CITY OF RIVERSIDE
RIVERSIDE CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT
City of Arts & Innovation
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the City Council of the City of Riverside will hold a Public Hearing regarding the following item:
CASE NUMBER: PR-2025-001793 Zoning Code
Text Amendment CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
Art Pick Council Chamber, City Hall
APPLICANT: City of Riverside 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 LOCATION: Citywide (All Wards) View live webcast at
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting
PROPOSAL: To consider an omnibus zoning code To listen to the public hearing live and cleanup to amend Title 19 Zoning of the Riverside provide comment by phone Municipal Code (RMC), including, but not limited call (951) 826-8686 at 3:00 p.m. to, Articles I Zoning Code Administration,
Interpretation, and Enforcement, V Base Zones MEETING DATE: October 21, 2025 and Related Use and Development Provisions, VII MEETING TIME: 3:00 p.m.
Specific Land Use Provisions, VIII Site Planning CONTACT PLANNER: Clarissa Manges and General Development Provisions, and IX PHONE: (951) 826-5264 Land Use Development Permit E-MAIL: [email protected] 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 DONESIA GAUSE, MMO necessity (PCorN) for overconcentration of City Clerk of the City of Riverside 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 (7) Make other minor, non-substantive changes and technical corrections as required to provide clarity, correct errors, or remove redundancies as necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The Planning Commission recommends finding that this project is exempt from further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review pursuant to Section 15061(b) (3) (Common Sense) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that approval of the project will not have an effect on the environment.
Mail written statements to City Clerk, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522, or via email [email protected]. Comments via eComments feature may be submitted through 11:00 a.m., October 21, 2025, at www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting If you challenge the above proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk of the City of Riverside at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Dated and published: October 8, 2025