Springbrook Heritage Alliance v. City of Riverside CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

The City of Riverside approved the construction of a 300,000-plus square foot

warehouse (the project). In response, Springbrook Heritage Alliance filed a petition

under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) challenging the project.

Springbrook argued that the City erroneously approved the project after adopting a

mitigated negative declaration (MND) instead of conducting an environmental impact

report (EIR). The trial court denied the petition.

Springbrook appealed. After we issued a tentative opinion but before we held oral

argument, the parties informed us that they had reached a settlement. The parties then

stipulated to dismissing the appeal with various terms. We exercise our discretion to

dismiss the appeal without reaching the merits.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Project

The project’s location is a 15.9-acre, four-lot site on Center Street in north

Riverside along the City’s border with the City of Colton. There is a soccer field to the

southwest of the project site. The Trujillo Adobe, a Riverside County Landmark, a State

of California Point of Interest, and a Historical Landmark, is about 930 feet to the east.…