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REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
To:Honorable Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
From:Damaris Abraham, Community Development Director
Prepared by:Jessica Matie, Administrative Assistant
Date:December 2, 2025
Subject:Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of November 4, 2025
Recommendation
Approve the Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of November 4, 2025.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - 11.04.2025 Draft Minutes
City of Lake Elsinore
Planning Commission Meeting
Minutes – Draft
John Gray, Chair
Michael Carroll, Vice Chair
Andrew Pease, Commissioner
Jason Devor, Commissioner
Jodi Peters, Commissioner
Meeting Date:
November 04, 2025
Public Session: 6:00 PM
Cultural Center
183 N. Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
CALL TO ORDER
The Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Pease led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present:4 - Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; and Chair Gray
Absent:1 - Vice Chair Carroll
PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES
Susan Ferguson was called to speak.
CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Commissioner Peters, seconded by Commissioner
Pease to approve the consent calendar. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye:4 Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; and Chair Gray
Nay:0 None
Absent: 1 Vice Chair Carroll
1.Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of October 21, 2025
Approve the Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of October 21, 2025.
This item was approved on the Consent Calendar.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2.Planning Application No. 2025-09 (Supreme Boxer Boxing Club) – A Conditional
Use Permit (CUP-2025-07) to legalize a 3,000 Square-Foot Boxing Gym within
Suites I and J of an Existing Multi-Tenant Industrial Business Park located at 580
3rd Street
1. Find that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities); and
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO.
2025-07 TO LEGALIZE A 3,000-SQUARE-FOOT BOXING GYM (SUPREME
BOXER BOXING CLUB) WITHIN SUITES I AND J OF AN EXISTING MULTI-
TENANT INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK LOCATED AT 580 3RD STREET (APN:
377-430-038).
The Public Hearing was opened at 6:08 p.m.
Principal Planner Huynh presented the staff report.
Armando Shore, the applicant, was called to speak.
The Public Hearing was closed at 6:13 p.m.
A motion was made by Commissioner Pease, seconded by Commissioner
Peters, to approve staff's recommendations. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye:4 Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; and Chair Gray
Nay:0 None
Absent: 1 Vice Chair Carroll
3.Planning Application No. 2023-06 (Riverside Drive Apartments) – A Residential
Design Review to Develop a 96-unit Multi-family Residential Apartment Complex
and Related Site Improvements on a 4.95-acre Site Located at 32281 Riverside
Drive
1. Find the project is exempt from further environmental review under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act
(Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§21000 et seq.: “CEQA”) and the CEQA Guidelines (14
C.C.R. §§ 15000 et seq.) Section 15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community
Plan or Zoning);
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT RESIDENTIAL
DESIGN REVIEW NO. 2023-05 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WESTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
(MSHCP); and
3. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW
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NO. 2023-05 FOR THE BUILDING DESIGN, ON-SITE AMENITIES, AND
RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PROPOSED 96-UNIT MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED AT 32281 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
(APN: 379-315-033).
The Public Hearing was opened at 6:14 p.m.
Written communication was received from The California Housing Defense Fund
(CalHDF), which was provided to the Planning Commission.
Associate Planner Serna presented the staff report.
Grant Keene and Sydney Marschalk, the applicant representatives, addressed the
Commission.
Jackie Johnson was called to speak.
Sophiann Devan was called to speak.
The Public Hearing was closed at 6:27 p.m.
A motion was made by Commissioner Devor, seconded by Commissioner
Peters to approve staff's recommendations. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye:4 Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; and Chair Gray
Nay:0 None
Absent: 1 Vice Chair Carroll
4.Residential Design Review No. 2024-10 (Tuscany Crest) - A Proposal to Construct
204 Detached Single-Family Residences and Related Site Improvements for
Tentative Tract Map No. 33725 on a 52.7-acre site located within Planning Area 10
of the Ramsgate Specific Plan
1. Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
Section 15162, the proposed project would not have a significant effect on the
environment, and no new environmental documentation is necessary because all
potentially significant effects have been adequately analyzed in an earlier Mitigated
Negative Declaration No. 2006-04 (SCH No. 2006071012) and subsequent
addendum;
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT RESIDENTIAL
DESIGN REVIEW NO. 2024-10 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WESTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
(MSHCP); and
3. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW
NO. 2024-10 FOR BUILDING DESIGNS, ON-SITE AMENITIES, AND RELATED
SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PROPOSED 204 DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 33725 LOCATED IN
PLANNING AREA 10 OF THE RAMSGATE SPECIFIC PLAN AT APNS 349-240-
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043 THROUGH 047, 349-240-006, 349-240-054 THROUGH 055, AND 349-380-
024 THROUGH 025.
The Public Hearing was opened at 6:28 p.m.
Associate Planner Serna presented the staff report.
Kurt Bausback, applicant representative, was called to speak.
There were no public speakers.
The Public Hearing was closed at 6:38 p.m.
A motion was made by Commissioner Peters, seconded by Commissioner
Pease, to approve staff's recommendations. The motion by the following vote:
Aye:4 Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; and Chair Gray
Nay:0 None
Absent: 1 Vice Chair Carroll
5.Residential Design Review No. 2024-09 (Tuscany Crest) - A Proposal to Construct
131 Detached Single-Family Residences and Related Site Improvements for
Tentative Tract Map No. 25475 on an approximately 37-acre Site located within
Planning Area 6 of the Ramsgate Specific Plan
1. Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
Section 15162, the proposed project would not have a significant effect on the
environment, and no new environmental documentation is necessary because all
potentially significant effects have been adequately analyzed in an earlier Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR; SCH No. 88090525) and
Addendum No. 3;
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT RESIDENTIAL
DESIGN REVIEW NO. 2024-09 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WESTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
(MSHCP); and
3. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW
NO. 2024-09 FOR THE BUILDING DESIGNS, ON-SITE AMENITIES, AND
RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PROPOSED 131 DETACHED SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 25475 LOCATED
IN PLANNING AREA 6 OF THE RAMSGATE SPECIFIC PLAN AT APNS 349-240-
034, 349-240-038, 349-240-072, AND 349-240-075.
The Public Hearing was opened at 6:40 p.m.
Associate Planner Serna presented the staff report.
There were no public speakers.
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The Public Hearing was closed at 6:44 p.m.
A motion was made by Commissioner Peters, seconded by Commissioner
Pease to approve staff's recommendations. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye:4 Commissioners Devor, Pease and Peters; and Chair Gray
Nay:0 None
Absent: 1 Vice Chair Carroll
STAFF COMMENTS
Staff had no comments.
CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS
Assistant City Attorney McClendon had no comments.
COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
Commissioner Peters thanked the staff for providing detailed staff reports and expressed her
appreciation for the variety of residential projects that were presented to the Commission at
tonight’s agenda.
ADJOURNMENT
The Lake Elsinore Planning Commission adjourned at 6:46 p.m. to the next Regular meeting on
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main Street at 6:00 p.m.