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Residents urge delay of rezoning for Roselle pasture and other sites in Riverbank housing plan
Summary
Neighbors at the March 31 Planning Commission hearing objected to proposed site-specific rezones that would add eight candidate parcels to the citys housing inventory, citing ownership by MID, lack of mailed notice, wastewater capacity and loss of civic/open-space land; staff said rezoning does not force development and that sites met state site-selection criteria.
Riverbank residents urged the Planning Commission on March 31, 2026, to delay or reject site-specific rezones proposed under item 8.2 of the sixth-cycle housing element, saying several parcels (notably the Roselle pasture) are not demonstrably available for development and that rezoning would change community character without clear infrastructure planning.
Jordan Davidson, a neighbor of the Roselle parcel, told the commission that the parcel "is owned by MID and is expected to remain in agricultural use until they decide at some unknown point to sell or develop it," and argued the parcel should not be counted as an available…
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