Riverside County Planning Commission, February 18, 2026
Recommends approval: 36-unit apartment complex at Columbia Street, Hemet area, 4-0
What happened
On February 18, 2026, the Riverside County Planning Commission recommended approval of 36-unit apartment complex at Columbia Street, Hemet area (4-0).
The Riverside County Planning Commission approved a 36-unit apartment complex at Columbia Street near Florida Avenue in Hemet, requiring a general plan amendment from medium density to very high density residential and rezoning from split R-3/light agriculture to all R-3.
- Jurisdiction
- Riverside County, CA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- February 18, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Recommends approval, 4-0
- Next step
- Final board vote (pending)
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Vacation of Haskell Road portion for SunLine Transit expansion
General vacation and termination of maintenance of a portion of Haskell Road in Thousand Palms area, requested by SunLine Transit Agency to accommodate their administrative and transit operations facility expansion at 505 Harry Oliver Trail. SunLine acquired a vacant parcel north of Haskell Road, and the road now lies entirely within their property. Transportation, fire, and Coachella Valley Water District had no objections.
- Reservation of easement for existing public utilities; does not affect private rights of ingress or egress
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Key Decisions (3)
Vacation of Haskell Road portion for SunLine Transit expansion
Agricultural Employee Housing Ordinance continued to April 22
36-unit apartment complex at Columbia Street, Hemet area
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Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (2)
SunLine Transit Agency Expansion
Infrastructure
Columbia Street Apartments
Residential
Market Signals (3)
Housing Demand
Staff and commissioners emphasized high housing need in the region,…
Infrastructure
SunLine Transit Agency is expanding its administrative and transit operations…
Sentiment
Resident opposition cited concerns about parking overflow from existing Hemet…
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Zoning terms (6)
42 recorded timestamps
- public hearing (7 timestamps)
- land use (6 timestamps)
- density (11 timestamps)
- residential (12 timestamps)
- zoning (5 timestamps)
- approved (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (3)
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