NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled, pursuant to Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. 348, before the RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION to consider a proposed project in the vicinity of your property, as described below:
AMENDMENT TO BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S POLICY NO. B-9 (COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES) AND ORDINANCE NO. 671 (CONSOLIDATED FEES FOR LAND USE AND RELATED FUNCTIONS) – Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) (Commonsense Exemptions) and 15273 (Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges) – Applicant: County of Riverside – All Supervisorial Districts – REQUEST: Amend Board of Supervisor's Policy No. B-9 (Commercial Cannabis Activities), by removing references to cannabis operator's baseline and secondary community benefit fees. Amend Ordinance No. 671 (Consolidated Fees for Land Use and Related Functions), by adding references to cannabis operator's baseline and secondary community benefit fees and changing retail operators from a flat rate based upon square footage, to a sales-based percentage.
TIME OF HEARING: 9:00 am or as soon as possible thereafter
DATE OF HEARING:
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
PLACE OF HEARING: RIVERSIDE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER
BOARD CHAMBERS, 1ST FLOOR
4080 LEMON STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
This meeting will be conducted by teleconference and at the place of hearing, as listed above. Information on how to request to speak remotely is available on the Planning Department website at https://planning.rctlma.org/public-hearings. For further information regarding this project, please contact Project Planner John Hildebrand at (951) 955-3200, or email at planning@rivco.org, or go to the County Planning Department's Planning Commission agenda web page at https://planning.rctlma.org/planning-commission-meetings.
The Riverside County Planning Department has determined that the above-described application is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Planning Commission will consider the proposed application at the public hearing. The meeting documents for the proposed project can be viewed online under the hearing date on the Public Hearing page of the Planning Department website: https://planning.rctlma.org/planning-commission-meetings.
Any person wishing to comment on the proposed project may submit their comments in writing by mail or email, or by phone between the date of this notice and the public hearing; or you may appear and be heard at the time and place noted above. You may participate remotely by registering with the Planning Department at least 24 hours prior to the meeting at: https://rivco.org/constituent-speaking-request. All comments received prior to the public hearing will be submitted to the Planning Commission for consideration, in addition to any oral testimony, before making a decision on the proposed project. All correspondence received before and during the meeting will be distributed to the Planning Commission and retained for the official record.
If this project is challenged in court, the issues may be limited to those raised at the public hearing, described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Director at, or prior to, the public hearing. Be advised that as a result of public hearings and comment, the Planning Director may amend, in whole or in part, the proposed project. Accordingly, the designations, development standards, design or improvements, or any properties or lands within the boundaries of the proposed project, may be changed in a way other than specifically proposed.
Please send all written correspondence to:
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Attn: John Hildebrand
P.O. Box 1409, Riverside, CA 92502-1409
November 2 2025
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