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Ridgecrest planning commission recommends rezoning of North Down Street parcel to neighborhood commercial

3095088 · April 23, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend changing a privately owned parcel on North Down Street from RSP (public use) to Commercial Neighborhood; two tentative tract map items for College Heights were continued to May 27.

The Ridgecrest Planning Commission voted 3-0 to recommend that City Council change the zoning of a privately owned parcel on North Down Street (APN 45301409) from RSP (recreation, schools and public use) to Commercial Neighborhood. The public hearing opened at 6:03 p.m. and closed about 10 minutes later.

Staff said the rezoning would align the parcels zoning with the citys general plan and allow the owner to use the property for retail and neighborhood commercial uses. Planning staff said the parcel had been zoned for public use at some point in the past, likely because an adjacent parcel is district-owned, but is privately owned now.

Planning staff member Heather Fairlock said the site meets the zoning rules for Commercial Neighborhood, including the minimum lot size and frontage standards staff cited: no less than 6,000 square feet, at least 60 feet of frontage on the arterial and a…

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