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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Rialto public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
QuickQuack car wash at Baseline Road and Riverside Avenue
A new automated car wash is coming to the old Bank of America site in the North Rialto shopping center. It brings jobs and a service residents use, but required a big setback exception and raises questions about traffic and water use.
Fairfield by Marriott hotel at Alder and Renaissance Parkway
A vacant 2.6-acre corner near the freeway will get a four-story, 95-room hotel. It should bring jobs and visitors and replace empty land with landscaped improvements.
CFD 2016-1 Annexation No. 9 (Haven Paseo)
The 81-unit Haven Paseo condo project at Foothill and Spruce was formally annexed into the special tax district that funds extra police and fire services for new development — about $2.68 per unit annually per dollar of assessed value.
Larch Avenue Industrial Project and school district concerns
A new small warehouse is coming to an already-industrial stretch of Larch Avenue. The school district flagged fees, traffic, and safe routes to school — the approval requires fee payment and frontage safety improvements.
Subdivision of 5.93-acre residential parcel on North Eucalyptus Avenue
A longtime homeowner wants to split his 5.93-acre property so he can separate his house from vacant land and finance the property. The split keeps the residential character of the area, with no new homes planned right now.
157 South Sycamore permitting dispute
A homeowner told the council she bought a property in 2023 she was told had three legal units, then found the city had no records of them. She's spent over a year without rent income and now faces a demand to demolish more than half the property; the mayor referred her to Community Development Director Christina Taylor.