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Planning commission approves vacation, maintenance termination for roads at Badlands Sanitary Landfill
Summary
Riverside County Planning Commission approved a request to vacate and terminate county maintenance of several roads within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill in Ritchie Canyon to allow for future landfill facilities and relocation of the site’s fee booth and scales; staff said the action is CEQA-exempt.
Riverside County Planning Commission members on June 25 voted to approve the vacation of existing roads and termination of county maintenance within the Badlands Sanitary Landfill property in the Ritchie Canyon area.
The action, presented by a representative of TLMA Transportation, was described as a county request to clear space at the landfill for future operations and ancillary facilities, including recycling areas and a residential dumping pad. Staff said the planned relocation of the landfill fee booth and vehicle scales is expected to support increased activity at the Badlands site. Staff also advised the commission that the item is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Steven Chaffin, representing TLMA Transportation, summarized the request, saying the vacation and termination of maintenance would “make room for future landfill and ancillary facilities.” The item was noticed as a public hearing; no members of the public spoke on the record. After staff presentation and no public comment, a commissioner moved to approve and another seconded the motion. The commission then approved the action.
Staff did not identify any conditions attached to the vacation during the hearing and did not report any public opposition at the meeting. The item was processed as a consent-calendared public hearing; no additional study or environmental document was required per staff because the action was characterized as exempt under CEQA.
The commission’s approval allows the county and the landfill operator to proceed with the planned site changes described at the hearing. Further administrative steps — such as recordation of the vacation and any standard county filing — were not detailed during the meeting.
