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Riverside County hearing officer approves disguised 70-foot wireless tree at Lake Matthews site
Summary
The Riverside County planning director approved Plot Plan Wireless 220005 for a 70-foot disguised mono eucalyptus facility on a 10-acre parcel in the Lake Matthews area, finding the project exempt from CEQA under a Class 3 exemption and adopting conditions of approval; no written opposition was reported.
The Riverside County planning director, acting as hearing officer, approved Plot Plan Wireless (PPW) 220005 on Sept. 15, 2025, authorizing a 70-foot tall disguised mono eucalyptus wireless facility on a 10-acre parcel in the Lake Matthews/Woodcrest area subject to the conditions and findings in the staff report.
Planning staff said the unmanned facility would sit within a roughly 900-square-foot lease area on property owned by the Peltzer family and that landscaping would be provided around the lease area to buffer the site.
The decision matters because the facility is within a rural residential general-plan designation and a light agriculture zoning district (A-1-10). Staff recommended the hearing officer find the project exempt…
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