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CC Resolution 1992-003^!@ II RESOLUTION 92-3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, ANNOUNCING FINDINGS, CONFIRMING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND GRANTING APPROVAL OF TENTATIVE TRACT 26972 TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF A SUBDIVISION WITH LOTS HAVING A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET ON A 9.6 ACRE SITE. CASE NO. TT 28972 DR. JOSEPH DARR WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did on the 10th day of September, 1991, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider the request of Dr. Joseph Darr to subdivide 9.6 acres into 15 single family lots generally located west of Madison Street + half mile south of 50th Avenue, more particularly described as: PARCELS ONE THROUGH FOUR OF PARCEL MAP NO, 16457 BOOK 100, PAGE 48 OF PARCEL MAPS, RFc,jO*,DS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CAL.IF'ORNIA. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California did on the 7th day of January, 1992, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing continued from October 1, 1991, October 22, 1991, and December 3, 1991), to consider the Applicant's request and recommendation of the Planning Commission concerning the Environmental Analysis and Tentative Tract 26972; and, WHEREAS, said Tentative Map has complied with the requirements of The Rules to Implement the Callfornia Environmental Quality Act of 1970" County of Riverside, Resolution 82-213, adopted by reference in City of La Quinta Ordinance No. 5), in that the Planning Director conducted an initial study, and has determined that the proposed Tentativ* Trac* **;p * not have a significant adverse impact on the environment; *n4 WHEREA*, mitigat4on of various physical impacts have been identified and incorporated into the approval conditions for Tentative Tract 26972, thereby requiring that monitoring of those mitigation measures be undertaken to assure compliance with them; 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 City Council did find the following facts to justify the approval of said Tentative Tract Map: 1. That Tentative Tract 26972, as conditionally approved, is generally consistent with the goals, policies and intent of the La Quinta General Plan for land use density, unit type, circulation requirements, R-1-20,000 Zoning District development standards, and design requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance. RESOPC.041 1 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ II 2. That the subject site is fairly level with the southeast being the lowest part of the site. The proposed circulation design and single family lot layouts, as conditioned, are, therefore, suitable for the proposed land division. 3. That the design of the subdivision, as conditionally approved, will be developed with public sewers and water, and therefore, is not likely to cause serious public health problems. 4. That the design of Tentative Tract 26972 will not conflict with easements acquired by the publlc at large for access through the project, since alternate easements for access and for use have been provided that are substantially equivalent to those previously acquired by the pubuc. 5. That the proposed Tentative Tract Map 26972, as conditioned, provides for adequate maintenance of the landscape common areas. 6. That the proposed Tentative Tract 26972, as conditioned, provides storm water retention, park facilities, and noise mitigation. 7. That general impacts from the proposed Tract were considered within the MEA prepared and adopted in conjunction with the La Quinta General Plan. WHEREAS, in the review of this Tentative Tract, the City Council has considered the effect of the contemplated action of the housing needs of the region for purposes of balancing the needs against the public service needs of the residents of the City of La Quinta and its environs with available fiscal and environmental resources; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and constitute the findings of the Council in this case; 2. That it does hereby confirm the conclusion of Environmental Assessment 91- 208, relative to the environmental concerns of this Tentative Tract 3. That it does hereby approve the subject Tentative Tract 26972 for the reasons set forth in this Resolution and subject to the attached conditions. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City Council, held on this 7th day of January, 1992, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Franklin, Rushworth, Sniff & Mayor Pena NOES: Council Member Bohnenberger ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None *sopc. 041 2 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ II City of La Quinta, California S UNDRA L. JUHOL City Clerk City of La Quinta, California APPROVED AS TO FORM Ii DAWN HONEYWELL, Olty Attorney City of La Quinta, California RzSOPC.O41 3 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ II CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 92- CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FINAL TENTATIVE TRACT 26972 JANUARY 7, 1991 * Modified by City Council on January 7, 1992 GENERAL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1. Tentative Tract Map 26972 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 two years after the original date of approval by the La Quinta City Council unless approved for extension pursuant to the City of La Quinta Land Division Ordinance. 