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Planning commission adopts mitigated negative declaration and approves Mead Valley boat showroom permit
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Summary
The Riverside County Planning Commission adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved Conditional Use Permit No. 220001 for a 10,000-square-foot boat showroom in Mead Valley, with mitigation conditions and one comment from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife addressed in the final MND.
The Riverside County Planning Commission on Nov. 19 adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved Conditional Use Permit No. 220001 for a proposed 10,000-square-foot boat showroom on a 4.75-acre parcel in Mead Valley.
Krista Mason, a project planner for the county, told the commission the site is north of Highway 74 and is designated light industrial in the general plan but zoned rural residential. The single-story prefabricated metal building would include an indoor showroom, a conference area, four offices, a shop, and an outdoor display and storage area with roughly 128 boat storage racks and 26 parking spaces, including two ADA and two electric-vehicle stalls. The draft mitigated negative declaration was circulated to the public from Oct. 3 to Nov. 6, 2025; staff said one comment letter was received from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and that responses to that comment were included in the final MND.
Mason told the commission that mitigation measures incorporated into the conditions of approval reduce environmental effects to less-than-significant levels for identified impacts, including air quality, biological and cultural resources, geology, hazardous materials, hydrology, noise and transportation. The applicant accepted the conditions of approval by email and the applicant’s representative, Greg Hahn of Empire Design Group, confirmed concurrence on the record.
With no public speakers on the item, the commission voted to adopt the MND and approve the conditional use permit. The motion passed with a recorded outcome of four yes, zero no (one commissioner recorded absent for the tally in the meeting record).
The approval requires the applicant to comply with the mitigation measures and conditions set out in the staff report. The permit and associated conditions will be enforced through standard county permitting and inspection processes.
The planning commission’s action was procedural; the permit is effective according to the conditions of approval in the staff report and any applicable timelines in county code.
