Public hearing for a proposed wireless communication facility in Riverside County.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled, pursuant to Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. 348, before the RIVERSIDE COUNTY DIRECTOR’S HEARING to consider a proposed project in the vicinity of your property, as described below:
PLOT PLAN WIRELESS NO. 240011 (PPW240011) – Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) – Applicant: Leticia Smith on behalf of Verizon Wireless – Third Supervisorial District – Romoland Area – Harvest Valley/Winchester, Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plans – Community Development: Commercial Retail (CD:CR) – Location: east of Menifee Road, west of Gunther Road, north of Mountain Avenue, and south of Ellis Avenue – 11.78 Acres – Zoning: Rural Commercial (C-R) – REQUEST: PPW240011 is a proposal to install a unmanned wireless communication facility disguised as a 50-foot-tall faux water tower with twelve (12) panel antennas and associated tower equipment, enclosed within an approximately 800-square-foot lease area with various equipment cabinets and a 30kw back-up diesel generator screened by an eight-foot-high concrete masonry unit (CMU) wall with a gate. APN: 327-100-038.
TIME OF HEARING:1:30 pm or as soon as possible thereafterDATE OF HEARING:MAY 18, 2026PLACE OF HEARING:RIVERSIDE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTERBOARD CHAMBERS, 1st FLOOR4080 LEMON STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
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 Planning Department website at: https://planning.rctlma.org/public-hearings. For further information regarding this project, please contact Project Planner Todd Carpenter at (951) 955-0698, or email at tcarpenter@rivco.org, or go to the County Planning Department’s Director’s Hearing agenda web page at https://planning.rctlma.org/directors-hearings.
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 Director will consider the proposed application at the public hearing. The meeting documents for the proposed project can be viewed online under the hearing date at https://planning.rctlma.org/directors-hearings.
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, select Director’s Hearing. Once you provide the necessary information, you will receive (either by phone or email) confirmation of receipt of your request with the necessary meeting information to join. All comments received prior to the public hearing will be submitted to the Planning Director 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 Director 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 DEPARTMENTAttn: Todd CarpenterP.O. Box 1409, Riverside, CA 92502-1409The Press-EnterprisePublished: 4/27/26