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CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />"People Serving <br /> PeTe" <br /> <br />HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ZONING/GENERAL PLAN ISSUES IN ARLINGTON <br /> <br />DATE: June 1, 1999 <br />ITEM NO.: 11 <br /> <br />On September 17, 1998, the Arlington Community Committee completed its review of the Arlington <br />Community Study after a three year effort. This study is an action plan to promote compatible land uses <br />and improve the overall physical appearance of Arlington. In approving the study, it was the consensus <br />of the Committee that the study should be converted into a community plan to give it greater weight and <br />significance as a policy document. On October 13, 1998, the City Council received the draft study and <br />accepted the Committee's request. Since that time, the Planning Department has been delayed in <br />initiating the required formal public hearings due to a number of staff vacancies. In the meantime, I <br />believe it is important to proceed with two zoning/General Plan issues that the Community Study <br />recommends the staff address. <br /> <br />The first area of concern is a segment of land on both sides of Van Buren Boulevard, between Magnolia <br />Avenue and the Riverside Freeway. This area is designated in the General Plan for Office uses, <br />however, the existing zoning on the parcels is C-2 (Restricted Commercial). There is a need in this area <br />to consider rezoning these parcels to an appropriate office zone and reflect the new alignment of <br />Primrose Street easterly of Van Buren Boulevard in this zoning pattem. <br /> <br />A second area of concem is land presently zoned C-3 (General Commercial) along both sides of <br />Magnolia Avenue, west of Roosevelt Street. This zoning designation allows a wide range of heavy <br />commercial uses of both an indoor and outdoor nature, such as repair garages and automobile sales lots <br />as a matter of fight. The extensive work done on the Arlington Community Study, and the work <br />underway with the Magnolia/Market Corridor Study strongly suggests this area be placed in a less <br />intensive commercial zone. With the County looking toward the reuse of its old County Hospital site, <br />renewed interest in the development and redevelopment of nearby properties can be expected. To avoid <br />potential undesirable development, alternative zoning/General Plan designations should be considered <br />at the earliest oppommity. <br /> <br />One additional item of concem is the former retail nursery on Van Buren Boulevard adjacent to the <br />Van Buren Drive-In south of the Riverside Freeway. Although this property was not included in the <br /> <br />11-1 <br /> <br /> <br />