25-2754
PLANNING CASE PR-2025-001793 (AMD): Proposal by the City of Riverside to consider an omnibus zoning cleanup to amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), including, but not limited to, Articles II (Zoning Code Administration, Interpretation, and Enforcement), V (Base Zones and Related Use and Development Provisions), VII (Specific Land Use Provisions), VIII (Site Planning and General Development Provisions), and IX (Land Use Development Permit Requirements/Procedures). The proposed amendments are intended to: 1. Align the RMC with recent changes to California law pertaining to permit streamlining for hydrogen fuel stations; 2. Codify findings of public convenience or necessity (PCorN) for overconcentration of alcohol licenses pursuant to California law; 3. Implement permitting requirements for junk dealers/scrap metal recyclers pursuant to City Council direction; 4. Streamline permitting requirements for a variety of uses, including several in the Neighborhood Commercial Overlay (NC Overlay) Zone; 5. Make minor adjustments, clarifications, and corrections pertaining to accessory dwelling units, accessory structures, density bonuses, temporary use permits, and zoning administrator language; and 6. Make other minor, non-substantive changes and technical corrections as required to provide clarity, correct errors, or remove redundancies as necessary. 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: Clarissa Manges, Assistant Planner, (951) 826-5264, cmanges@riversideca.gov.
- Committee
- Planning Commission
- Requested by
- City Clerk
- Introduced
- July 25, 2025
- On agenda
- August 14, 2025