3. The City shall retain a qualified archaeologist, with the Developer to pay costs, to prepare a mitigation and monitoring plan for artifact location and recovery. Prior archaeological studies for this site as well as other unrecorded information shall be analyzed prior to the preparation of the plan. At a minimum, the plan shall: 1) identify the means for digging test pits; and 2) provide for further testing if the preliminary results show significant material are present. The final plan shall be submitted to the Planning and Development Department for final review and approval. Prior to the issuance of a grading permlt, the Developer shall have retained a qualified cultural resources management firm and completed the testing and data recovery as noted in the plan. The management firm shall monitor the grading activity as required by the plan or testing results. A list of the qualified archaeological monitor(s), cultural resources management firm employees, and any assistant(s)lrepresentative(s), shall be submitted to the Planning and Development Department. The list shall provide the current address and phone number for each monitor. The designated monitors may be changed from time to time, but no such change shall be effective unless served by registered or certified mail on the Planning and Development Department. The designated monitors or their authorized representatives shall have the authority to temporarily diver, redirect, or halt grading activity to allow recovery of resources. In the event of discovery or recognition of any human remains, there shall be no further grading, excavation, or disturbance of the site or any nearby area reasonably suspected to overlie adjacent human remains until appropriate mitigation measures are completed. Upon completion of the data recovery, the Developer shall cause three copies of the final report containing the data analyses to be prepared and published and submitted to the Planning and Development Department. CONAPRVL. 031 1 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ I Condition. of Approval F Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 *4 Prior to any site disturbance or grading, the ApplicantiDeveloper shall initiate an on-site lakebed deilneation study to be based upon the paleontological survey contained in Specific Plan 90-015 FEIR Appendix *vG*) The study shall determine the extent of the ancient lakebed for purposes of implementing a predevelopment data recovery program within the limits of the delineated lakebed. This delineation study shall be submitted to the City for approval. Paleontological monitoring of grading if recommended shall be required for cuts made during construction activity. Full time monitoring shall be required, given the ubiquitous distribution of paleobiological remains on the project site. The mitigating shall be done under the supervision of a qualified vertebrate paleontologist knowledgeable in both paleontological and archaeological sampling techniques. This program shall include a report identifying contact personnel who will be working on-site, the proposed time schedule for grading monitoring, the qualifications of the persons assigned to do such monitoring and the method to be used in reporting on compliance to the City. This report shall be approved by the City prior to the Developer authorizing any work on the program itseff. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO BE FULFILLED PRIOR TO FINAL MAP APPROVAL 5. Prior to final map approval by the City Council, the Applicant shall meet the parkland dedication requirements as set forth in Section 13.24.030, La Quinta Municipal Code, by paying parkland fees in lieu, as may be determined in accordance with said Section. 6. A noise study shall be prepared by a qualified acoustical engineer, to be submitted to the Planning & Development Department for review and approval prior to final map approval. The study shall concentrate on noise impacts on the tract from perimeter arterial streets, and recommend alternative mitigation techniques. Recommendations of the study shall be incorporated into the tract design. The study shall consider use of building setbacks, engineering design, building orientation, noise barriers berming, walls, and landscaping, etc.), and other techniques so as to avoid the isolated appearance given by walled developments. 7. If the tract is phased, tract phasing plans, including phasing of public improvements, shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Development Department and Engineering Department prior to final map approval. 8. Applicant shall submit proposed street names with alternatives to the Planning and Development Department for approval prior to final map approval. 9. A. If custom homes are proposed design and architectural standards for residences in this tract shall be submitted to the Design Review Board for review and approval prior to final map recordation. CONAPRVL. 031 2 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ 1 ConditionB of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 B. If one developer plans to build all the units in this subdivision, the following condition will apply. The Applicant shall submit complete detailed or architectural elevations for all units, for the Design Review Board and Planning Commission review and approval as a Business Item prior to building permit issuance. TRACT DESIGN 10. A minimum 20-foot landscaped setback including an equestrian path buffered by a 6-foot wide sidewalk shall be provide on Madison Street. Design of the setback shall be approved by the Design Review Board and Planning and Development Department. Setback shall be measure from ultimate right-of- way line. A. The minimum setbacks may be modified to an l*averageY* if a meandering or curvilinear wall design is used. B. Setback areas shall be established as a separate common lot and be maintained as set forth in Condition 36, unless an alternate method is approved by the Planning and Development Department. 