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Planning Commission recommends renaming Rivermist Lane to Rivermist Walk in Riverstone subdivision
Summary
The Redding Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Council approve renaming Rivermist Lane and a portion of Lagoon Drive to Rivermist Walk after staff said the change is required when the street becomes private. The recommendation will go to City Council alongside a right-of-way abandonment.
The Redding Planning Commission on Jan. 28 recommended that City Council approve renaming Rivermist Lane and a portion of Lagoon Drive to Rivermist Walk in the Riverstone subdivision.
Planning staff told the commission the renaming is required by the conditions of approval for the subdivision’s planned development and by the municipal code’s naming conventions for private streets. "Per the municipal code, street renamings need your recommendation, planning commission recommendation, for approval to the city council and then the city council approves that via resolution," a planning staff member said. Staff recommended the commission forward the application to council for final action.
The change is linked to a separate but related process to abandon the public right-of-way so the street can become private. Staff said the subdivision’s final map has already been recorded, and the property owner — currently the sole owner of the lots in the area — has applied to rename the street to reflect its forthcoming private status. "So with that, staff's recommending, that the planning commission make a recommendation to the city council to approve the street renaming application for the renaming of Rivermist Lane and a portion of Lagoon Drive to Rivermist Walk," the planning staff member said.
Under the municipal code, private streets must end with certain suffixes such as "Trail," "Path," "Trace" or "Walk." Staff also noted that the physical sign for the private street will include an abbreviation to indicate its private status ("PVT.") to reduce confusion if a similar public street name exists nearby.
The commission opened the public hearing and, with no members of the public speaking, closed it. "Seeing no 1 to share, I'll close the public hearing and bring it back to the commission for questions, comments, or a motion," Chair Minor said. A commissioner moved to follow staff’s recommendation, another commissioner seconded, and the commission approved the recommendation unanimously. "All in favour? Aye. Any opposed? None," Chair Minor said.
The recommendation will now be considered by Redding City Council, which must adopt a resolution to finalize the street renaming and separately approve the abandonment of the public right-of-way to allow the street to be private. Staff told commissioners the renaming was determined to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the common-sense exemption because the name change would have no effect on the environment.
No public comments were recorded on the renaming during the commission hearing.
