Jurupa Valley Council hears strong community opposition to Monte Vista Townhomes study session

The Jurupa Valley City Council took public comment and offered feedback at a Nov. 6 study session on a 51-unit townhome proposal on 4.08 acres at the northeast corner of Limonite (Lamanite) Avenue and Beach Street. The council did not vote; staff presented the project and sought council direction.

Renee Aguilar, Senior Planner for the City of Jurupa Valley, introduced the Monte Vista Townhomes concept and said it was being presented as a study session so council and the public could provide feedback. "Tonight I will be presenting a study session for the Monte Vista townhome project, a 51 unit multifamily dwelling project located at the corner of Lamanite Avenue and Beach Street," Aguilar said. She summarized the application package: a general plan amendment, a change of zone from A1-4 (Light Agriculture with a four-acre minimum) to R-3 (General Residential), a tentative tract map to allow sale of individual units, and a site development permit to construct the townhome community.

Staff displayed the site plan and elevations. The proposal calls for 12 two-story multiunit buildings (ten fourplexes, one fiveplex and one sixplex) with private porches and attached two-car garages. The applicant proposes 102 covered and 42 uncovered parking spaces (144 total), a centrally located park with picnic and barbecue amenities and a fenced dog park on the northern portion of the site. Staff noted a single vehicular access point from Beach Street, that…