
prevent their degradation and loss by guiding development outside of
biological resource core areas, and by establishing mitigation standards
which will be applied to development projects. Adoption and implementation
of this Resolution will enable the City to achieve the conservation goals set
forth in the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
("MSHCP"), to implement the associated Implementing Agreement executed
by the City Council on 16" day of October, 2007, and to preserve the ability
of affected property owners to make reasonable use of their land consistent
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"),
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), the Federal Endangered
Species Act ("FESA"), the California Endangered Species Act ("CESA"), the
California Natural Community Conservation Planning Act ("NCCP Act"), and
other applicable laws.
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B. The purpose and intent of this Resolution is to maintain and restore biological
diversity and the natural ecosystem processes which support this diversity,
to protect vegetation communities and natural areas within the City, the
Coachella Valley and the surrounding mountains located in central Riverside
County which support species covered under the MSHCP; to maintain a
future of economic development within the City by providing a streamlined
regulatory process from which development can proceed in an orderly
process; and to protect the existing character of the City and the region
through the implementation of a system of reserves which will provide for
permanent open space, community edges, and habitat conservation for
species covered by the MSHCP.
SECTION Ill. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS
Except as provided in Section IV, this Resolution shall apply to all land within the
City shown on the MSHCP Plan Area Map, attached as Exhibit " 1 " hereto. Upon
application to the City for a development project, an applicant shall be required to
comply with the procedures set forth in this Resolution. Upon the City's initiation
of a project that is subject to CEQA, the City shall be required to comply with the
procedures set forth in this Resolution. No project requiring a discretionary, or
certain ministerial permits or approvals that could have adverse impacts to species
covered under the MSHCP shall be approved by the City, and no City -initiated
public project shall be undertaken, unless the project is consistent with the MSHCP
and this Resolution.
SECTION IV. EXEMPTIONS
This Resolution shall not apply to the following:
A. The adoption or amendment of the City's General Plan.
B. The adoption or amendment of any land use or zoning ordinance.
C. Any project for which and to the extent that a vesting tentative map
pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, or a development agreement pursuant
to Government Code sections 65864 et seq., approved or executed prior to
adoption of this Resolution, confers vested rights under the City's ordinances
or state law to proceed with the project notwithstanding the enactment of
this Resolution. Projects subject to this exemption must comply with all
provisions of any applicable state and federal law.
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D. Any project for which the City Council determines that application of this
Resolution would result in the property owner being deprived of all
reasonable economic use of the property in violation of federal or state
constitutional prohibitions against the taking of property without just
compensation.
SECTION V. PROCEDURES
A. The City shall ensure compliance with Conservation Area requirements and
measures as set forth in Section 4 of the MSHCP.
B. The City shall impose, as a condition to the City's approval of a Discretionary
Project and certain ministerial Projects, such conditions as are necessary to
ensure surveys are prepared for the project as required by Sections 4.3 and
4.4 of the MSHCP.
C. The City shall impose as a condition to the City's approval of a project such
conditions as necessary to ensure the project complies with and implements
the applicable Land Use Adjacency Guidelines set forth in Section 4.5 of the
MSHCP and as further defined in the Implementation Manual.
D. The City shall ensure that public and private projects comply with the
Avoidance, Minimization and Mitigation Measures set forth in Section 4.4 of
the MSHCP.
E. The City shall transmit any collected Local Development Mitigation Fees,
other appropriate fees and associated interest as described in Section
5.2.1.1 of the MSHCP to the CVCC at least quarterly.
F. The City shall contribute appropriate mitigation for City public projects as set
forth in the MSHCP.
G. The City shall participate as a member agency in the CVCC as set forth in
Section 6.1.1 of the MSHCP.
H. The City shall participate as a member of the RMOC as set forth in Section
6.1.3 of the MSHCP, as appropriate.
The City shall participate in the Joint Review Process as set forth in Section
6.6.1.1 of the MSHCP for projects in the Conservation Areas.
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J. The City shall manage MSHCP Reserve System lands and conservation
easements owned or leased by the City pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 of the
MSHCP.
K. The City shall maintain a record of total acres developed and their location
within City jurisdiction and transmit such information monthly to the CVCC.
L. The City shall transmit any changes in City boundaries or general plan land
use designations to the CVCC at the end of each calendar year.
M. Pursuant to the MSHCP, the City may transfer any property interest acquired
or obtained in fee title or as a conservation easement to the CVCC for
,management. The City may also grant a conservation easement to the
California Department of Fish and Game for any property interest obtained
pursuant to Section V of this Resolution.
N. Carry out all other applicable requirements of the MSHCP.
SECTION VI. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Resolution, the following terms shall have the meaning set
forth herein:
A. "Area Plan" means a community planning area defined in the County of
Riverside General Plan. Four County of Riverside Area Plans are located
within the MSHCP Plan Area.
B. "Conservation Areas" means a system of lands described in Section 4.3 of
the MSHCP that provide Core Habitat and Other Conserved Habitat for the
Covered Species, conserve natural communities, conserve Essential
Ecological Processes, and secure Biological Corridors and Linkages between
major habitat areas. There are 21 Conservation Areas from which the
MSHCP Reserve System will be assembled.
C. "MSHCP" means the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation
Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan.
D. "Map of MSHCP" means the map of the area encompassed by the MSHCP
as set forth in the attached Exhibit " 1 . "
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E. "Discretionary Project" means a proposed project requiring discretionary
action by a Permittee, as that term is used in CEQA and defined in State
CEQA Guidelines section 15357.
SECTION VII. EFFECTIVE DATE: The Mayor shall sign this Resolution and the City
Clerk shall attest thereto, and thereupon and thereafter this Resolution shall take
effect and be in force according to law.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta City Council held on this 161h day of October, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Kirk, Osborne, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Clerk
City of La Zuinta, California
(City Seal)
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DON AD PH, ayor
City of La Quinta, California
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