Emerald Acres Specific Plan

Emerald Acres Specific Plan

The proposed Project consists of applications for General Plan Amendment, Change of Zone, Specific Plan, and Tentative Tract Map. Approval of these applications would allow for development of the 335-acre subject property with four residential villages (up to 391 dwelling units) and one commercial planning area (5 acres), as well as a series of planning areas that provide for open space, recreation, and public facility uses. The Project applicant is seeking a General Plan Amendment to change the Riverside County General Plan and Harvest Valley/Winchester Area Plan land use designations for the 335-acre project site from Low Density Residential (LDR), Rural Mountainous (RM), Medium High Density Residential (MHDR), and Commercial Retail (CR) to the land uses as reflected in the Specific Plan including Medium Density Residential (MDR), High Density Residential (HDR), Commercial Retail (CR), Open Space – Recreation (OS-R), Open Space – Conservation Habitat (OS-CH), Open Space – Conservation (OS-C), and Public Facilities (PF). The Project applicant is seeking a Change of Zone to change the zoning classifications of the site from Controlled Development Areas (W-2) and Heavy Agriculture, 10-acre minimum (A-2-10) to Specific Plan, establish a Specific Plan zoning ordinance that will include the permitted uses and development standards for each Planning Area of the Specific Plan, and establish the Planning Area boundaries of the Specific Plan.

Riverside

Countywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Highway Patrol (CHP)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Highway Patrol (CHP)

Residential (Units 391, Acres 75.2), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 199874, Acres 5, Employees 140), Recreational (6.6-acre park, 3.2 acres of recreation areas, 2.2 acres of trail)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire