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Riverside County Planning Commission - November 18, 2009 Agenda

November 18, 2009 Agenda

(Posted to Web 11/10/09, Last Updated 11/17/09)

November 18, 2009
9:30 A.M.

AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF LA QUINTA COUNCIL CHAMBERS
78-495 CALLE TAMPICO
LA QUINTA, CA 92253-1504

CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
SALUTE TO THE FLAG

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CONSENT CALENDAR

 

1.1

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 33045 - EA39805 - Applicant: Mission South, LLC. - Fourth Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District - Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan: Agriculture: Agriculture (AG:AG) (10 Acre Minimum) - Location: Southerly of Avenue 54, easterly of Calhoun Street, and westerly of Van Buren Street in the Vista Santa Rosa Community - 113 Gross Acres - Zoning: Light Agriculture - 10 Acre Minimum (A-1-10) and Light Agriculture - 20 Acre Minimum (A-1-20) - REQUEST: Schedule A subdivision of 113 acres into 113 single-family residential lots and 157 planned residential development (PDR) units for a total of 270 dwellings, with separate common open space lots, and lots for future commercial office uses and commercial retail uses.

REQUEST: EXTENSION OF TIME TO FEBRUARY 7, 2010 - FIRST EXTENSION.

Project Planner: Celia Arrieta
Ph: (760) 863-7552 or E-mail [email protected]

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL subject to all previous conditions.

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1.2a

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 30966 - EA38863 - Applicant: Pine Mountain Investments, LLC-Arthur J. Cleary - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development - Medium High Density Residential (MHDR) (5 to 8 Dwelling Units Per Acre) - Location: Northerly of Avenue 40, westerly of Adams Street, and southerly of Manorgate Road - 40 Gross Acres - 216 Condominium Lots with clubhouse and other recreational and drainage facilities, and, a request for an exception to requirements of Ordinance No. 460. Article XI - Flood control and tract drainage - Schedule A - Zone: Planned Residential (R-4) and Watercourse, Watershed and Conservation Areas (W-1).

REQUEST: EXTENSION OF TIME TO JUNE 22, 2009- SECOND EXTENSION.

Project Planner: Celia Arrieta
Ph: (760) 863-7552 or E-mail [email protected]

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL subject to all previous conditions.

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1.2b

TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 30966 - EA38863 - Applicant: Pine Mountain Investments, LLC-Arthur J. Cleary - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan: Community Development - Medium High Density Residential (MHDR) (5 to 8 Dwelling Units Per Acre) - Location: Northerly of Avenue 40, westerly of Adams Street, and southerly of Manorgate Road - 40 Gross Acres - 216 Condominium Lots with clubhouse and other recreational and drainage facilities, and, a request for an exception to requirements of Ordinance No. 460. Article XI - Flood control and tract drainage - Schedule A - Zone: Planned Residential (R-4) and Watercourse, Watershed and Conservation Areas (W-1).

REQUEST: EXTENSION OF TIME TO JUNE 22, 2011- THIRD EXTENSION.

Project Planner: Celia Arrieta
Ph: (760) 863-7552 or E-mail [email protected]

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL subject to all previous conditions.

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1.3

ADOPTION OF 2010 PLANNING COMMISSION CALENDAR

 

 
 

2.0

ORAL COMMUNICATION ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA.

 
 

3.0

ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BE CONTINUED WITHOUT DISCUSSION: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter. (Presentation available upon Commissioners request)

 

3.1

NONE

 

 
 

4.0

ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL UNDER ONE MOTION UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE MATTER: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter.

 

4.1

NONE

 

 
 

5.0

WORKSHOP: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

5.1

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 960 (GPA 960)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Riverside County General Plan requires that the County initiate a comprehensive review of the document every five years to address changes in development patterns, correct imperfections/errors, and streamline implementation of the General Plan. General Plan Amendment 960 (GPA 960) is an amendment that the County has initiated in 2008 after the first five years of the General Plan adoption to comprehensively review its progress. General Plan Amendment 960 encompasses a variety of policy refinements and additions in multiple areas of the unincorporated Riverside County and at multiple levels in the General Plan document.

In this third Planning Commission Public Workshop, staff will discuss a series of changes proposed as part of GPA 960, and solicit Planning Commission's comments on these proposals. This is not a public hearing and NO DECISION on the project will be made at this time.

