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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-02 Agenda Planning Commission City of Lake Elsinore Planning Commission Meeting Agenda – Final John Gray, Chair Jason Devor, Commissioner Jodi Peters, Commissioner Andrew Pease, Commissioner Meeting Date: December 02, 2025 Public Session: 6:00 PM Cultural Center 183 N. Main Street Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 The City of Lake Elsinore appreciates your attendance. Citizens’ comments, input and interests provide the Planning Commission with valuable information regarding issues of the community. Meeting Information Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, and the agenda is posted 72 hours prior to each meeting outside of City Hall. The agenda and related reports are also available on the City’s website at www.Lake-Elsinore.org. Meetings are conducted in person and streamed online at https://www.lake-elsinore.org/204/Agendas-Minutes. If you are attending the meeting in person, please park in the parking lot across the street from the Cultural Center to assist us in limiting the impact of meetings on the Downtown Business District. Thank you for your cooperation. Public Comments – Addressing the Planning Commission Any person wishing to address the Planning Commission on items not included on the Agenda may do so during Public Comments for 3 minutes. We respectfully ask those interested in addressing the Planning Commission to either submit a request to speak online at https://www.lake- elsinore.org/204/Agendas-Minutes or complete and present a “Request to Speak” form to the Clerk at the meeting. This Form is available on the table located inside the Council Chamber. Members of the public will be called to address the Planning Commission when the item is considered during the meeting. Written Communications If you would like to submit written public comments, you may do so prior to the meeting either by entering them online at the link above or emailing them to the Planning Department at jmatie@lake- elsinore.org. Any written communications or additional documents distributed to the Planning Commission within 72 hours of the meeting will also be made available to the public in accordance with Government Code Section 54957.5. Accessibility Accommodations In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Department at (951) 674-3124, option 1, at least 48 hours before the meeting to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Planning Commission Agenda - Final December 02, 2025 City of Lake Elsinore Page 2 Dream Extreme 2040 is the City’s FIRST long-term strategic plan to assist the City in its pursuit of achieving its vision. The plan is a living document that will be updated regularly and serve as the framework to guide all decision-making over the next 20 years by identifying key Anchors, Aspirations, and Strategies. Our Vision is the City of Lake Elsinore will be the ultimate destination where all can live, work, play, build futures, and fulfill dreams. The Anchors are the City of Lake Elsinore’s unique community assets and opportunities: The Lake, Downtown, and Action and Adventure. • The Lake: Lake Elsinore is a vital community asset. Protecting, enhancing, and celebrating the Lake is critical to Lake Elsinore’s City and community health. • Downtown: Enhancing and creating the highest quality downtown experience will serve to create a strong sense of place that will shape the City’s identity as a place where residents and visitors can live, work, and play. • Action and Adventure: Lake Elsinore’s programs, facilities, and natural environment will define the City as a destination for action and adventure for both visitors and residents. Our Aspirations are broad, long-term goals that encapsulate what we hope to achieve in Lake Elsinore’s future. The City has identified 4 key aspirations to work towards. Items on the agenda that align with Aspirations from the Dream Extreme 2040 Plan are noted by the Aspiration’s icon to highlight City Council actions that help the City pursue its goals. To read the plan and learn more about its implementation in the City, visit www.Lake-Elsinore.org/DreamExtreme2040. Planning Commission Agenda - Final December 02, 2025 City of Lake Elsinore Page 3 CALL TO ORDER The Regular meeting of the Planning Commission will be called to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES (Please read & complete a Request to Address the Planning Commission form prior to the start of the meeting and turn it in to the Clerk. The Chair or Clerk will call on you to speak.) CONSENT CALENDAR 1) Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of November 4, 2025 Approve the Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of November 4, 2025. PUBLIC HEARING(S) 2) Planning Application No. 2025-11 (Tentative Parcel Map No. 39310) – A Request to Subdivide an Existing 81.38-acre Parcel into Two Parcels (35.64 acres and 45.74 acres, respectively) for Financing Purposes Only located South of Sugarbush Lane and East of Cottonwood Canyon Road 1. Find that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (“Common Sense Exemption”); and 2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 39310 TO SUBDIVIDE 81.38 ACRES INTO TWO PARCELS THAT ARE 35.64 ACRES AND 45.74 ACRES IN SIZE FOR FINANCING PURPOSES WITHIN THE CANYON HILLS ESTATES SPECIFIC PLAN LOCATED AT APN 365-230-001. 3) Planning Application No. 2024-04 (Walmart Gasoline Station) – Commercial Design Review and Conditional Use Permit to Establish a New Walmart Gasoline Station and Convenience Store on an Approximately 1.10-Acre Project Site Within the Existing Walmart Supercenter Retail Center Located at 29260 Central Avenue Provide staff with direction to prepare resolution(s) based on the Planning Commission’s action(s) on Conditional Use Permit No. 2024-04 and Commercial Design Review No. 2024-02, and bring back the draft resolution(s) at the next available Planning Commission meeting as a Consent Calendar item of the agenda for adoption. STAFF COMMENTS CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS Planning Commission Agenda - Final December 02, 2025 City of Lake Elsinore Page 4 ADJOURNMENT The Lake Elsinore Planning Commission will adjourn to the next Regular meeting on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 in the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main Street at 6:00 p.m. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING I, Luz Reyes, CMC, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, do hereby affirm that a copy of the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. __________________________ Luz Reyes, CMC Deputy City Clerk