August 4, 2022
SENT VIA EMAIL
Aaron Rintamaki
Development Service Department
City of Murrieta
Planning Division
1 Town Square
Murrieta, CA 92562
[email protected]
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (DP-2022-2605); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA-2022-2613);APN 910-410-011; (ASSOOCIATED WITH PRE-2022-2519);390 MULTIFAMILY UNIT
APPARTMENT
This letter is in response to the Project Transmittal dated July 12, 2022. The subject property is located within the Western Municipal Water District (Western) water and sewer service area.
The following are the Conditions of Approval:
1. The property must be annexed to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Western Municipal Water District for future imported water. Annexation Fees must be paid prior to grad ing and use of construction water.
2. All applicable Added Facilities Charges, Sewer Connection Fees, Annexation Fees and Meter Installation Fees, must be paid prior to the installation of any water meter.
3. Proposed facilities for water and sewer service mus t be designed by a Registered Civil Engineer, and reviewed and approved by the Western. Plan Check deposit will be required prior to revowe of the plans. Construction of sewer and water shall be inspected by Western and Inspection Depost will be required prior to issuance of a Notice to Proceed with construction.
4. As a condition of water service, the developer shall comply with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Conservation and Open Space Element, COS-1 Water Resources, of the City’s General Plan.
5. As a condition of water service, the developer shall provide Western with an irrevocable dedication of the underlying groundwater rights.
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6. Developer’s landscape architect is required to meet landscape requirements of the agency of jurisdiction.
7. The property is located within Western’s 1280 Pressure Zone. This pressure zone provides a maximum fire flow of 2,500 gpm for 2 hours for a total storage volume of 300,000 gallons per Western’s Murrieta Master Plan. Currently, Western has an existing 12-inch water pipeline located within Jefferson Avenue and a 16 -inch water pipeline within Murrieta Hot Springs Road at the project frontages for connection . The available Fire Flow at the project site must be determined by a flow test fire flow modeling.
8. Coordinate with fire protection agency of jurisdiction to determine required fire flow for proposed project and advise Western of the fire flow requirements. Submit request to Western for fire flow modeling to determine if existing water systems capacity is available to provide the required fire flow.
Depending on the results of the fire flow modeling additional conditions of approval such as upsizing of existing pipes, extension of pipes, installation of parallel piping or installation of pumps, at the developer’s cost, may be required.
9. Developer to submit a 22” x 34” Master Utility Plan of onsite and offsite of water and sewer layout to Western for review and approval before formal submittal of Water and/or Sewer Construction Improvement Plans. Developmer sh all provide a deposit for Western’s review in the amount of $5,000. Any unused funds may be returned or transferred to the deposit needed for the formal water and/or sewer plan review.
10. The Master Utility Plan of onsite and offsite water and sewer shall show the following items:
a. Provide basis of survey with date, surveyor information, datum and basis of bearing. b. Delineate all existing utility facilities (i.e.; pipe diameter, pipe material, manholes, water meters, air/vac, blow -off, fire hydrants, valves, sewer, gas, communication, electrical, etc.) within project boundaries, along project boundaries and any off -site improvements. Show existing water and sewer facilities with reference to any Western record documents. c. Delineate proposed public and private water and sewer facilities. d. Show proposed layout of water and sewer facilities including pipe diameter, pipe material, water meters, air/vac, blow -off, fire hydrants, valves, backflows, and p oints of connections within project boundaries and along project boundaries and any off-site improvements. e. Delineate all easements within project boundaries showing width of easements, owners of interest and brief description of easement purposes.
f. Delineate all proposed and existing lots, streets, and storm drains. g. The Master Utility Plan may be used for meter fees and meter drop requests. Show proposed Western water meters with building numbers corresponding to onsite building number.
11. Provide and/or pay for all applicable cost and fees including connection facilities, relocation of facilities, and additional facilities that may be necessary to accommodate applicant’s proposed water
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and sewer usage, while maintaining resiliency of pipelines within Western’s distribution system. This may include the upsizing of pipelines, installation of pressure reduction, and/or pump stations (subject to the application of appropriate credits for additional facilities provided by applicant).
12. Developer to submit a detailed engineer’s construction cost estimate to Western for review and approval. Once approved, developer shall make a deposit for plan checking services for Water and/or Sewer Improvement Plans.
13. Water and/or Sewer Improvement Plans shall be designed per Western’s Standard Specifications.
14. Developer to submit grading plans for Western’s review and approval before grading permit is issued.
All on-site and/or off-site utilities to be relocated at developer’s expense.
15. Water and/or Sewer Improvement Plans shall not be accepted for plan checking until all items mentioned above are received and approved by Western.
16. During grading operations, all abandoned well and septic casings shall be capped and logged in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Riverside County Department of Environmental Services.
17. The developer is responsible for installing, paying all costs and obtaining an encroachment permit from the local jurisdiction having authority over installation of a water lateral in the public righ t-of- way. If the customer chooses to cross private property then the customer is responsible to obtain private easements from adjacent property owners.
18. The subject property is master planned for sewer treatment by the Rancho California Water District.
Western has an existing sewer manhole for sewer discharge from the project at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Guava Street . For sewer service, the developer will be required to connect to the trunk sewer pipeline(s) with a collector sewer pipeline in accordance with Western’s Standard Drawings and Specifications.
19. For water and/or sewer service by Western, the developer must comply with the “Standard Conditions,” and all applicable Rules, Regulations, and General Policies of Western at the time of construction.
20. Coordinate with fire protection agency of jurisdiction to determine required fire flow for proposed project and advise Western of the water requirements for fire service uses. Submit request to Western for fire flow modeling to determine if existing water systems capacity is available to provide required fire flow.
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Thank you for giving Western the opportunity to submit these Conditions of Approval should you need further information please contact Western at (951) 571-7100 or [email protected].
THOMAS G. SCOTT, P.E.
Principal Engineer
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Attachment(s): Western Municipal Water District GIS Exhibit
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