11. The tract layout shall comply with all the R-1 zoning requirements, including minimum average depth of a lot. The minimum lot size to be recorded in a final map shall be 20,000 square feet. WALLS, FENCING, SCREENING, AND LANDSCAPING 12. Prior to issuance of any grading permits, the Applicant shall submit to the Planning and Development Department an interim landscape program for the entire tract, which shall be for the purpose of wind erosion and dust control. The land owner shall institute blowsand and dust control measures during the grading and site development. These shall include, but not be limited to: A. The use of irrigation during any construction activity. B. Planting of cover crop or vegetation upon previously graded by undeveloped portions of the site. C. Provisions of wind breaks or wind rows, fencing, and/or landscaping to reduce the effects upon adjacent properties and property owners. The land owner shall comply with requirements of the Directors of Public Works and Planning and Development. All construction and graded areas shall be watered at least twice daily while being used to prevent the emission of dust and blowsand. CONAPRVL. 031 3 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ I C0flditjon* of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, l*92 13. Graded but undeveloped land shall be maintained in a condition so as to prevent a dust and blowsand nuisance and shall be either planted with interim landscaping or provided with other wind and water erosion control measures as approved by the Planning and Development and Public Works Departments. 14. Prior to final map approval, the Applicant shall submit to the Planning Department for review and approval a plan or plans) showing the following: A. Landscaping, including plant types, sizes, spacing, location, and irrigation system for all landscape buffer and entry areas. Desert or native plans species and drought resistant planting material shall be incorporated into the landscape plan. Lawn shall be minimized and not used adjacent to curb. No spray heads shall be used adjacent to curb. B. Location and des]gn detail of any proposed and/or required wall and meandering sidewalk. Note the sidewalk shall meander within the right- of-way area and the landscaped setback area. C. Exterior lighting plan, emphasizing minimization of light glare impacts to surrounding properties. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO BE FULFILLED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS 15. Prior to the issuance of a 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: o City Fire Marshal o City of La *uinta Public Works Department o Planning & Development Department o Coachella Valley Water District o Coachella Valley Unified School District o Imperial Irrigation District 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. 16. 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. 17. All buildings within Tentative Tract 26972 shall have a maximum height of one story, not to exceed 18 feet in height. CONAPRVL. 031 4 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ 1 Conditions of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 18. The appropriate Planning approval shall be secured prior to establishing any of the following uses: A. Temporary construction facilities. B. Sales facilities, including their appurtenant signage. C. On-site advertising/construction signs. 19. Prior to the issuance of a grading permit, the Applicant shall prepare and submit a written report to the Planning and Development Director demonstrating compliance with those conditions of approval and mitigation measures of Environmental Assessment 91-208 and Tentative Tract 26972, which must be satisfied prior to the issuance of a grading permit. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Applicant shall prepare and submit a written report to the Planning and Development Director demonstrating compliance with those conditions of approval and mitigation measures of Environmental Assessment 91-208 and Tentative Tract 26972, which must be satisfied prior to the issuance of a building permit. Prior to final building inspection approval, the Applicant shall prepare and submit a written report to the Planning and Development Director demonstrating compliance with all remaining conditions of approval and mitigating measures of Environmental Assessment 91-208 and Tentative Tract 26972. The Planning and Development Director may require inspection or other monitoring to assure such compliance. PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES 20. The Applicant shall comply with all the requirements of the City Fire Marshal as stated in the memo dated July 26, 1991. 21. The Applicant shall comply with all requirements of the Coachella Valley Water District. