Riverside County planner recommends approval of Tentative Parcel Map 38490; hearing officer moves to approve

Riverside County Planning Director and hearing officer John Hildebrand moved to approve staff’s recommendation on Tentative Parcel Map No. 38490 after a staff presentation and brief questioning at the Nov. 17, 2025 director’s hearing.

Jose Luis Aparicio, the project planner, told the hearing that the proposal would subdivide a 110.03-acre parcel in the Santa Rosa Plateau/Duluth policy area into two parcels described in the record as 5.01 and 5.02 gross acres for residential use. He said the site’s general plan designation is “rural mountainous” and that zoning is residential agriculture with a five-acre minimum, with surrounding parcels zoned residential agriculture at larger minimums. Aparicio said staff noticed the project within a 1,500-foot radius and advertised it in the Press Enterprise; staff said it had not received written public support or opposition before the hearing.

Aparicio said staff recommended that the planning director find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15315 and approve Tentative Parcel Map 38490. On the map and site plan displayed at the hearing, Aparicio described the two illustrated pads as conceptual building sites sited to avoid oak trees on the property.

Hearing officer Hildebrand asked whether the parcels fall within the MSACP plan and noted the cell-group identifiers shown in the staff report (Cell Group J, cells 7439 and 7512). He also asked whether the pads shown are the only development footprint or whether more of the property could be used for development; staff responded that the pads are conceptual and are positioned to avoid oak trees.

The applicant came forward at the hearing and was asked to state their name. The record does not capture a clear full name for the person who spoke. When asked whether they had read and agreed to the conditions of approval, the applicant said they had read the conditions and did not have questions.

Hildebrand opened the public hearing, said there were no speakers, closed public comment and stated he would move to approve staff’s recommendation for Tentative Parcel Map 38490.

Votes at a glance

- Approve 2026 director’s hearing calendar — Moved by John Hildebrand; no second or recorded roll-call vote shown in the hearing transcript. - Approve staff recommendation for Tentative Parcel Map No. 38490 — Moved by John Hildebrand; no second or recorded roll-call vote shown in the hearing transcript.

Next steps: The hearing record indicates the hearing officer moved to approve the parcel map based on staff recommendations and the conditions in the record; the transcript does not record a subsequent second, roll-call vote, or an explicit final finding on the record.