Required findings.
Riverside Municipal Code § 19.785.040
in effect19.785.040 - Required findings.
The Planning Commission may approve a traffic pattern modification measure, including conditions of approval if, from the evidence presented at the public hearing, the following written findings can be made:
A. The measure will provide for the health and safety of the citizenry and will not substantially impair the rendering of emergency and public services;
B. The measures will not unreasonably interfere with general traffic circulation via the public rights-of-way designated as major and secondary streets in the circulation element of the General Plan;
C. There is sufficient evidence to indicate that one or more of these conditions exist:
1. An abnormally high percentage of traffic is unrelated to the local neighborhood and is merely passing through;
2. Street design or conditions permit excessive vehicular speeds;
3. There is a separate street from the general neighborhood circulation pattern to preserve the unique character or adjacent properties, to encourage pedestrian, equestrian or non-motorized vehicular travel and/or to discourage crime, noise, air pollution, and other hazards to public safety and welfare; and
4. In the case of street closure, a separate factual finding must be made that the street is no longer needed as contemplated by the California Vehicle Code Section 21101.
D. The measures will not unreasonably restrict access to adjacent properties nor impair the constitutionally guaranteed rights of any individual or group. Releases may be acquired as determined by the City Attorney.
E. The measures will not create an unacceptable internal circulation system characterized by any excessively long dead-end or cul-de-sac street, poor aesthetics, poor drainage, difficult maintenance requirements or poor street design geometry.
(Ord. 7331 §114, 2016; Ord. 6966 §1, 2007)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT19ZO_ARTIXLAUSDEPEREPR_CH19.785TRPAMOME_19.785.040REFIFetched: 11/1/2026