Planning Commission recommends restoring allowance for fuel service stations in mixed-use zoning areas
Riverside County’s Planning Commission has recommended the restoration of motor vehicle fuel service stations as a permitted use in land with MU Mixed Use zoning.A 4-0 Planning Commission vote Wednesday, Jan. 5, with Bill Sanchez absent, recommended that the county Board of Supervisors restore fuel stations as a permitted use contingent upon a conditional use permit. The Planning Commission also recommended that the Environmental Impact Report approved during a December 2016 zoning update sufficiently analyzed the impacts and that no further environmental documentation is necessary.The MU Mixed Use zone and the MUA Mixed-Use Area land use designation are intended to allow for flexibility in land usage and to encourage combinations of business, office, retail and other commercial