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BALLOT TITLE AN INITIATIVE MEASURE TO AMEND PROPOSITION R, MEASURE C, THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE'S GENERAL PLAN 2025 AND TITLE 19 (ZONING) OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND REPEAL THE RANCHO LA SIERRA SPECIFIC PLAN TO PERMANENTLY PRESERVE THE LA SIERRA HILLS AS OPEN SPACE AND ALLOW RESTRICTED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE LA SIERRA LANDS. BALLOT SUMMARY This initiative measure seeks to amend the City of Riverside's General Plan 2025, amend Proposition R (1979) and Measure C (1987), amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code, repeal the Rancho La Sierra Specific Plan, permanently preserve the La Sierra Hills as public open space, and establish designations for limited residential development and permanent preservation of open space on the La Sierra Lands. The initiative measure seeks to amend Proposition R and Measure C by deleting the area defined as the La Sierra Lands from Proposition R and Measure C. The initiative seeks to amend the City of Riverside's General Plan 2025 by adding the land use designation of Open Space/Natural Resources to the La Sierra Hills, and designating La Sierra Lands as Medium Density Residential. The initiative would also amend various Objectives and Policies in the Land Use and Urban Design Element and the Open Space and Conservation Element to delete references to Proposition R and Measure C as it relates to the La Sierra Lands, to reference this initiative in their place, and to set forth a new vision for the Rancho La Sierra Specific Plan. The initiative seeks to amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code by adding two new zones, a Residential/Open Space Zone and an Open Space Zone. In the Residential/Open Space Zone, which would apply to La Sierra Lands, for each 1.6 acres developed, 1 acre shall be set aside for open space. The Residential/Open Space Zone limits development to no more than an average of 3.0 dwelling units per acre density spread across the entirety of each area zoned Residential/Open Space. The new Residential/Open Space Zone would allow a maximum of 1,950 residential homes on the La Sierra Lands, an increase in allowable density from the current Residential-Agricultural Zone, which allows one dwelling unit per five acres. The Zoning Map of the Riverside Municipal Code would also be amended to designate the entirety of the La Sierra Hills as Open Space Zone and the La Sierra Lands as Residential/Open Space Zone. RECEIVED vIAR 19 2014 City of Riverside ^ity Clerk's Office,