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Jurupa Valley council debates zoning overhaul to allow Discovery Center fire museum; asks staff for legal analysis
Summary
Councilmembers discussed initiating a general-plan and zoning amendment for the 68‑acre Jurupa Valley Discovery Center to allow a Cal Fire museum and other nonprofit uses, raised concerns about a state-mandated residential overlay, and agreed by consensus to have staff return with legal analysis and maps within roughly 30 days.
Planning staff presented an initiation to change the general‑plan land‑use designation and zoning for the roughly 68‑acre Jurupa Valley Discovery Center north of the 60 Freeway so the site’s zoning and general plan would be consistent and to allow new uses, including a Cal Fire museum and related educational offices.
"This is an initiation item," planning staff member Joe said, explaining staff’s recommendation to change the small‑farm portion of the site to public facilities/institutional on the general plan and to rezone the property to commercial office, with a separate overlay to preserve…
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