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CONDITIONS: 22. Applicant shall dedicate public street right-of-way and utility easements in conformance with the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, applicable Specific Plans if any, and as required by the City Engineer, as follows: A. Right-of-way geometry for cul-de-sacs, knuckle turns and corner cut-backs shall conform with Riverside County Standard Drawings #800, #801, and #805 respectively unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. B. Madison Street Primary Arterial, 55-foot half width; C. A and B streets Local Street, 50-foot full width; D. Beth Circle Cul-de-sac, 60-foot full width. Applicant shall obtain the complementary portion of right of way from adjacent property owner or redesign the tract to more effectively utilize the existing right of way. CONAPRVL.O31 5 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ III Conditions of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 23. Applicant shall provide a fully improved landscaped setback lot of noted width adjacent to the following street right-of-way(s): A. Madison Street, 20-feet wide. 24. Applicant shall vacate vehicle access rights to Madison Street from all abutting lots. Access to Madison Street from this land division shall be restricted to the Beth Circle intersection only. 25. Turning movements of traffic accessing the subject subdivision from adjoining public streets shall be as follows: A. Madison Street at Beth Circle: right turn in and out only. 26. The median island on Madison Street shall have no opening in it to permit vehicular left turn movements into or out of the subdivision where Beth Circle intersects Madison Street. 27. Applicant shall have street improvement plans prepared by a registered civil engineer. Street improvements shall be designed and constructed for all streets within the proposed subdivision and for off-site streets as required by these Conditions of Approval. All street improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the La Quinta Municipal Code and adopted Standard Drawings, and City Engineer and shall include all appurtenant components required by same, except mid-block street lighting, such as but not limited to traffic signs and channellzation markings, street name signs, sidewalks, and raised medians where required by City General Plan. Street design shall take into account the soil strength, anticipated traffic loading, and design life. The minimum structural section for residential streets shall be 3" AC over 4" Class 2 Base. Miscellaneous incidental improvements and enhancements to existing improvements where joined by the newly required improvements shall be designed and constructed as required by the City Engineer to assure the new and existing improvements are appropriately integrated to provide a finished product that conforms with City standards and practices. This includes tapered off-site street transitions that extend beyond tract boundaries and join the widened and existing street sections. The following specific street widths shall be constructed to conform with the General Plan street type noted therewith: A. ON-SITESTREETS 1. A and B streets full width Local Street, 36 feet wide, refer to * Std Dwg #105; CONAPRVL. 031 6 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ 1 Conditions of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 2. Beth Circle 18-foot half width Local Street cul-de-sac, plus a 12-foot wide east bound lane, refer to Std Dwg #800 B. OFF-SITE STREETS 1. Madison Street portion contiguous to tract) Install half width Primary Arterial 86* width improvement option), bond for half of raised median, refer to Std Dwg #100. 28. Applicant shall construct, or enter into agreement to construct, the site grading, off-site public improvements and utilities, and on-site common area improvements before the final map is recorded. Applicant shall pay cash, in- lieu of and equivalent to the respective fair-share construction cost, for those improvements that the Applicant has partial cost responsibility and construction must be deferred until the full complement of funding is available. Payment of cash may be deferred to a future date mutually agreed by Applicant and City, provided security for said future payment is posted by Applicant. 29. A thorough preliminary engineering, geological, and soils engineering investigation shall be conducted with a report submitted for review along with grading plan. The report recommendations shall be incorporated into the grading plan design prior to grading plan approval. The soils engineer and/or the engineering geologist must certify to the adequacy of the grading plan. A statement shall appear on the final subdivision map that a soils report has been prepared for the tract pursuant to Section 17953 of the Health and Safety Code. 30. The tract grading plan shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer and approved by the City Engineer prior to final map approval. 31. The tract shall be designed and graded in a manner so the difference in building pad elevations between contiguous lots that share a common street frontage or join lots with adjoining existing tracts or approved tentative tracts does not exceed three 3.0) feet. The pad elevations of contiguous lots within the subject tract that do not share a common street shall not exceed five 5.0) feet. If Applicant is unable to comply with the pad elevation differential requirement, the City will consider and may approve other alternatives that satisfy the City's intent to promote and ensure community acceptance and buyer satisfaction with the proposed development. CONAPRVL. 