Project Planner: Mitra Mehta-Cooper
Ph: (951) 955-8514 or E-mail [email protected]
(Legislative) (Continued from 6/24/09 and 8/19/09)

Staff Recommendation: CONTINUE WITHOUT DISCUSSION TO 12/2/09

 
 

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PUBLIC HEARING: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

6.1

CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 7677 / PLOT PLAN NO. 23701 - Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration - Applicant: Rich Warfield - Engineer/ Representative: JHA Engineering, Inc. - Fourth Supervisorial District - Bermuda Dunes Zoning District - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan - Community Development: Light Industrial (CD: LI) (0.25-0.60 Floor Area Ratio) - 4.50 Gross Acres - Location: Northerly of Cliff Street, southerly of Avenue 41, easterly of Adams Street - Zoning: Residential One Family Dwellings, 12,000 Square Feet Minimum (R-1-12,000)

REQUEST: The change of zone proposes to change the zone classification from R-1-12,000 to Manufacturing Service Commercial (M-SC) or Industrial Park (I-P). The plot plan proposes to permit an existing contractor's storage yard and landscaper's nursery - Note: This case is being scheduled as a result of Board of Supervisor's Policy A-57.

APN: 607-270-003

Project Planner: Judy Deertrack
Ph: (760) 863-7063 or E-mail [email protected]
(Legislative) (Continued from 2/18/09 and 6/10/09)

Staff Recommendation: CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION TO 1/20/10

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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT INITIATION PROCEEDINGS: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

7.1

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1076 - Agricultural - Applicant: K & W Farms - Engineer/Representative: MSA Consulting - Fourth Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella Valley - Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan: “Agriculture” (AG) (10 AC Min.) and “Areas Subject to Indian Jurisdiction” (IND) - Location: Northerly of 70th Avenue, southerly of 68th Avenue, easterly of Wheeler Street, and westerly of Arthur Street - 456 Gross Acres - Zoning: General Agriculture (A-2-20) and Controlled Development Areas (W-2)

REQUEST: The applicant proposes to amend the General Plan for the subject property which consists of 10 properties totaling approximately 456 acres from Agriculture (AG) (approximately 336 acres) and Areas Subject to Indian Jurisdiction (approximately 120 acres) to Community Development: Low Density Residential (LDR) (½ Acre lots) for approximately 90.34 acres, Medium Density Residential (2-5 D.U./Ac.) on approximately 144.70 acres, Medium High Density Residential (5-8 D.U./Ac.) on approximately 56.45 acres, High Density Residential (8-14 D.U./Ac.) on approximately 13.45, Mixed Use (Retail Commercial/MHDR & HDR) on approximately 20.80 acres, Mixed Use (Light Industrial/MDR) on approximately 62.07 acres, Community Center (CC) on 10.01 acres, and Public Facilities (PF) on approximately 14.47 acres; and Open Space: Recreation (OS-R) on approximately 43.22 acres.

APNs: 729-080-009, 729-080-020, 729-080-021, 729-080-022, 729-080-025, 729-080-026, 729-080-030, 729-080-033, 729-080-038 and 729-080-044

Project Planner: Jay Olivas
Ph: (760) 863-8277 or E-mail [email protected]

Staff Recommendation: DECLINE TO INITIATE THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT

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7.2

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1082 - Entitlement / Policy - Applicant: Pacific Engineering & Associates- Engineer/Representative: Pacific Engineering - Fourth Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella Valley - Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan: “Areas Subject to Indian Jurisdiction” - Location: Southerly of Avenue 66 and easterly of Polk Street - 40 Gross Acres - Zoning: Light Agriculture (A-1-10)

REQUEST: The applicant proposes to amend the General Plan from Indian Lands; (IND) (Areas Subject to Indian Jurisdiction) to Agriculture (AG) (10 AC Min.) on approximately 40 acres of land. The applicant's goal with this proposed general plan amendment is to create a future land division with two 20 acre gross parcels.

