For Economic Development Committee Meeting September 25, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Christina Taylor, Director of Community Development
AUTHOR: Christina Taylor, Director of Community Development
Daniel Casey, Principal Planner
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Zone Change Recommendations for Industrial-Residential Interface Areas
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DISCUSSION:
Staff was directed by City Council to analyze zoning throughout the City, identify areas of industrial-residential interface and provide recommendations to City Council on potential, alternative zoning designations for the interface areas.
Through this process, staff identified six general areas where there is potential conflict between industrial and residential zoning. They are as follows: Agua Mansa, El Rivino, Gateway, M-1 & M-2 zones in central Rialto, North of 210 (non-Renaissance) and Renaissance. Each of these are shown on the maps included as Attachment A.
Agua Mansa and El Rivino
The Agua Mansa and El Rivino areas are located south of I-10 and extend south, east and west to the City boundaries.
These areas are zoned either Heavy Industrial (H-IND) or Manufacturing (M-1) and are predominately occupied by industrial uses with some legal non-conforming, residential uses scattered throughout.
The western boundary of the Agua Mansa and El Rivino areas are primarily bordered by residentially zoned land from the community of Bloomington which is part of unincorporated San Bernardino County. For both Agua Mansa and El Rivino, most of the industrial zoned land and residentially adjacent land is entitled or developed.
Staff does not recommend making changes to zoning in these areas.
Gateway
The Gateway area is between I-10 and San Bernardino Avenue, extends east to the City's boundary with Colton and west to Spruce and Lilac Avenues.
Zoning in the Gateway area is made up of Retail-Commercial, Freeway-Commercial, Office Park and Industrial Park. Uses include a variety of retail, commercial and industrial uses....
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