Planning Commission

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The Planning Commission (PC) was established in 1982. Due to streamlining the development review process in 2016, the PC was restructured to include architecture and landscaping architecture expertise and its membership was increased from five to seven members appointed by the City Council. The PC is coordinated by the Design and Development Department.

Meetings

The Commission’s regularly scheduled meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Functions and Duties

The Commission’s primary function is to carry out the powers and duties as prescribed in the Planning and Zoning Laws of the State of California and the City of La Quinta Zoning Ordinance, as well as to serve as an advisory body to the City Council.

The Planning Commission’s duties include developing and maintaining the City’s General Plan, consideration of new development applications, design review of new developments, development of specific plans, and similar planning duties.

Contact

For more information about the PC, contact us at Planning@LaQuintaCA.gov or (760) 777-7023.

Apply

Applications are accepted all year long and kept on file in the Clerk's office until a vacancy needs to be filled.

Application to Serve on the PC

Members

Current List of Commission Members

Agendas, Staff Reports and Minutes

The Minutes for the Planning Commission meetings will not be available until they have been approved by the Planning Commission.

The meeting agendas are typically available not less than 72 hours prior to each meeting and may be downloaded by clicking on one of the Event links below.

For copies of staff reports, as well as any accompanying attachments, you may contact the Design and Development Department at (760) 777-7023 or Planning@LaQuintaCA.gov.

For agendas for current meetings, go to the calendar.

Meeting Calendar

Planning Commission Meeting

  • Date: 06/23/2020 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

PLANNING COMMISSION - REGULAR MEETING

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 PLANNING COMMISSION

AGENDA

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta

REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

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SPECIAL NOTICE
Teleconferencing and Telephonic Accessibility in Effect

Pursuant to Executive Orders N-25-20, N-29-20, N-33-20, and N-35-20, executed by the Governor of California in response to the state of emergency relating to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending or waiving specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.), members of the Planning Commission, the City Attorney, City Staff, and City Consultants may participate in this meeting by teleconference. Additionally, pursuant to the above-referenced executive orders, the public is not permitted to physically attend at City Hall the meeting to which this agenda applies, but any member of the public may listen or participate in the open session of this meeting as specified below.

Members of the public wanting to address the Planning Commission, either for public comment or for a specific agenda item, or both, are requested to send an email notification to the Planning Commission Secretary Wanda Wise-Latta at WLatta@LaQuintaCA.Gov  , and specify the following information:

1) Full Name    2) City of Residence    3) Phone Number    4) Public Comment or Agenda Item Number    5) Subject    6) Written or Verbal Comment                 

 The email “subject line” must clearly state “Written Comments” or “Verbal Comments.”

Verbal public comments – requests to speak must be emailed to the Commission Secretary no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting; the City will facilitate the ability for a member of the public to be audible to the Planning Commission and general public for the item(s) by contacting him/her via phone and queuing him/her to speak during the discussion.

Only one person at a time may speak by telephone and only after being recognized by the Planning Commission’s Chairperson.

Written public comments, received prior to the adjournment of the meeting, will be distributed to the Planning Commission, incorporated into the agenda packet and public record of the meeting, and will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Planning Commission Chairperson, a brief summary of any public comment is asked to be read, to the extent the Commission Secretary can accommodate such request.

It would be appreciated that any email communications for public comments related to the items on the agenda, or for general public comment, are provided to the Design and Development Department at the email address listed above prior to the commencement of the meeting. If that is not possible, and to accommodate public comments on items that may be added to the agenda after its initial posting or items that are on the agenda, every effort will be made to attempt to review emails received by the Design and Development Department during the course of the meeting. The Planning Commission’s Chairperson will endeavor to take a brief pause before action is taken on any agenda item to allow the Commission Secretary to review emails and share any public comments received during the meeting. All emails received by the Commission Secretary, at the email address above, until the adjournment of the meeting, will be included within the public record relating to the meeting.

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Dated: June 18, 2020

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