Downtown Main Library
Summary
SCH Number
2011081094
Lead Agency
City of Riverside
Document Title
Downtown Main Library
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Main Downtown Library/Downtown Specific Plan - Raincross District/Downtown Specific Plan
Document Description
The proposed Project involves the demolition of the existing Downtown Main Library as well as removal of the existing open space plaza located in front of the library. A new and expansed Downtown Main Library anticipated at approximtately 100,000 square feet will replace the exisitng Downtown Main Library building, parking and entry plaza area.
The Project site is fully developed and currently occupied by a 61,420 square foot library and an approximately 32,000 square foot surface parking lot. The Downtown Main Library is typical of the New Formalism style of architecture. The Library is square and symmetrical in plan, sitting on a broad wide base, topped by a wide overhang of the flat roof that acts like a comice with sculptural concrete screen, tan colored brick walls and still has the original light fixtures. The main (southwest facade is marked by a curved plate canopy over the entrance.
Contact Information
Name
Diane Jenkins
Agency Name
City of Riverside
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
Bounded by Orange St., Mission Inn Ave., Sixth Street & Lemon Street
Zip
92501
Total Acres
2.3
Parcel #
213-232-004, 213-232-005 and 213-232-006
State Highways
SR 91
Railways
AT&SF, Metrolink
Airports
Flabob
Schools
numerous
Waterways
Santa Ana River, Riverside Canal, Gage Canal
Township
2S
Range
5W
Section
23
Base
San Bern
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Other Agency(ies), Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Demo and rebuild of larger Main Downtown Library with parking)
Local Actions
Certificate of Appropriateness
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.