The existing Land Use Ordinance ("Ordinance") was adopted by Ordinance No. 348 in 1949. This Ordinance has been amended over 4,800 times in about 69 years; however, it has never been comprehensively updated.
The existing Ordinance includes sixty-four articles and 484 sections. The Ordinance provides land use planning and zoning regulations and related functions that implements the County's policy, such as the General Plan policy.
- Make the Land Use Ordinance easier to understand and use by the general public, as well as staff.
- Generalize land use categories.
- Generalize land uses
- Clarify the processing of applications.
- Organize the document in a clear way.
Notice of Preparation (NOP)*: Comment Period August 1, 2018 through August 30, 2018.
Public Scoping Meetings*: August 13, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. (Riverside) and August 20, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. (Palm Desert)
*Please see NOP for further information.
Planning Commission
Workshop 1: Organization (March 21, 2018)
Workshop 2: Chapter 1, Administration (May 2, 2018)
Workshop 3: Chapter 2, Zones, Residential (June 6, 2018)
Workshop 4: Chapter 2, Zones, Commercial / Industrial (August 1, 2018)
Workshop 5: Chapter 2, Zones, Agricultural / Open Space / Resources (August 15, 2018)
Workshop 6: Chapter 3 / 4, Provisions / Definitions (September 5, 2018)
Workshop 7: Interpretations (September 19, 2018)