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Riverside, CA 92522

Planning Division

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City of Riverside

Planning Commission

Agenda

Meeting Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024

Publication Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

9:00 AM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or

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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 11, 2024

Attachments:

Minutes

Record the absence of Vice Chair Wilson from the April 11, 2024, regular meeting

as excused

Attachments:

Report

PUBLIC HEARINGS

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

CONTINUED FROM APRIL 11, 2024 - PLANNING CASE PR-2023-001533 (CUP):

Proposal by Crystal Cardona of Andresen Architecture for a Conditional Use Permit

to establish

child daycare facility (The Learning Lab) within an existing

4,645-square-foot commercial building. The 0.51-acre project site consists of two

contiguous parcels developed with a 4,645-square foot commercial building and

surface parking lot. The property is located at 3711 Central Avenue, situated on the

north side of Central Avenue, between De Anza and Magnolia Avenues, in the

CG-CR-SP - Commercial General, Cultural Resources and Specific Plan (Magnolia

Avenue) Overlay Zones, in Ward 3. The Planning Division of the Community &

Economic Development Department has determined that the proposed project is

exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section

15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, as the proposed project will not

have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Sarah Zughayer,

Assistant Planner, 951-826-5932, szughayer@riversideca.gov

Attachments:

Staff Report

Exhibit 3 - Existing Site Photos

Exhibit 4 - Location Map

Exhibit 5 - General Plan Map

Exhibit 6 - Specific Plan Map

Exhibit 7 - Zoning Map

Exhibit 8 - Circulation Plan

Exhibit 9 - Plans

Notice

Presentation

PLANNING CASE PR-2022-001252 (GPA, RZ, PPE, PM, EIR): Proposal by Jamie

Chapman of Riverside Property Owner, LLC, to consider the following entitlements

for the construction of a mixed-use development consisting of 388 multi-family

residential dwelling units and 25,320 square feet of commercial retail space:

(1) General Plan Amendment to amend the land use designation of the project site

from C - Commercial to MU-V - Mixed Use-Village; (2) Zoning Code Amendment to

rezone the project site from CG - Commercial General Zone to MU-V - Mixed

Use-Village Zone; (3) Site Plan Review for site design and building elevations;

(4) Tentative Parcel Map (38638) to subdivide the 17.37-acre project site into 2

parcels, ranging in size from 2.93-acres to 14.44-acres; and (5) an Environmental

Impact Report. The 17.37-acre project site is located at 5261 Arlington Avenue,

generally situated northeast of the intersection of Arlington and Streeter Avenues, in

Ward 3. The Draft Environmental Impact Report determined that even with feasible

mitigation measures Cultural Resources, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards and

Hazardous Materials, Land Use, and Transportation would result in significant and

unavoidable environmental impacts. Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact

Report are available for inspection at the Planning Division of the Community &

Economic Development Department, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside and can

also be viewed on the City’s website:

https://riversideca.gov/cedd/planning/development-projects-and-ceqa-documents.

Copies of the Draft EIR are available for public viewing at the following City

facilities: (1) the Riverside Main Public Library, 3911 University Avenue, Riverside,

CA 92501; and (2) Marcy Public Library, 6927 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA

92506. Any comments must be submitted, in writing, prior to the hearing on or

before April 25, 2024, to the following address: City of Riverside, Community &

Economic Development Department, Planning Division, Attention: Brian Norton,