Public hearing for a proposed community event facility in La Quinta.

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:
 
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 250004 (CUP250004) ? Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) ? Applicant: Rich Malacoff ? Engineer/Representative: Josh Breuner, Buena Vista Group ? Fourth Supervisorial District ? Lower Coachella Valley Zoning District ? Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan ? Agriculture: Agriculture (A: AG) ? Location: north of 61st Avenue, west of Jackson Street, southerly of 60th Avenue, and easterly of Monroe Street ? Approximately 38.18 acres ? Zoning: Light Agriculture 10 Acres (A-1-10) ? REQUEST: CUP250004 is a proposal for a Rancho Community Event Facility for up to 500 attendees on the 38.18-acre property of which the event area will only take place within a 14.68 acre portion of the site. APN: 764-290-016.
 
TIME OF HEARING: 10:00 am or as soon as possible thereafter.
DATE OF HEARING: MAY 06, 2026
PLACE OF HEARING: CITY OF LA QUINTA CITY HALL
78-495 CALLE TAMPICO, LA QUINTA, CA 92553

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 Riverside County Planning Department's website at https://planning.rctlma.org/public-hearings. For further information regarding this project, please contact the Project Planner, Yesenia Becerril, at (760) 863-7509, or email at ybecerril@rivco.org, or go to the 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 comments, 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: Yesenia Becerril  
P.O. Box 1409, Riverside, CA  92502-1409
April 15 2026
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