3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Planning Division

(951) 826-5371

City of Riverside

Planning Commission

Agenda

Meeting Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Publication Date: Friday, March 28, 2025

9:00 AM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

MISSION STATEMENT

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ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community.

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jurisdiction of the Commission can be submitted by eComment at

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Email comments to PC@riversideca.gov

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of all Boards and Commissions and the public are reminded that they must preserve

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the meeting room.

PLEASE NOTE--The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of

reference. Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Commission Members.

City of Riverside Planning Commission action on all items may be appealed to the City

Council within ten calendar days after the decision.

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9 A.M.

CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

a. Chair

b. Vice-Chair

c. Secretary

d. Sergeant at Arms

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

To comment on any matters within the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission, you

are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8688. Press *9 to be placed

in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by

pressing *6 when you are ready to speak.

To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265,

select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will

prompt you to "unmute" and speak - Individual audience participation is limited to 3

minutes.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

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

PLANNING CASE PR-2024-001701 (GPA, SPA, RZ, DR) - Proposal by Maria

Iwanicki of HKS, Inc., to consider the following entitlements to facilitate the

construction of 4-story, Parking Garage containing 593 parking spaces to serve the

Riverside Community Hospital: (1) A General Plan Amendment

to change the

General Plan Land Use designation from DSP - Downtown Specific Plan to RCHSP

- Riverside Community Hospital Specific Plan; (2) A Specific Plan Amendment to

amend the Riverside Community Hospital Specific Plan to incorporate two parcels

(APN #: 217-060-020 and 217-060-009) into the Specific Plan boundaries and to

remove them from the Downtown Specific Plan Specific Plan boundaries; (3) A

Zoning Code Amendment to rezone the property from DSP-AD Downtown Specific

Plan - Almond Street District to RCHSP - Riverside Community Hospital Specific

Plan Overlay Zone; and (4) Design Review of project plans. The 1.66-acre project

site consists of 6 parcels developed with medical office buildings and a vehicle

repair facility, located at 4410, 4414, 4420, 4426, 4440, 4468 Brockton Avenue,

situated on the southeast corner of Brockton Avenue and 14th Street, in the

Riverside Community Hospital Specific Plan and in the Downtown Specific

Plan-Almond Street District, in Ward 1. The Community & Economic Development

Department recommends that the Planning Commission determine the project

information provided in the Addendum will not result in significant effects on the

environment, and is therefore consistent with the adopted Mitigation and Monitoring

Reporting Program prepared for Planning Cases P13-0207, P13-0208, P13-0209,

P13-0210, and P13-0211 Riverside Community Hospital Specific Plan Expansion

Project Final Environmental Impact Report ("Certified FEIR”) (State Clearing-house

No. 2013071102). Contact Planner: Judy Egüez, Senior Planner, 951-826 3969,

jeguez@riversideca.gov

Vernon Avenue and south of Shady Grove Drive, in the R-1-7000-RP - Single

Family Residential and Residential Protection Overlay Zones, in Ward 2. The

Planning Division of the Community

Economic Development Department

determined the proposal exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) the CEQA

Guidelines, as the project will not have a significant effect on the environment.

Contact

Planner:

Yenifer

Cid,

Associate

Planner,

951-826-5652,

ycid@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Report

Exhibit 3 - Site Photos

Exhibit 4 - Location Map

Exhibit 5 - General Plan Map

Exhibit 6 - Zoning Map

Exhibit 7 - Project Plans (Compressed) 8.5x11

Exhibit 8 - Technical Reports (Compressed)

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 of February 27, 2025

Attachments:

Minutes

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.

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The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2025

For live Webcast of the Committee Meeting:

RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or WatchRiverside.com

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