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Planning commission tentatively approves 36-unit Columbia Avenue apartment project after neighbor objections on parking and scale
Summary
After public comment raising neighborhood character and parking concerns, the commission voted 4–0 Feb. 18 to tentatively adopt staff recommendations for a Mitigated Negative Declaration, General Plan Amendment (GPA 2200007), Change of Zone (CZ 2200028) and Plot Plan 22032 for a 36-unit development on Columbia Avenue in the 3rd District.
Riverside County planning commissioners on Feb. 18 tentatively approved staff recommendations for a proposed 36-unit apartment development on Columbia Avenue in the 3rd District, after hearing resident objections about parking, neighborhood character and pressure on local services.
Project planner Jose Luis Aparicio summarized the proposal (GPA 2200007, CZ 2200028, Plot Plan 22032), describing a 2.4-acre site with four apartment buildings that would yield 36 units with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, 90 parking spaces, three onsite picnic/barbecue areas and 90 parking spaces. Aparicio said the project’s CEQA document is a Mitigated Negative Declaration circulated for public review from Jan. 20 to Feb. 9, 2026; he told commissioners no public comments were received during that review period but staff had received a late letter from a resident that morning.
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