Joshua Tree GPA and Zone Change
Summary
SCH Number
2025041298
Lead Agency
San Bernardino County
Document Title
Joshua Tree GPA and Zone Change
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant/JT Commercial & JT Multiple Residential/Commercial & Medium Density Residential
Document Description
A General Plan Amendment/Policy Plan Amendment to adjust the
boundary between Medium Density Residential 5-20 du/ac (MDR) and Commercial (C) and corresponding Zone Change to adjust the boundary between Joshua Tree/General Commercial-Sign Control Primary (JT/CG-SCp) and Joshua Tree/Multiple Residential (JT/RM) within a parcel.
The proposed Project consists of a General Plan Amendment (GPA)/Policy Plan Amendment and corresponding Zone Change (ZC) within the subject property (APN 0602-371-06). The Project site occupies 40 gross acres of undeveloped land in the unincorporated community of Joshua Tree, San Bernardino County, California. San Bernardino County is the lead agency for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and for considering the GPA and ZC applications. Currently, the Project site is dual-zoned for residential and commercial development. Seven acres on the south side is designated as Commercial (C) and zoned as Joshua Tree/General Commercial-Sign Control Primary (JT/CG-SCp). The remaining 33 acres of the site is designated as Medium Density Residential 5-20 du/ac (MDR) and zoned as Joshua Tree/Multiple Residential (JT/RM). The proposed GPA and ZC will increase the area under the Commercial land use category and JT/CG-SCp land use district (zoning) from 7 acres to 16 acres, and decrease the area under the MDR land use category and JT/RM zoning from 33 acres to 24 acres on the subject site. Details are shown in Table 1 below and in Exhibits 4 and 5. The GPA and ZC for the
subject site have been requested following the completion of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepared for Joshua Tree Creek, which was approved on March 21, 2023 (see Appendix D). The proposed boundaries of the commercial and residential land uses correspond to the approved realignment of the creek. Details on the LOMR are explained below under existing site conditions and shown in Exhibits 6 and 7.
Contact Information
Name
Nicole Criste
Agency Name
Terra Nova Planning & Research, Inc.
Job Title
Consulting Firm
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Name
Eric Kleinhub
Agency Name
Pacific Transwest Realty
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Ron Cruz
Agency Name
San Bernardino County Land Use Services
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Joshua Tree
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Sunset Road and Twentynine Palms Highway
Total Acres
40
Parcel #
060237106
State Highways
62
Railways
N/A
Schools
Joshua Tree Elementary
Township
1N
Range
6E
Section
28
Base
SBBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Other (No Proposed Development )
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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