APN: 749-090-037

Project Planner: Jay Olivas
Ph: (760) 863-8277 or E-mail [email protected]

Staff Recommendation: INITIATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT

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PUBLIC HEARING: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter:

 

8.1

SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 342 / GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 720 (LAND USE) / GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 721 (CIRCULATION) / CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 7055 / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 471 - Applicant: Nuevo Development Company LLC. - Engineer/Representative: Lewis Operating Corporation - Fifth Supervisorial District - Lakeview Area and Hemet/San Jacinto & Lakeview Zoning District - Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plan: Agriculture: Agriculture (AG:AG) (10 Acre Minimum), Community Development: Commercial Retail (CD:CR) (0.20 - 0.35 Floor Area Ratio), Community Development: Low Density Residential (CD:LDR) (1/2 Acre Minimum), Community Development: Light Industrial (CD:LI) (0.25 - 0.60 Floor Area Ratio), Community Development: Public Facilities (CD:PF) (< 0.60 Floor Area Ratio), Community Development: Very Low Density Residential (CD: VLDR) (1 Acre Minimum), Rural Community: Low Density Residential (RC:LDR) (1/2 Acre Minimum), Rural Community: Very Low Density Residential (RC:VLDR) (1 Acre Minimum), Rural: Rural Mountainous (R:RM) (10 Acre Minimum), Rural: Rural Residential (R:RR) (5 Acre Minimum), Open Space: Conservation (OS:C), and Open Space: Conservation Habitat (OS:CH) Location: The project is located westerly of the City of San Jacinto, northerly of the Juniper Flats Mountains, northerly and southerly of the Ramona Expressway, and easterly of the San Jacinto River - 2,786 Gross Acres - Zoning: Light Agriculture 10-Acre Minimum (A-1-10), Heavy Agriculture 10-Acre Minimum (A-2-10), Light Agriculture with Poultry 5-Acre Minimum (A-P), Rural Commercial ½-Acre Minimum (C-R), Manufacturing Service Commercial (M-SC), Natural Assets 20-Acre Minimum (N-A), Residential Agriculture ½-Acre Minimum (R-A), Residential Agriculture 1-Acre Minimum (R-A-1), Residential Agriculture 10-Acre Minimum (R-A-10), Residential Agriculture 2 ½-Acre Minimum (R-A-2 ½), Rural Residential ½-Acre Minimum (R-R), Natural Assets (N-A-640)

REQUEST: The Specific Plan proposes a maximum of 11,350 dwelling units to be constructed within seven (7) villages within 2,786 Gross Acres. The proposed land uses include: Medium High Residential (MH) (5 - 8 Dwelling Units per Acre) for 2,520 dwelling units on 490 Gross Acres; High Residential (H) (8 - 14 Dwelling Units per Acre) for 3,310 units on 371 Gross Acres; Very High Residential (VH) (14 - 22 Dwelling Units per Acre) for 2,420 units on 183 Gross Acres; Mixed Use Town Center (MU) for 3,100 units and 500,000 square feet of commercial on 288 Gross Acres; Public Facilities (PF) on 59 Gross Acres; Public Facilities/Open Space (PF/OS) on 95 Gross Acres; Parks on 155 Gross Acres ; Open Space (OS) on 998 Gross Acres; and 147 acres of right-of-way (ROW). General Plan Amendment No. 720 involves a Foundation change from Rural/Agricultural and Open Space to Community Development and changing the underlying land use designations from; Medium Density Residential (2-5 Dwelling Units per Acre); Low Density Residential (1/2 Acre Minimum); Very Low Density Residential (1 Acre Minimum); Light Industrial; Public Facility; Retail; Agriculture; Rural Mountainous; and, Conservation, to a Community Development Specific Plan (SP) land use designation. General Plan Amendment No. 721 proposes an amendment to the Circulation Element to delete, modify or add any Circulation Element roadways interior to or along the boundary of the Specific Plan to implement the roadway network illustrated in Exhibit B.2.6C - General Plan Roadway Classifications. This Exhibit is available for inspection through the contacts or at the location identified below in this notice. Key changes proposed to the County Circulation Element include, but are not limited to: the elimination of Yucca Avenue as a through street within the project boundary, the rerouting of 10th Street/Wolfskill Avenue as an Arterial and Secondary roadway east of Hansen Avenue. (The existing alignment of Wolfskill will remain a local street east of Hansen and will not be upgraded.) Hansen Avenue along the project boundary will be reclassified from a Major roadway (118' right-of-way) to a Collector Street, and Bridge Street, 3rd Street, 5th Street, and 6th Street will be eliminated on the project site and will not have direct access to Ramona Expressway as access to Ramona will be shifted to Town Center and Park Center Boulevards exclusively in this vicinity. Additionally, the above General Plan Amendment will amend the Circulation Element Trails and Bikeways System to include the Community Trail designation for a number of the trails proposed within the project boundary. A view of all the proposed trails within the project area is shown on Exhibit B.8.18.b, Project Trails Plan which is available for inspection through the contacts or at the location identified below in this notice. The Change of Zone is a request to change the zoning of the subject properties from A-1-10, A-2-10, A-P, C-P-S, C-R, M-SC, R-1, R-A, R-A-1, R-A-10, R-A-21/2, and R-R Zone to Specific Plan (SP). The Project is also proposing a Zoning Ordinance to implement the Specific Plan. The Environmental Impact Report analyzes the environmental impacts of the proposed project

