City of La Quinta: Gem of the Desert

Plan/Map Applications & Land Action Applications

• Application for Plan/Map Check
• Application for Lot Line Adjustment
• Application for Land Parcel Merger
• Application for Certificate of Correction
• Application for Finding of Substantial Conformance for a Final Map or Parcel Map
• Staff Recommendation for Finding of Substantial Conformance for a Final Map or Parcel Map
• Qualified Statement of Substantial Conformance & Substantial Completion 
• Application for Street Vacation Form
• Application for Street Closure
• Right-of-Way or Street Vacation Process Flow Chart
• Grant of Easement for Roadway (ROW) Form 

The City now requires substantially complete improvement plans prior to recordation of final maps.  Developers and developer engineers should make appropriate modifications to all schedules and related items affected by this change.

• Public Works Department – Final Map Process Flow Chart

PLANCHECK CHECKLISTS – COMPLETION & SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR PLAN SUBMITTAL:

• ADA Checklist
• Commercial Precise Grading Plan Review Checklist
• Final Tract or Parcel Map Review Checklist
• General Sheet Requirements Checklist
• Lot Line Adjustment Checklist
• Meandering & Straight Sidewalk, Multipurpose Trail & Golf Cart w/ Sidewalk Plan Review Checklist 
• Median Landscape (City R/W) Checklist
• Mylar Revision Plan Review Checklist
• PM-10 1 Acre Checklist
• Rough Grading Plan Review Checklist
• Sewer Review Checklist (Private)
• Sewer Review Checklist (Public)
• Signing, Striping & Signal Improvement Plan Review Checklist
• Storm Drain Plan Review Checklist
• Storm Water Pollution Permit Plan (SWPPP) Review Checklist
• Street Improvement Plan Review Checklist
• Water Review Checklist (Private)
• Water Review Checklist (Public)
• WQMP Checklist

Please click here to view PUBLIC WORKS FEES

Please click here to view ENGINEERING BULLETINS that are referenced in the above checklists.  The engineering bulletins include information and requirements for: traffic study, hydrology, bonding, securities, permits, plan check, improvement plans, etc. 

Please click here to view STANDARD DRAWINGS

Please click here to view CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL

Please click here to view WQMP/NPDES/STORM DRAINS/FLOOD ZONES information

Please click here to view BONDS & SIAs information

Please click here to view PERMIT applications

STANDARD NOTES FOR PLANS:

• General Notes 
• Grading Notes 
• Paving Notes
• Signing & Striping Notes

GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS:

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD):
The City is aware of certain unrecorded easements which can affect both improvement plans and final mapping of the project. Accordingly, CVWD has issued the following guidelines: 

•  CVWD - Development Design Manual
•  CVWD – Unrecorded Federal Right-of-Way dated 12-8-08
•  CVWD - Subdivision Map Act & Non-Interference Clearance dated 12-8-08
•  CVWD - New Plan Check Submittal Procedure dated 1-21-09
•  Right-of-Way for All American Canal
•  Right-of-Way for All American Canal (Map)

Roadway Design:

• La Quinta General Plan – Circulation Element
• Structural Section for AC Streets in La Quinta

Traffic Control:

• Intersection Sight Distance Sample Calculation
• Parking Stall Striping Detail
• Skewed Splitter Median Island Concept Sketch
• Stop Bar & Crosswalk
• Steel Post Selection Table
• Traffic Impact Analysis Form
• Traffic Signal Plan Sample 1
• Traffic Signal Plan Sample 2

Landscape Design:

• Landscape Plan to Ag Commissioners Office
• Median Landscape Design, Plus Sample Plans

Plan Revisions:

• Mylar Revision Sample Plan