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Carolyn Syms LunaDirector

DATE January 29 2014

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SUBJECT General Plan Amendment No 1132 GPA1132Charge your time to these case numbers

The attached items require the following actionsby the Board of Supervisorsn Place on Administrative Action Receive File EOT Set for Hearing Legislative Action Required CZ GPA SP SPA

Labels provided If Set For Hearing 1 I Publish in Newspaper010 Day 20 Day n 30 day SELECT Advertisement

LI Place on Consent Calendar SELECT CEQA Determination

Place on Policy Calendar Resolutions ordinances PNC 10 Day 20 Day 30 dayPlace on Section Initiation Proceeding GPIP 1 Notify Property Owners appagenciespropertyowner labels provided

Controversial n YES NO

No public notification required

Do not send these documents to the County Clerk forposting

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COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FROM TLMA Planning Department SUBMITTAL DATE

January 30 2014SUBJECT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO 1132 Applicant CV Communities FirstFirst

Supervisorial District Location Northerly of Lake Mathews southerly of the Street A in the CitrusHeights Specific Plan SP325A1 westerly of Blackburn Road REQUEST The General Plan

Amendment proposes to amend the General Plan Land Use Designation from Rural Community VeryLow Density Residential RCVLDC 1 Acre Minimum and Rural Community Estate Density ResidentialRCEDR 2 Acre Minimum to Rural Community Low Density Residential RCLDR12 Acre Minimum

RECOMMENDED MOTION

The Planning Director recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt an order initiating the abovereferenced General Plan Amendment based on the attached report The initiation of proceedings by theBoard of Supervisors for the amendment of the General Plan or any element thereof shall not imply anysuch amendment will be approved

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SUBMITTAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE STATE OF CALIFORNIAFORM 11 General Plan Amendment No 1132

DATE January 30 2013PAGE Page 2 of 2

BACKGROUND

Summary

The initiation of proceedings for any General Plan Amendment GPA requires the adoption of an order by theBoard of Supervisors The Planning Director is required to prepare a report and recommendation on everyGPA application and submit it to the Board of Supervisors Prior to the submittal to the Board comments onthe application are requested from the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission comments areincluded in the report to the Board The Board will either approve or disapprove the initiation of proceedingsfor the GPA requested in the application The consideration of the initiation of proceedings by the PlanningCommission and the Board of Supervisors pursuant to this application does not require a noticed publichearing However the applicant was notified by mail of the time date and place when the PlanningCommission and the Board of Supervisors would consider this GPA initiation request

If the Board of Supervisors adopts an order initiating proceedings pursuant to this application the proposedamendment will thereafter be processed heard and decided in accordance with all the procedures applicableto GPA applications including noticed public hearings before the Planning Commission and Board ofSupervisors The adoption of an order initiating proceedings does not imply that any amendment will beapproved If the Board of Supervisors declines to adopt an order initiating proceedings no further proceedingson this application will occur

The Board of Supervisors established the procedures for initiation of GPA applications with the adoption ofOrdinance No 3484573 which amended Article II of that ordinance

Impact on Citizens and BusinessesThis action will initiate the Countys review of the General Plan Amendment application which will include anevaluation by Planning staff the appropriate environmental review and consideration by the PlanningCommission and Board of Supervisors during public hearings on the project

SUPPLEMENTALAdditional Fiscal Information

There will be no cost to the County for the processing of the application

Contract History and Price ReasonablenessNA

ATTACHMENTS

A Planning Commission Staff ReportB Directors Report

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Agenda Item No General Plan Amendment No 1132Area Plan Lake Mathews Woodcrest EntitlementPolicyAmendmentZoning District Lake Mathews Applicant CV CommunitiesSupervisorial District First EngineerRepresentative TBPlanningProject Planner Matt StraitePlanning Commission January 15 2014

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PLANNING DIRECTORSREPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

RECOMMENDATIONS

The Planning Director recommended that the appropriate findings per the General Plan AdministrationElement can be made and the Planning Commission made the comments below The Planning Directorcontinues to recommend that the appropriate findings per the General Plan Administration Element canbe made For additional information regarding this case see the attached Planning Department StaffReport

PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR

The following commentswere provided by the Planning Commission to the Planning Director

Commissioner John Petty None

Commissioner Charissa Leach None

Commissioner Ed Sloman None

Commissioner Bill Sanchez None

Commissioner Mickey Valdivia None

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Agenda Item No General Plan Amendment No 1132

Area Plan Lake Mathews Woodcrest EntitlementPolicy AmendmentZoning District Lake Mathews Applicant CV CommunitiesSupervisorial District First EngineerRepresentative TB PlanningProject Planner Matt StraitePlanning Commission January 15 2014

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE PLANNING DEPARTMENTSTAFF REPORT

