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350-Unit Trailer Park: Start Here
A proposed project, north of Locust Avenue (Walther x Quincy) would rezone rural hillside land for high-density use and place a package sewage plant uphill from homes.
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Project Summary
A developer is proposing to rezone two rural parcels in East Moreno Valley to allow a 350-unit manufactured housing community, a high-density trailer park in an area currently zoned for low-density residential use.
The proposal, filed as General Plan Amendment GPA240074, would permanently alter the County’s land use map, opening the door for this project and others like it.
Key Concerns
💩 Sewage Treatment on Site
The project is over a mile from the nearest sewer connection. The developer plans to mitigate this by installing an on-site "package" sewage treatment plant. This system would hold the processing of sewage from existing residents uphill.
🔥 Fire Zone Development
The proposed site lies in a designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Packing 350 mobile homes into a wildfire corridor is not just reckless, it’s dangerous. There’s no evacuation plan, second exit, or margin for error.
🏞️ Loss of Protected Habitat
The hills around the project are part of a critical wildlife corridor under the Western Riverside MSHCP. Species like burrowing owls, mountain lions, and local pollinators depend on this open space to survive. It's worth noting that the local donkeys graze this area daily.
🌍 Active Fault Line
Much of the project area sits directly on a mapped earthquake fault zone (Alquist-Priolo zone). Building permanent housing atop seismic hazard zones contradicts state land use policy and common sense.
🌊 Flash Flood Path
The site slopes into a natural drainage basin. During storms, water flows fast through this area, and paving it over increases downstream risk to people, roads, and property.
🧱 Spot Zoning & Procedural Red Flags
The developer seeks to rezone a rural residential parcel to Very High Density Residential (VHD) in a fire zone, without infrastructure, and through a process riddled with technical defects. The area is currently zoned for Very Low Density (VLD) as it is hazard-prone. This would be the most extreme zoning shift possible.
🛣️ And we’re only scratching the surface...
The problems with this project run deep. It’s a high-risk, low-benefit proposal that puts developers first and the community dead last. We’re calling it out, and we hope you’ll stand with us.