3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Planning Division

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City of Riverside

Planning Commission

Agenda

Meeting Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Publication Date: Friday, May 8, 2026

9:00 AM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

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9 A.M.

CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC COMMENT

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minutes.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

Planning Case PR-2023-001469 (GPA, RZ, SPA, TM, PPE, COA) - Proposal by

Darrin Olson of Iron Lofts, LLC., to consider the following entitlements to facilitate

construction of Mixed Use development consisting of 291 residential dwelling units

and 9 live/work units: 1) General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan Land

Use designation from B/OP – Business/Office Park to MU-U -Mixed Use – Urban,

(2) Zoning Code Amendment to rezone the property from BMP-SP – Business and

Manufacturing Park and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace) Overlay Zones and

BMP-SP-CR

–

Business and Manufacturing Park, Specific Plan (Riverside

Mixed

Marketplace), and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones to MU-U-SP

–

Use-Urban and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace) Overlay Zones and

MU-U-SP-CR – Mixed Use-Urban and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace), and

Cultural Resources Overlay Zones (Structure of Merit and Seventh East Historic

District); (3) Specific Plan Amendment to Riverside Marketplace Specific Plan to

expand the Mixed Use Marketplace Sub Area to include the subject properties; (4)

Tentative Tract (TM-38624) Map to combine 12 parcels into one parcels, dedicate

right-of-way, vacate an alley, and vacate a portion of 6th Street; (5) Site Plan

Review for the proposed Mixed Use development; and (6) Certificate of

Appropriateness for infill within historic district and integration of Structures of Merit

structures located at 3596 Commerce Street into the project. The 7.03-acre project

site consists of 12 parcels, a 0.63-acre portion of 6th Street, and 0.15-acre portion

of an alley and is partially developed with industrial buildings. The project site is

located on the east side of Commerce Street between Mission Inn Avenue and 5th

Street, in BMP-SP – Business and Manufacturing Park and Specific Plan (Riverside

Marketplace) Overlay Zones and in the BMP-SP-CR – Business and Manufacturing

Park, Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace), and Cultural Resources Overlay

Zones, in Ward 1. The Planning Division of the Community

Economic

Development Department recommends that the Planning Commission determine the

project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopt the Mitigated

Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP).

Contact

jeguez@riversideca.gov

Planner:

Judy

and

Egüez,

Scott

Senior

Watson,

Planner,

Historic Preservation

951-826 3969,

Officer,

951-826-5507, swatson@riversideca.gov

Planning Case PC-2026-00408 - Proposal by the City of Riverside to consider an

omnibus zoning cleanup to amend Title 18 (Subdivision), Title 19 (Zoning), and Title

20 (Cultural Resources) of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), including, but not

limited to, Title 18 Articles I (Subdivision Code Enactment and Applicability), II

(Subdivision Code Administration, Interpretation, and Enforcement), III (Maps and

Permits), IV (Requirements for Filing and Approval Process), V (Permit Provisions),

and VI (Definitions); Title 19 Articles I (Zoning Code Enactment and Applicability), II

(Zoning Code Administration, Interpretation, and Enforcement), III (Nonconforming

Provisions), IV (General Zoning Provisions), V (Base Zones and Related Use and

Development Provisions), VII (Specific Land Use Provisions), VIII (Site Planning

and General Development Provisions), IX (Land Use Development Permit

Requirements/Procedures), and X (Definitions); and Title 20.

The proposed

amendments are intended to (1) implement changes to Titles 18-20 to update

references and naming conventions of RMC titles, update references to state legal

codes, and remove duplicate text; (2)

replace all references to the Development

Review Committee (DRC) in Titles 18-20 with references to the Staff Application

Review Team (START), as part of the City of Riverside’s One Stop Shop refresh

effort; and (3) make other minor, non-substantive changes and technical

corrections as required to provide clarity, correct errors, or remove redundancies

as necessary. The Community & Economic Development Department recommends

that the City Planning Commission determine that this project is exempt from the

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)

(Common Sense) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that

there is no possibility the project will have a significant effect on the environment.

Contact

Planner:

Clarissa

Manges,

Assistant

Planner,

(951)

826-5264,

cmanges@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Report

Exhibit 1. Titles 18-20

Exhibit 2. Legal Review Changes Executive Summary

Presentation

Planning Case PC-2026-00427 - Proposal by the City of Riverside to consider

amendments to Title 16 (Buildings and Construction) and Title 19 (Zoning) of the

Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), including but not limited to Article VII (Specific

Land Use Provisions). The proposed amendments are intended to implement an

Adaptive Reuse Ordinance within a new chapter incorporated therein as Chapter

19.540 (Adaptive Reuse) which establishes regulations and incentives to facilitate

the conversion of existing non-residential buildings to residential uses within

designated areas of the City. The Adaptive Reuse ordinance shall apply to eligible

buildings within Commercial, Office, Residential, Mixed-Use, Industrial (BMP), and

applicable Specific Plan land use designations as defined by Chapter 19.540. The

proposed amendments also include changes to Title 16 which will provide alternative

building standards for adaptive reuse projects through a Technical Manual. The

Community

Economic Development Department recommends that the City

Planning Commission determine that this project is exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common

Sense) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that the project will

not have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Daniel Palafox,

Associate Planner, (951) 826-5986, dpalafox@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Report

Exhibit 1 - ARO Comparison Matrix

Exhibit 2 - ARO Comparison Memo

Exhibit 3 - Case Study Analyses

Exhibit 4 - Land Inventory Zoning Map

Exhibit 5 - Outreach Summary Memo

Exhibit 6A - Chapter 19.540

Exhibit 6b. Title 16 - Alternative Building Standards

Exhibit 7 - Adaptive Reuse – Draft Technical Guidance

Presentation

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the

Planning Commission and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There

will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Planning Commission

votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Planning Commission or staff request

specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.

Minutes

Minutes of May 7, 2026

Attachments:

Minutes

DISCUSSION CALENDAR

Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

Riverside 2050 General Plan Update and Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

Attachments:

Presentation

COMMUNICATIONS

Items for future Planning Commission consideration as requested by members of

the Commission. Only items that fall within the powers and duties of the Planning

Commission as set forth in the City Charter and/or the Riverside Municipal Code will

be agendized for future discussion.