Planning Commission recommends approval of wireless facilities zoning amendment with screening, anti-graffiti and design-guideline requirements

The Jurupa Valley Planning Commission on an unspecified date voted to recommend that the City Council adopt Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 25004, a comprehensive update to Chapter 9.275 of the Jurupa Valley Municipal Code regulating wireless communication facilities. The commission also determined the adoption is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

City Principal Planner Tamara Campbell told the commission the update was initiated by the City Council in December 2022 to “take a look at the existing wireless communications ordinance and update it and improve its effectiveness and organization.” Campbell said the rewrite aims to balance public and private interests, protect the city from future visual blight and preserve environmental resources while promoting access to advanced wireless services.

The draft ordinance would make most new towers and facilities subject to a conditional use permit and would generally prohibit new wireless facilities in residential, agricultural, scenic highway commercial, open-space preservation and open-space conservation zones and in zones that permit single-family residences. The…