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Council pauses Ramona Plaza parcel map over disputed utility-undergrounding condition
Summary
An appeal by the applicant for Tentative Tract Map 03/1930 (Ramona Plaza) challenged a Planning Commission condition requiring undergrounding of existing overhead utilities. Council continued the hearing to Oct. 14 to allow staff and applicant to draft revised language addressing legal nexus, in-lieu fees and enforceable CC&Rs.
Hemet City Council continued consideration Sept. 23 of an appeal tied to a proposed subdivision of the Ramona Plaza shopping center after hearing legal and practical objections to Condition 22, which requires undergrounding existing overhead utility lines.
Community Development Director Monique Galenese Slater told council the Planning Commission had approved a tentative parcel map on Aug. 19 to subdivide three parcels into 10 parcels on roughly 7.25 acres at the northeast corner of San Jacinto Street and Florida Avenue. Condition 22, she said, requires placement of existing overhead utility lines underground for subdivisions per Hemet Municipal Code Section "80 two-one 172." Staff said the code also provides an in-lieu fee where undergrounding imposes a financial hardship and noted that Resolution No. 4,770 establishes specific in-lieu rates.
The applicant’s attorney, Greg Wyler, told…
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