Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Land Use topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Riverside County hearing officer approves two-lot subdivision in Mead Valley; continues one hearing date to Nov. 10
Summary
On Oct. 20, 2025, Riverside County Planning Director John Hildebrand, acting as hearing officer, approved tentative parcel map 38358 to split a 10.28-acre Mead Valley property into two parcels and approved two consent items; one separate item was continued to Nov. 10, 2025.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — On Oct. 20, 2025, Riverside County Planning Director John Hildebrand, acting as hearing officer, approved tentative parcel map 38358, allowing a roughly 10.28-gross-acre property in the Mead Valley area to be subdivided into two parcels, and approved two consent-calendar items. Hildebrand also continued a separate agenda item to the Nov. 10 director's hearing.
Blanca Bernardino, project planner, told the hearing that "The project site is located in the First District within the Mead Valley area plan." Bernardino said the site is zoned rural residential and is surrounded by rural-community very-low-density residential and rural-residential land uses. Staff described the existing conditions as a single-family dwelling on what would become Parcel 1 and agricultural and single-family residential uses nearby.
Staff said the tentative parcel map would divide 10.28 gross acres into two lots: Parcel 1 at about 5.0 gross acres, which contains the existing single-family residence, and Parcel 2 at about 5.2 gross acres. Bernardino said the two lots exceed the minimum lot-size requirements for the rural-residential zoning classification and that the project obtained clearances through the Developmental Advisory Committee review process. The project was advertised in the Press Enterprise and notice was mailed to property owners within a 400-foot radius; staff reported no written comments of support or opposition.
Planning staff recommended that the hearing officer find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines section 15315 (minor land divisions) and approve tentative parcel map 38358 "subject to the attached advisory notification documents, conditions of approval, and based upon the findings and conclusions provided in the staff report," according to the staff presentation.
Hildebrand opened and closed the public hearing after confirming there were no speakers and then made a motion to approve the item per staff recommendation. Staff indicated the applicant was present and had accepted the conditions of approval listed in the staff report.
Votes at a glance: the hearing officer approved two consent-calendar items at the start of the session — an extension of time for parcel map No. 33729 and an amendment to vacate the Dec. 29 director's hearing date — and agreed to continue agenda item 3.1 to Nov. 10, 2025. No public speakers addressed any of the items. The hearing was adjourned shortly after the public-comment period concluded.
What this means: The approval allows the recordation process for tentative parcel map 38358 to proceed subject to the hearing officer's conditions. The staff recommendation and the hearing officer's actions conclude the county-level discretionary review recorded in the staff report; any subsequent requirements, conditions or clearances listed in that report remain in effect.