031 7 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ ii Condition. of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 32. Tbe tract shall be graded in a manner that permits storm flow in excess of the retention basin capacity to flow out of the tract through a designated emergency overflow outlet and into the historic drainage relief route. Similarly, the tract shall be graded in a manner that anticipates receiving storm flow from adjoining property at locations that has historically received flow. 33 Storm water run-off produced in 24 hours by a 100-year storm shall be retained on individual lots in landscaped retention basin(s) designed for a maximum water depth not to exceed two feet. The basin slopes shall not exceed 5:1. Applicant may use landscaped setback lot along Madison Street for retention provided the foreslope slope-average does not exceed 5:1 and the maximum backslope slope-average does not exceed 3:1. The percolation rate shall be considered to be zero inches per hour unless Applicant provides site-specific data that indicates otherwise. Other improvement requirements include, but are not limited to, a grassed ground surface with permanent irrigation improvements, and appurtenant structural drainage amenities all of which shall be designed and constructed in accordance with requirements deemed necessary by the City Engineer. The triburary drainage area for which the Applicant is responsible shall extend to the centerline of any public street contiguous to the site. 34. A trickling sand filter and leachfield shall be installed in the retention basin to percolate nuisance water in conformance with requirements of the City Engineer. The sand filter and leach field shall be sized to percolate 22 gallons per 1,000 square feet of lot area per day. 35. Landscape and irrigation plans shall be prepared by a licensed landscape architect for the landscaped lots. The plans and proposed landscaping improvements shall be in conformance with requirements of the Planning Director, City Engineer, and Coachella Valley Water District and the plans shall be signed these officials prior to construction, 36. 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. 37. Applicant shall maintain the landscaped areas of the subdivision such as the landscaped setback lots and retention basins until accepted by the City Engineer for maintenance by the City. In no event will the City accept the landscaped lots and retention basin for maintenance by the City until the residential lots within the subdivision are included on the property tax roll and producing assessment revenue to the City's Lighting and Landscape District. CONAPRVL. 031 8 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ Ii 1 Condition. of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 38. Applicant shall provide a blanket easement that covers the entire landscaped setback lots for the purpose of a meandering public sidewalk. 39. All existing and proposed telecommunications, television cable, and electric power lines with 12,500 volts or less, that are adjacent to the proposed site or on-site, shall be installed in underground facilities. 40. All underground utilities shall be installed, with trenches compacted to City standards, prior to construction of any street improvements. A soils engineer retained by Applicant shall provide certified reports of soil compaction tests for review by the City Engineer. 41. 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 the final map without the approval of the City Engineer. 42. Applicant shall pay all fees charged by the City as required for processing, plan checking and construction inspection. The fee amount(s) shall be those which are in effect at the time the work is undertaken and accomplished by the City. 43. Applicant shall retain a California registered civil engineer, or designate one who is on Applicant9s staff, to exercise sufficient supervision and quality control during construction of the tract grading and improvements to certify compliance with the plans, specifications, applicable codes, and ordinances. The engineer retained or designated by the Applicant to implement this responsibility shall provide the following certifications and documents upon completion of construction: A. The engineer shall sign and seal a statement placed on the as built" plans that says all grading and grades) improvements) on these plans were properly monitored by qualified personnel under my supervision during construction for compliance with the plans and specifications and the work shown hereon was constructed as approved, except where otherwise noted hereon and specifically acknowledged by the City Engineer". B. Prior to issuance of any building permit, the engineer shall provide a separate document, signed and sealed, to the City Engineer that documents the building pad elevations. The document shall, for each lot in the tract, state the pad elevation approved on the grading plan, the as built elevation, and clearly identify the difference, if any. The data shall be organized by tract phase and lot number and shall be cummulative if the data is submitted at different times. C. Provide to the City Engineer a signed set of as built" reproduceable drawings of the site grading and all improvements installed by the Applicant. CONAPRVL. 031 9 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02 ^!@ Conditions of Approval Tentative Tract 26972 January 7, 1992 44. An encroachment permit for work in any abutting local jurisdiction shall be secured prior to constructing or joining improvements. 45. All existing structures that are to be removed from the property shall be removed, or an agreement secured with a performance bond that has been executed between the Applicant and the City to assure said removal, prior to transmitting the final map to the City Council for approval. 46. On the basis of Apph.cant*s land mass in terms of size, shape, and location, it has been determined that Applicant shall pay a fair-share portion of the following improvements: A. Avenue 52: 24% of the street and landscape setback lot improvements required by the General Plan for the north haff of the street for a distance of 660 feet westerly of Madison Street centerline. 47. Applicant is responsible for the cost to design and construct traffic signals at the following locations. A. Madison Street at Avenue 52: 2% fair share responsibility. CoNAPRVL.031 10 BIB] 08-03-1998-U01 01:42:30PM-U01 ADMIN-U01 CCRES-U02 92-U02 3-U02