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Welcome to the Planning Department

Riverside County, like a quilt, is a composite of differing lifestyles connected together through common strands. The County's General Plan is designed to ensure that the quilt retains its core identity by guiding future growth that respects the diversity of the region, shapes, and configures development in relation to the land it occupies and ensures that its various parts relate to its whole.
It is the goal of the Planning Department to provide timely, responsive, and helpful service to all members of the public and promote innovative development that effectively accommodates a balance of housing, employment, and service opportunities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

The Temporary Event Comprehensive Amendment (CZ1900011) will be considered by the Board of Supervisors on October 19, 2021 at 10:00am. The Amendment proposes updating and clarifying provisions related to permitting, operations, and enforcement, as well as establishing a class structure based upon the number of event attendees and applies to all temporary events, located within the unincorporated areas of Riverside County. Questions may be directed to the Project Planner, Steve Jones at sjones@rivco.org. More information is available at the following link.

DRAFT documents are available here: (1) Draft Temporary Events Ordinance (2) Draft Temporary Events Use Chart (PDF)

PUBLIC NOTICE

PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNCLAIMED FUNDS

Pursuant to Government Code Section 50050, the Riverside Planning Department hereby issues notice of eligible unclaimed funds in the amount of $23,859.00. Funds were collected for Environmental Filing Fees required per the State of California Department of Fish and Game Resources Agency for the processing of environmental notices related to the land use and zoning application process.

Notice is hereby given that the County of Riverside Planning Department has held these funds which have remained unclaimed for a period of three (3) years from October 1, 2018 to October 1, 2021 and will become the property of the County of Riverside Planning Department on December 9, 2021, a date no less than forty-five (45) days from this posting on October 11, 2021, and no more than sixty (60) days after the first publication of this notice. All interested parties may submit a completed claim form for unclaimed funds in writing prior to the end of the 45-day noticing period, which is no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 24, 2021.

Interested party must file a claim for unclaimed money on or before November 24, 2021 to the Riverside County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1409, Riverside, CA 92502-1409. These funds may be released to the payee or representative provided the required form has been completed with the necessary information. To obtain the required form or for more information regarding unclaimed funds, please contact the Planning Department at (951) 955-3200 or email at planning@rivco.org or Elizabeth Sarabia at (951) 955-6021 or email at esarabia@rivco.org. You may also use the link below to download the Unclaimed Money - Claim Form.

Unclaimed Money - Claim Form