3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Planning Division

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City of Riverside

Planning Commission

Agenda

Meeting Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Publication Date: Friday, May 10, 2024

9:00 AM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or

www.WatchRiverside.com

MISSION STATEMENT

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PLEASE NOTE:

The scheduled hearing times are approximate. No item will be heard

before its scheduled time, but may be heard later in the meeting.

9 A.M.

CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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 (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID:

926 9699 1265. 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.

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 April 25, 2024

Attachments:

Minutes

Record the absence of Commissioner Parker from the April 25, 2024, regular

meeting as excused

Attachments:

Report

PUBLIC HEARINGS

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

PLANNING CASE PR-2023-001601 (PPE): Proposal by Feng Xiao to consider a

Site Plan Review to facilitate a Mixed Use Development consisting of 18 dwelling

units and 1,477 square feet of ground floor retail. The 0.63-acre vacant project site

consists of two contiguous parcels, located at 1775 and 1795 University Avenue,

situated on the northeast corner of University Avenue and Mesa Street, in the

MU-U-SP - Mixed Use-Urban and Specific Plan (University Avenue) Overlay Zones,

in Ward 1. The Planning Division of the Community & Economic Development

Department has determined that the proposed multiple family residential project is

consistent with the EIR for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update/Housing

Implementation Plan certified in October 2021 (SCH No. 2021040089) subject to

compliance with the approved Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Contact

Planner: Judy Egüez, Senior Planner, 951-826 3969, jeguez@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Staff Report

Exhibit 3 - Existing Site Photos

Exhibit 4 - Location Map

Exhibit 5 - GeneralPlanMap

Exhibit 6 - Specific Plan Map

Exhibit 7 - ZoningMap

Exhibit 8 - Housing Element Map

Exhibit 9 - Project Plans

Exhibit 10 - Appendix N - Consistency Memo

Presentation

PLANNING CASE PR-2024-001652 (MISC): Proposal by Dawn Scoggins of WSR

Management to consider a Modification of Conditions of Approval for a Planned

Residential Development (Case No. PD-005-990) to remove a condition of approval

to facilitate the installation of security gates at the entrance of an existing residential

subdivision (Riverwalk Area 7). The project site is designed as a vehicular

subdivision entrance, located on Sierra Vista Avenue, situated on the east side of

Riverwalk Parkway, between Collett Avenue and Waterson Drive, in the

R-3-4000-SP – Multifamily Residential and Specific Plan (La Sierra University)

Overlay Zones, in Ward 7. The Planning Division of the Community & Economic

Development Department has determined that this proposal 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:

Judy

Egüez,

Senior

Planner,

951-826 3969,

jeguez@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Staff Report

Exhibit 2 - Existing Site Photos

Exhibit 3 - Location Map

Exhibit 4 - General Plan Map

Exhibit 5 - Zoning Map

Exhibit 6 - Specific Plan Map

Exhibit 7 - Project Plans

Exhibit 8 - PC Approved Conditions - January 20, 2020

Exhibit 9 - PC Staff Report - January 20, 2000

Exhibit 10 - CPC Minutes - January 20, 2000

Presentation

PLANNING CASE PR-2023-001619 (CUP): Proposal by Matthew Dillard of MPD

Designs, LLC for a Conditional Use Permit to establish a childcare facility for up to

123 children (ages 0-5 years) within an existing one-story 10,168-square-foot

commercial building. The 0.82-acre project site is located at 4103 Tyler Street,

situated on the northeast corner of Tyler Street and Bonita Avenue, in the CR –

Commercial Retail Zone, in Ward 6. The Planning Division of the Community &

Economic Development Department determined the proposal exempt from the

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15301

(Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines of the CEQA Guidelines, as the project

will not have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Winnie Liang,

Associate Planner, 951-826-5933, WLiang@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Staff Report

Exhibit 3 - Existing Site Photos

Exhibit 4 - Location Map

Exhibit 5 - General Plan Map

Exhibit 6 - Zoning Map

Exhibit 7 - Project Plans

Presentation

WORKSHOP

PLANNING CASE PR-2024-001678 (AMD): Request by the City of Riverside for a

City Planning Commission Workshop to discuss and provide input on potential

Zoning Code amendments to Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code

(RMC), including but not limited to Articles V (Base Zones and Related Use and

Development Provisions) and Article IX (Land Use Development Permit

Requirements/Procedure) intended to implement an Infill Housing and Small Lot

Subdivision Ordinance as directed by the City Council Housing and Homelessness

Committee. The proposed amendments are intended to:

1. Implement

Residential Infill Development program to implement new

development standards for undersized lots within the Single Family (R-1) Residential

Zones and Multi-Family (R-3 & R-4) Residential Zones;

2. Amend the existing Planned Residential Development (PRD) Permit process to

implement three new PRD permits as part of a Residential Small Lot Subdivision

Program; and

3. Clarify other minor, non-substantive changes and technical corrections as

required to implement the Infill Development and Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance.

Contact

Planner:

Daniel

Palafox,

Associate

Planner,

(951)

826-5985,

dpalafox@riversideca.gov.

Attachments:

Staff Report

Exhibit 1 - July 24, 2023 HHC Committee Report (1)

Exhibit 2 - August 17, 2023 CPC Minutes

Exhibit 3 - November 27, 2023 HHC Committee Report

Exhibit 4 - February 12, 2023 - Stakeholder Feedback Summary

Exhibit 5- Infill Residential Development Strategy

Exhibit 6 - Chapter 19.100 Text Amendment

Exhibit 7 - Chapter 19.580 Text Amendments

Exhibit 8 - Chapter 19.780 Text Amendment

Exhibit 9 - Chapter 19.150 Text Amendment

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.

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The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, June 6, 2024

For live Webcast of the Committee Meeting:

RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or

WatchRiverside.com

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