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION

General Plan Amendment No 1132 proposes to amend the Riverside County General Plan Land UseElement from Rural Community Very Low Density Residential RCVLDC 1 Acre Minimum and RuralCommunity Estate Density Residential RCEDR 2 Acre Minimum to Rural Community Low DensityResidential RCLDR12 Acre Minimum

The proposed Amendment is located in the Lake Mathews Woodcrest Area Plan more specifically theproject is located northerly of Lake Mathews southerly of the Street A in the Citrus Heights Specific PlanSP325A1 westerly of Blackburn Road

BACKGROUND

I The initiation of proceedings for any General Plan Amendment GPA requires the adoption of an orderby the Board of Supervisors The Planning Director is required to prepare a report and recommendationon all GPA applications and submit them to the Board of Supervisors Prior to the submittal to the

Board comments on the applications will be requested from the Planning Commission and thePlanning Commission comments will be included in the report to the Board The Board will either

approve or disapprove the initiation of the proceedings for the GPA requested in the applications

The consideration of the initiation of proceedings pursuant to this application by the PlanningCommission and the Board of Supervisors will not involve a noticed public hearing The PlanningDepartment however did notify the applicant by mail of the time date and place when the PlanningCommission will consider this GPA initiation request

If the Board of Supervisors adopts an order initiating proceedings pursuant to this application theproposed amendment will thereafter be processed heard and decided in accordance with all theprocedures applicable to GPA applications including noticed public hearings before the PlanningCommission and Board of Supervisors The adoption of an order initiating proceedings does not implythat any amendment will be approved If the Board of Supervisors declines to adopt an order initiatingproceedings no further proceedings of this application will occur

The Board of Supervisors established the procedures for initiation of GPA applications with the adoptionof Ordinance No 3484573 effective May 8 2008 which amended Article II of that ordinance Thisparticular GPA application is an General Plan EntitlementPolicy Amendment GPA under Section 24

GENERAL PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENT FINDINGS

In order to support the initiation of a proposed General Plan Amendment it must be established that theproposal could possibly satisfy certain required findings subject to the development review process andfinal CEQA determination The Administration Element of the General Plan explains that there are fourcategories of amendments Technical EntitlementPolicy Foundation and Agriculture Each categoryhas distinct required findings that must be made by the Board of Supervisors at a noticed public hearing

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General Plan Amendment No 1132 falls into the EntitlementPolicy category because it is changingwithin the same Foundation Component Community Development

The Administration Element of the General Plan explains that two findings must be made and at leastone of five additional findings must be made to justify an entitlementpolicy amendment The two

findings are

a The proposed change does not involve a change in or conflict with

1 The Riverside County Vision

2 Any General Plan Principle or

3 Any Foundation Component designation in the General Plan

b The proposed amendment would either contribute to the achievement of the purposes of theGeneral Plan or at a minimum would not be detrimental to them

The additional findings only one of which need be made include

c Special circumstances or conditions have emerged that were unanticipated in preparing the GeneralPlan

d A change in policy is required to conform to changes in state or federal law or applicable findings ofa court of law

e An amendment is required to comply with an update of the Housing Element or change in StateHousing Element law

f An amendment is required to expand basic employment job opportunities jobs that contributeit directly to the Countyseconomic base and that would improve the ratio of jobstoworkers in the

County

g An amendment is required to address changes in public ownership of land or land not under Boardof Supervisors land use authority

Consideration Analysis

First Required Finding The first finding per the General Plan Administrative element explains that theproposed Amendment must not involve a change in or conflict with the Riverside County Vision anyGeneral Plan Principle or any Foundation Component designation in the General Plan The applicanthas provided the following information

A The proposed change does not conflict with

1 The Riverside County Vision

A Amending the and use designation of the Proposed Project from RCEDR andRCVLDR to RC LDR would allow for a gradual transition of land uses from Medium

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Density Residential MDR to the rural residential uses on larger lots found to the southand east of the site

B The Proposed Project site will remain rural in nature under an RC LDR land usedesignation because the designation allows for a maximum of 2 dwelling units per acreconsistent with the Rural Community Foundation Designation and the Lake

MathewsWoodcrest Area Plan vision Staff note This is true but it would also permitlots as small as acre

2 Any General Plan Principle

A The Proposed Project is consistent with General Plan Principle V6 because it willprovide a transitional and buffering land use RCLDR between the CommunityDevelopment MDR designation within Citrus Heights Specific Plan to the north and theRCEDR and RCVLDR south of this site

B The Proposed Project is consistent with General Plan Principle Principal IVF1because the RCLDR land use will allow for the development of broader range of housingopportunities for residents in a wider range of economic circumstances within the ElSobrante Policy Area than provided by the current designation Staff note the applicantwill be required to provide a detailed analysis of the projects consistency with the ElSobrante Policy Area It cannot be determined at this stage if the project is or is notconsistent with the requirements of the Policy Area

