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Welcome to the Planning Department
Riverside County, like a quilt, is a composite of differing lifestyles connected together through common strands. The County's General Plan is designed to ensure that the quilt retains its core identity by guiding future growth that respects the diversity of the region, shapes and configures development in relation to the land it occupies and ensures that its various parts relate to its whole.
It is the goal of the Planning Department to provide timely, responsive and helpful service to all members of the public and promote innovative development that effectively accommodates a balance of housing, employment, and service opportunities.
Ron Goldman, Planning Director
What's New
NEW DBF CASE PROCESSING AGREEMENT
Effective January 1, 2010: To ensure that property owners and applicants are fully informed on deposit-based fee requirements, the Transportation Land Management Agency (TLMA) will be requiring that property owners and applicants sign a LAND USE and PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESSING AGREEMENT at the time of submittal for all DBF applications.
Land Use & Permit Application Processing Agreement
AUTOMATIC TWO YEAR EXTENSION - AB No. 333
Assembly Bill No. 333
See the attached Memorandum for additional information and how this may affect your approved tentative map!
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS BY TELEPHONE
The County of Riverside is proud to announce that effective Wed., July 15th; we will be accepting Visa & MasterCard transactions by phone. Please phone our Desert office at: 760-863-8271 to complete your credit card transactions.**
Please have all project/permit information ready.
** We DO NOT accept credit cards for: Mitigation Fees, Security Deposits/Bonds, Code Enforcement Fees, Encroachment Fees, Business License Fees, Some Transportation Permits (oversize loads), Paper Prints, GIS Reports and Maps, Building & Safety Records, (All Oasis Receipts)
WINE COUNTRY VISION 2020
PROJECTS WITHIN THE WHITEWATER RIVER WATERSHED
EFFECTIVE: JUNE 15, 2009
The County of Riverside Planning Department will begin requiring certain projects* submitted for discretionary approval within the Whitewater River Watershed to submit a project-specific Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) for review and approval. The Whitewater River Region encompasses the Coachella Valley and the eastern portion of the Banning Pass.
*Read more (pdf)
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ELEMENT
As part of the 2008 General Plan 5-Year Review and Update Project, Riverside County is proposing a new optional Element to its General Plan, the Healthy Communities Element.
The County Planning Department has partnered with the Department of Public Health to develop this welcomed addition to the Riverside County General Plan. The Healthy Communities Element will provide a framework for translating the General Plan vision for a healthy Riverside County into reality. The Draft Healthy Communities Element of the General Plan can be found on the Riverside County Public Health’s webpage at: http://www.rivcoph.org/Draft_HCE.html
VISTA SANTA ROSA LAND USE CONCEPT PLAN
On June 17, 2008, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the proposed Vista Santa Rosa Land Use Concept Plan for inclusion in the County's 2008-09 General Plan update proposal, and to provide guidance for development proposals in Vista Santa Rosa, prior to the adoption of the GP update, expected to occur in December 2009. The VSR plan will be included in the General Plan update Environmental Impact Report and public hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, all expected to occur during 2009, thereby providing opportunities for public review and input, prior to its adoption with the GP update. To view the proposed VSR Land Use Concept Plan, see links below.
VSR Land Use Concept Plan Text (pdf)
VSR Land Use Concept Plan Map (pdf)
Table 2A - ALUC Basic Compatibility Criteria (pdf)
NEW COMMUNITY GUIDELINES - IN PROGRESS
The Riverside County Planning Department is currently in the process of developing community specific visions and design guidelines for several unique Riverside County communities.
Current communities in focus are:
- Anza
To view the current draft community guidelines for these areas, please visit:
Community Guidelines in Progress page
Major Projects In Process
Peaker Plant Power Facility - Fact Sheet (PDF)
SMP 213 Project Information Page
SP375 Project 
Last updated: December 7, 2009
Please be advised that due to today's snowfall, tonight's (December 7th, at 7:00 p.m.) community meeting at the Idyllwild Town Hall regarding the Historic Resources Survey and potential Historic Preservation District has been CANCELLED. The meeting will be rescheduled for a later date, most likely after the first of the year, following the holidays. Please refer to this post in the future for information about when the meeting will be rescheduled, and for other project updates as they become available.
You may review the Historic Resources Survey, dated September 30, 2009, and prepared by a consultant to the County, LSA Associates, Inc., by clicking the following links (see in particular the survey's executive summary on Pages i-ii, its recommendations on Pages 49-50, and a map in the document showing the boundaries of the potential historic preservation district on Page 48). You may also review a "hard copy" of the Historic Resources Survey at the Idyllwild Branch Library, located at 54185 Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild, beginning Saturday, November 28, 2009.
Historic Resources Survey Report - September 30, 2009 (6MB / PDF)
Appendix A (8.5MB / PDF)
Appendix B (26KB / PDF)
Appendix C (9.5MB / PDF)
Appendix D (20.3MB / PDF)
For questions about the Historic Resources Survey, please call Ms. Leslie Mouriquand (County Archaeo-logist), Riverside County Planning Department, at (760) 393-3411, or click here to email her, or call Mr. Keith Herron (County Historic Preservation Officer), Riverside County Park and Open Space District, at (951) 955-4558, or click here to email him. For additional information about the December 7th community meeting, please call Mr. Jerry Jolliffe, Deputy Planning Director, of the Planning Department, at (951) 955-2234, or click here to email him.
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