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: 01/25/2022 5:00 PM - 8:59 PM

PLANNING COMMISSION - REGULAR MEETING

CLICK HERE TO PRINT THE AGENDA IN PDF FORMAT
CLICK HERE TO VIEW/PRINT FULL AGENDA IN PDF FORMAT

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION

Beginning Friday, January 14, 2022, La Quinta City Hall and the La Quinta Wellness Center will be temporarily closed to walk-in traffic due to a surge in COVID-19. Online services are available through the City’s website at www.laquintaca.gov or by calling (760) 777 – 7000.

Pursuant to Executive Orders N-25-20 and N-08-21 executed by the Governor of California, and subsequently Assembly Bill 361 (AB 361, 2021), enacted 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 public, the Director, the City Attorney, City Staff, and City Consultants may participate in this meeting by teleconference. Further, due to the temporary closure of City Hall, the public is not permitted to physically attend this meeting; however, any member of the public may listen or participate in this meeting virtually as specified below.

Members of the public wanting to address the Director, either for a specific agenda item or matters not on the agenda, are requested to follow the instructions listed below:

Written public comments – can be provided by email to Administrative Technician Tania Flores, at TFlores@LaQuintaCA.Gov, preferably by 11:00 a.m. the day of the meeting, and will be distributed to the Director and incorporated into the agenda packet and public record of the meeting, but will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Director, a brief summary of any public comment is asked to be read, to the extent that Staff can accommodate such request.

The email subject line must clearly state “Written Comments” and the email should list the following:

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

 ***** TELECONFERENCE PROCEDURES *****

 Verbal Public Comment via Teleconference – members of the public may attend and participate in the meeting by teleconference via Zoom and use the “raise your hand” feature when public comments are prompted by the Director; the City will facilitate the ability for a member of the public to be audible to the Director and general public and allow him/her/they to speak on the item(s) requested.  Please note – members of the public must unmute themselves when prompted upon being recognized by the Director, in order to become audible to the Director and the public.

 Only one person may speak at a time by teleconference and only after being recognized by the Director.

Zoom Link:           https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82853067939
Meeting ID:          828 5306 7939
Or by phone:        (253) 215 – 8782

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 City 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 City during the course of the meeting. The Director will endeavor to take a brief pause before action is taken on any agenda item to allow Staff to review emails and share any public comments received during the meeting. All emails received by the City, 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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