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Riverside County Planning Commission - March 17, 2010 Agenda

March 17, 2010 Agenda

(Posted to Web 2/22/10, Last Updated 3/11/10)

March 17, 2010
10:00 A.M.

AGENDA
WORKSHOP
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
91711 82ND AVENUE
OASIS, CALIFORNIA 92274

CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
SALUTE TO THE FLAG

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1.0

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

1.1

NONE

 

 
 

2.0

ORAL COMMUNICATION ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA.

 
 

3.0

ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BE CONTINUED WITHOUT DISCUSSION: 10:00 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: 10:00 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter.

 

4.1

NONE

 

 
 

5.0

PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION: 10:00 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter. The Workshop Session is not a public hearing on the merit of the proposed project and NO DECISION on the project will be made. Public testimony is limited to identifying issues regarding the project and its potential environmental impacts.

 

5.1

SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 375 / GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 910 / CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 7623 / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 514 - Applicant: Black Emerald LLC - Engineer/Representative: Innovative Land Concepts, Inc. - Fourth Supervisorial District - Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District - Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan: Agriculture: Agriculture (AG), Community Development: Commercial Tourist (CT), Public Facilities (PF), and Open Space - Water (OS-W) - Location: Easterly and westerly of Highway 86 south northerly of the Imperial County line and southerly of 81st Avenue - 5,131 acres (3,936 in Riverside County)- Zoning: Watercourse (W-1) Watercourse, 20 Acre Minimum (W-1-20), Controlled Development (W-2), Light Agriculture, 10 Acre Minimum (A-1-10), Light Agriculture, 20 Acre Minimum (A-1-20), Heavy Agriculture, 10 Acre Minimum (A-2-10) and Heavy Agriculture, 20 Acre Minimum (A-2-20)

REQUEST: The Specific Plan proposes to arrange 5,131 acres into 4 planning districts for residential, business park, mixed use commercial, regional commercial, resort/tourism, and open space uses, and is currently proposing 12,300 residential units. The General Plan Amendment proposes to amend the Riverside County General Plan Land Use Element as it applies to the project site to eliminate the land use designations of Agriculture: Agriculture (AG), Community Development: Commercial Tourist (CT), Public Facilities (PF), Indian Land, and Open Space - Water (OS-W) and would establish Business Park (BP), Commercial Retail (CR), Commercial Tourist (CT), Mixed Use (MU), Medium Density Residential (MDR), Medium High Density Residential (MHDR), High Density Residential (HDR), Very High Density Residential (VHDR), Highest Density Residential (HHDR), Public Facility (PF), Open Space- Recreation (OS-R), Open Space- Conservation (OS-C), and Open Space- Water (OS-W) designations as reflected on the Specific Plan Land Use Plan. The Change of Zone proposes to re-designate the site from Light Agriculture with a 5, 10 and 20 Acre Minimum (A-1-5, A-1-10, A-1-20), Heavy Agriculture with a 10, and 20 Acre Minimum (A-2-10 and A-2-20), Controlled Development (W-2) to Specific Plan (SP) .The Environmental Impact Report will analyze the impacts of the project.

APNs: 737-090-002, 737-110-001, 737-110-004, 737-110-006, 737-110-009, 737-120-005, 737-120-006, 737-120-007, 737-120-008, 737-120-009, 737-140-002, 737-140-003, 737-140-009, 737-140-010, 737-170-003, 737-170-004, 737-170-006, 737-170-007, 737-170-008, 737-170-010, 737-170-011, 737-170-012, 737-170-013, 737-170-014, 737-170-015, 737-180-001, 737-180-002, 737-180-004, 737-180-007, 737-180-009, 737-180-010, 737-180-011, 737-180-012, 737-180-013, 737-180-014, 737-190-001, 737-190-002, 737-190-003, 737-190-004, 737-190-005, 737-190-006, 737-190-007, 737-190-009, 737-190-010, 737-190-011, 737-190-012, 737-190-013, 737-200-002, 737-200-003, 737-200-004, 737-200-006, 737-200-007, 737-200-008, 737-200-009, 737-200-010, 737-200-016, 737-200-017, 737-200-018, 737-200-019, 737-200-020, 737-200-023, 737-200-024, 737-200-026, 737-200-027, 737-200-028, 737-200-029, 737-200-030, 737-200-031, 737-200-032, 737-210-001, 737-210-007, 737-210-008, 737-210-009, 737-210-010, 737-210-011, 737-210-012, 737-210-013, 737-220-001, 737-220-002, 737-220-003, 737-220-004, 737-220-005, 737-220-006, 737-220-007, 737-220-009, 737-220-010, 737-230-006, 737-230-013, 737-230-014, 737-230-015, 737-240-002, 737-240-003, 737-240-004, 737-250-002, 737-260-003, 737-260-005, 737-260-007, 737-260-008, 737-260-009, 737-260-010, 737-260-011, 737-260-012, 737-260-013, 737-260-014, 737-260-015, 737-260-016, 737-260-017, 737-270-001, 737-270-003, 737-270-005, 737-270-006, 737-270-007, 737-270-008, 737-270-009, 737-270-010, 737-270-011, 737-280-001, 737-280-002, 737-280-003, 737-280-004, 737-280-005, 737-280-006, 737-280-007, 737-280-008, 737-290-001, 737-290-004, 737-290-005, 737-290-006, 737-290-011, 737-290-012, 737-290-014, 737-290-015, 737-290-016, 737-290-017, 737-290-018, 737-290-019, 755-270-015, 755-270-016, 755-270-021, 755-270-022, 755-270-023, 755-270-024, 755-300-016, 755-300-017, 755-300-022, 755-300-023, 755-300-024, 755-300-025, 755-300-026, 755-310-012, 755-310-013, 755-310-015, 755-310-028, 755-310-029, 755-310-030, 755-310-031, 755-310-032, 755-310-035, 755-310-037, 755-310-038, 755-310-040, 755-310-042, 755-310-043, 755-310-044 and 755-310-045

Project Planner: Matt Straite
Ph: (951) 955-8631 or E-mail [email protected]
(Legislative)

Staff Recommendation: The Workshop Session is not a public hearing on the merit of the proposed project and NO DECISION on the project will be made.

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PLANNING DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS

 

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COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS