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County of Riverside General Plan Temescal Canyon Area Plan County of Riverside General Plan Temescal Canyon Area Plan COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE Transportation and Land Management Agency 4080 Lemon Street, 12th Floor Riverside, CA 92501-3634 Phone: (951) 955-3200, Fax: (951) 955-1811 General Plan Amendment adopted since October 2003: [GPA 716, 717; BOS RSLN 2005-156; 05/03/05] [GPA 825; BOS RSLN 2006-462; 12/19/06] [GPA 774; BOS RSLN 2009-358; 12/22/09] [GPA 815; BOS RSLN 2010-253; 09/28/10] County of Riverside General Plan Temescal Canyon Area Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS Vision Summary ..........................................................................................................................................................iv Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 A Special Note on Implementing the Vision ........................................................................................................ 2 Location ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Features ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Setting ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Unique Features ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Cleveland National Forest .................................................................................................................................... 9 Prado Basin/Santa Ana River ............................................................................................................................... 9 Temescal Wash .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Unique Communities .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Coronita .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Home Gardens .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Green River ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 El Cerrito ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 Interstate 15 Corridor ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Incorporated Cities .................................................................................................................................................. 11 City of Corona .................................................................................................................................................... 11 Land Use Plan ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Land Use Concept ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Policy Areas ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Policy Areas ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 Design Theme .................................................................................................................................................... 23 El Sobrante Landfill ........................................................................................................................................... 24 East Temescal Hillside ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Serrano ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Santa Ana River Corridor ................................................................................................................................... 26 Temescal Wash .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Corona Municipal Airport Influence Area ......................................................................................................... 28 Specific Plans ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Land Use ..................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Local Land Use Policies ......................................................................................................................................... 35 Community Centers ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Design & Landscape Guidelines ........................................................................................................................ 35 Mt. Palomar Nighttime Lighting ........................................................................................................................ 36 Circulation .................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Local Circulation Policies ....................................................................................................................................... 39 Vehicular Circulation System ............................................................................................................................. 39 Rail System ........................................................................................................................................................ 40 Trails System ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 Scenic Highways ................................................................................................................................................ 41 Community and Environmental Transportation Acceptability Process (CETAP) Corridors ............................. 41 I-15 Corridor ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 Multipurpose Open Space ......................................................................................................................................... 49 Page ii County of Riverside General Plan Temescal Canyon Area Plan Local Open Space Policies ...................................................................................................................................... 49 Oak Tree Preservation ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Mineral Resource Extraction .............................................................................................................................. 49 Proposed Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan ........................................................................................... 50 MSHCP Program Description ............................................................................................................................ 50 Key Biological Issues ......................................................................................................................................... 51 Hazards ....................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Local Hazard Policies ............................................................................................................................................. 53 Flooding and Dam Inundation ............................................................................................................................ 53 Wildland Fire Hazard ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Seismic ..............................................................................................................................................................
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