3 Any Foundation Component designation in the General Plan

A The site is currently designated as Estate Density Residential and Very Low DensityResidential within the Rural Communities Foundation Component The proposedamendment would designate the site as Low Density Residential within the RuralCommunities Foundation Component Staff note The foundation would not change

Second Required Finding The second General Plan Administrative Element finding explains that theproposed Amendment must either contribute to the achievement of the purposes of the General Plan orat a minimum would not be detrimental to them The applicant has provided the followinginformation

A The Proposed Project would not be detrimental to the purposes of the General Plan and LakeMathewsWoodcrest Area Plan because the proposed amendment would maintain the ruralresidential atmosphere of the community

Third Required Finding In addition to the two the General Plan indicates that an additional findingfrom a list of five must also be made The applicant has provided the following information

The appropriate additional finding for the proposed Amendment is

Special circumstances or conditions have emerged that were unanticipated in preparing thegeneral plan

At the time the County of Riverside adopted the existing General Plan in 2003 the land useadjacent to the north of the Proposed Project site was designated RCVLDR However in 2004

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the County of Riverside Board of Supervisors approved SP 325 which was subsequentlyamended in 2013 SP325A1 Specific Plan 325A1 includes Medium Density Residentialdesignations which establish it as a Community Development Specific Plan The change fromRC VLDR to MDR constitutes a change in condition which was unanticipated in preparing theGeneral Plan

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

1 General Plan Land Use Ex 5 Rural Community Very Low Density ResidentialRCVLDC 1 Acre Minimum and Rural CommunityEstate Density Residential RCEDR 2 Acre

Minimum2 Proposed General Plan Land Use Rural Community Low Density Residential

RCLDR12 Acre Minimum

3 Existing Zoning Ex 2 Light Agricultural 10 Acre Minimum A1104 Surrounding Zoning Ex2 Light Agricultural 10 Acre Minimum A1 10 to the

east and south Light Agricultural 10 Acre MinimumA1 10 and Residential Agricultural 5 Acre

Minimum RA5 to the west Specific Plan andResidential Agricultural RA to the north

5 Existing Land Use Ex1 Vacantold Citrus groves

6 Surrounding Land Use Ex 1 Vacant to the north south east and west

7 Project Data 16822Acres

RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the appropriate findings per the General Plan Administration Element might bepossible although additional analysis is required and request that the Planning Commission providecomments to the Board of Supervisors regarding General Plan Amendment No 1132 The initiation ofproceedings by the Board of Supervisors for the amendment of the General Plan or any elementthereof shall not imply any such amendment will be approved

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

1 As of this writing no letters in support or opposition have been received

2 The project site is not located withina A Redevelopment Areab An Airport Influence Areac Ord No 655 Mount Palomar Lighting Influence Area Zone B 4720 milesd A MSHCP Criteria Area

e An area of high liquefactionf A Flood Zone or

g A Fault Zone

3 The project site is located withina An Agricultural Preserve El Sobrante No 1b A High Fire Areac The City of Riverside Sphere of Influence

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d The Community of Lake Mathewse The El Sobrante Policy Area andf Ord No 66310 StephensKangaroo Rat Fee Area

4 The subject site is currently designated as AssessorsParcel Numbers 270 070004 270080017 270 090 001 270 090002

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Juan C PerezInterim Director

Date December 17 2013

CV Communities

1900 Quail Street

Newport Beach CA 92660

Subject GPA 01132 Board of Supervisors Scheduling

Dear Applicant

This letter is to inform you that the Planning Department has transmitted a package for theproject to the Clerk of Board of Supervisors with a request it be scheduled on a Board agenda

At this time the Clerk has not yet scheduled this project for a Board of Supervisors datePlease review the upcoming County Board of Supervisors agendas at the following webpagehttp rivcocobcomagendasand minutes to determine when this project is scheduled

Attached is the Form 11 outlining the recommendations to the Board of Supervisors that isintended to supplement the staff report provided previously If you wish to review conditions ofapproval to verify changes which may have been made at previous public hearings pleasecontact your planner or visit the following website http wwwrctlmaorqonlinedefaultaspxOne at the site click on the Planning Case Conditions of Approval line type in the casenumber such as TR12345 PP12345 CUP12345 or PM12345 as an example then clickon the Submit button Once the information loads up youll be able to view all therecommended conditions of approval

Sincerely

RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENTJuan C Perez Interim Director

Matt Straite Project Planner

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Engineer TB Planning 17542 East 17 Street Suite 100 Tustin CA 92780

Attachments Form 11

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