25-0245
PLANNING CASE PR-2023-001523 (AMD): Proposal by the City of River-side to consider amendments to Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), including but not limited to Articles V (Base Zones and Related Use and Development Provisions), VII (Specific Land Use Provisions), and X (Definitions). The proposed amendments implement policy direction from the City Council Land Use Committee and are intended to: 1. Introduce a new definition for sensitive receptors throughout Title 19 including amending applicable tiered development standards for new indus-trial development adjacent to specified uses; 2. Repeal the existing Floor Area Ratio (FAR) table and replace with a new table which evaluates a parcels proximity to a sensitive receptor and parcel size to determine cumulative building area; 3. Provide additional landscaping buffering requirements for new industrial development adjacent to sensitive receptors; 4. Modify project notification requirements by increasing the notification radius for warehousing and distribution projects, require on-site Notice of Filing signs, and require notice to multi-tenant occupants in addition to real property owners; 5. Introduce green building and on-site renewable energy requirements for new Warehousing and Distribution Facilities; 6. Revise the Base Zones Permitted Land Uses Permitted Use Table to modify the required entitlements to establish warehousing and distribution facilities greater than 400,000 square feet; 7. Align the Zoning Code with recent changes to State law including implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 98; and 8. Make other minor and/or non-substantive changes and technical corrections as required to provide clarity, correct errors, or remove redundancies. The Community & Economic Development Department recommends that the City Planning Commission determine that this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the project will have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Daniel Palafox, Associate Planner, (951) 826-5985, dpalafox@riversideca.gov.
- Committee
- Planning Commission
- Requested by
- City Clerk
- Introduced
- January 3, 2025
- On agenda
- February 13, 2025