Crescent Gardens Cemetery, Conditional Use Permit No. (CUP230002)
Summary
SCH Number
2026080466
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Crescent Gardens Cemetery, Conditional Use Permit No. (CUP230002)
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Very Low Density Residential (VLDR)/Rural Mountainous (RM)
Document Description
The proposed project consists of an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to develop an approximately 85-acre site for a 20,000-plot cemetery with supporting facilities. A total of 46.4 acres of the 85 acre Project site will be developed with the supporting facilities, and 38.6 acres will be preserved as conservation. On-site improvements would include an approximately 5,559-square-foot Ceremonial Cleansing Facility, an approximately 11,079-square-foot chapel, an approximately 2,090-square-foot caretaker residence, an approximately 1,358-square-foot equipment shed, interior private roads, approximately 24.6 acres of burial plots, landscaping and irrigation, an on-site septic system, four water quality/detention basins, and associated utilities.
Contact Information
Name
Krista Mason
Agency Name
County of Riverside Planning Department
Job Title
Project Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Hamid Haque
Agency Name
Muslim Mortuary Cemetery Committee (MMCC)
Job Title
Applicant Contact
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Nicky Cuevas Leber
Agency Name
ICF
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Community of Meadowbrook, within unincorporated Riverside Coun
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
North of Mauricio Street, east of Robert Street, south of River Road
Zip
92570
Total Acres
85
Parcel #
349-170-003 – 349-170-013; 349-170-035; 349-180-002-349-180-008; 349-180-016, 349-180-017
State Highways
74
Schools
Tuscany Hills Elementary School; Earl Warren Elementary School
Waterways
Canyon Lake
Township
05S
Range
04W
Section
22
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Other (Cemetery with supporting facilities)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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