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Board initiates San Jacinto-area foundational general‑plan amendment after resident questions about road and community impacts
Summary
Supervisors approved initiation of a foundational component general‑plan amendment in the San Jacinto/Maidstone area to allow mixed density development; nearby homeowners warned about increased traffic on private roads and potential property-value effects.
Riverside County supervisors on Tuesday approved initiation of a foundational general-plan amendment (GPA 24-016) for land near San Jacinto that would change parts of the site from rural residential to community development (mixed densities), allowing the owner to submit an application for subdivision and development.
The initiation vote, 4-0, requires the applicant to submit a full project application within six months for technical review and public hearings. "The staff recommendation to the board is to please consider whether to recommend this initiation of the foundation component general plan amendment 24016," said Candice Hughes, principal planner for District 5.
A nearby homeowner, John Farquharson, told the board that Maidstone is a mostly five‑acre lot rural community and said about two dozen homes would be within 500 feet of the proposed development. He said neighborhood roads are not built to current county standards and worried that increased cut-through traffic and liability from accidents would directly affect residents. "This large scale development of, you know, medium dense homes, would, you know, certainly take away less privacy," Farquharson said.
The applicant’s project manager said the owner has cleaned up prior on-site dumping and plans include perimeter five-acre lots and a proposed public trail and park to buffer neighbors. Planning staff reiterated that initiation does not authorize grading or construction and that subsequent submittals will trigger fire, transportation and environmental review. The board approved initiation as recommended; the applicant must submit an implemented project within six months.
