Corona planning commission denies re‑entitlement of 103‑home tentative tract map amid safety and outreach concerns

The City of Corona Planning and Housing Commission voted unanimously to deny the re‑entitlement of Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 37,895, a proposal to subdivide 61.6 acres into 103 single‑family lots, following a public hearing that highlighted safety concerns, incomplete neighborhood mitigation and disputed outreach by the applicant.

The commission’s action reverses an earlier 2014 approval that had expired after the prior developer did not record the map. Planning Manager Sandra Venain told commissioners the current applicant seeks to re‑entitle the subdivision as a gated community with lot sizes ranging from about 12,000 to 33,383 square feet and a density of about 1.67 dwelling units per acre. The map would require multiple public improvements, including construction of Laurel Canyon Way frontage to city standards, restriping and no‑parking on Old Temescal Road, fair‑share payment toward a traffic signal at Rimpole Avenue and Old Temescal Road, construction of a traffic signal at Ontario and State Street prior to map recordation, and the construction of Shadow Valley Drive to Riverside County standards before project opening.

The project drew sustained opposition from nearby residents and local businesses at the hearing.…