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Council upholds grading exception for single-family pad in Alessandro Arroyo over neighborhood opposition

Riverside City Council · August 19, 2025
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Summary

Council upheld a community and economic development director's approval of a grading exception to allow a 26,220-square-foot building pad within portions of the mapped Alessandro Arroyo and its 50-foot setback for a proposed single-family residence, after staff cited site constraints and a biological assessment concluding consistency with the MSHCP.

The City Council on Aug. 19 upheld a Community and Economic Development director's decision to grant a grading exception that allows the partial grading of a building pad within the mapped Alessandro Arroyo and the associated 50-foot arroyo setback for a proposed single-family residence on a 17.59-acre parcel north of Wyndham Hill and Chartwell Drive.

Planning staff explained the site is encumbered by two USGS blue-line streams that bisect the parcel and that approximately 98.5% of the property lies within the arroyo and setback. The applicant proposed a…

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