APNs:425-100-002, 425-100-015, 425-120-002, 425-120-005, 425-120-007, 425-120-008, 425-120-009, 425-120-010, 425-120-011, 425-120-012, 425-140-001, 425-140-002, 425-140-006, 425-140-007, 425-140-008, 425-140-009, 425-140-010, 425-140-011, 425-140-012, 425-160-001, 425-160-002, 425-160-003, 425-160-004, 425-160-005, 425-160-006, 425-160-007, 425-160-008, 425-170-001, 425-170-002, 425-170-003, 425-170-004, 425-170-005, 425-170-006, 425-170-011, 425-170-012, 425-170-013, 425-170-014, 425-170-015, 425-170-016, 425-170-017, 425-170-018, 425-170-019, 425-170-020, 425-170-021, 425-170-022, 425-170-027, 425-170-028, 425-170-029, 425-170-030, 425-170-031, 425-170-033, 425-170-034, 425-170-035, 425-170-036, 425-180-001, 425-180-002, 425-190-001, 425-190-002, 425-190-009, 425-190-012, 425-190-016, 425-230-004, 425-230-005, 425-230-006, 425-230-007, 425-230-008, 425-230-009, 425-230-010, 425-230-011, 425-230-012, 425-230-013, 425-230-014, 425-230-017, 425-230-018, 425-230-020, 425-230-021, 425-230-022, 425-240-001, 425-240-002, 425-240-003, 425-240-004, 425-240-005, 425-240-010, 425-240-012, 425-240-013, 425-240-015, 425-240-016, 425-240-017, 425-240-018, 425-250-012, 425-250-017, 425-250-018, 425-260-002, 425-260-003, 425-260-004, 425-260-005, 426-020-009, 426-020-013, 426-030-002, 426-030-003, 426-030-004, 426-030-005, 426-030-006, 426-030-007, 426-030-009, 426-030-010, 426-030-011, 426-030-012, 426-030-013, 426-030-017, 426-030-018, 426-030-022, 426-040-001, 426-040-002, 426-040-003, 426-050-001, 426-050-002, 426-050-003, 426-050-004, 426-050-009, 426-071-001, 426-071-002, 426-071-003, 426-081-001, 426-081-002, 426-082-002, 426-150-001, 426-150-004, 426-160-003, 426-160-007, 426-160-019, 426-160-020, 426-160-021, 426-160-022, 426-160-024, 426-160-025, 426-160-026, 426-160-027, 426-160-028, 426-160-029, 426-160-030, 426-160-031, 426-160-033, 426-160-034, 426-160-035, 426-160-036, 426-160-054, 426-160-055, 426-200-016, 426-200-017, 426-200-018, 426-200-022, 426-200-023, 426-200-024, 426-200-025, 426-200-026, 426-200-027, 426-200-028, 426-200-029, 426-200-030, 426-200-031, 426-200-032, 426-200-034, 426-200-035, 426-200-036, 426-200-052, 426-200-053, 426-350-009, 426-390-001, 426-390-002 and 426-400-015

Project Planner: Matt Straite
Ph: (951) 955-8631 or E-mail at [email protected]
(Legislative) (Continued from 9/16/09, 10/21/09 and 11/4/09)

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL

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PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY'S COMMENTS

 

10.0

PLANNING DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS

 

11.0

COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS