For the Economic Development Committee Meeting [October 23, 2019]
TO: Honorable Economic Development Committee Members
REVIEWED BY: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Daniel Casey, Senior Planner
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Consideration of an amendment to Table 8 (Permitted Uses Non-Residential Designations) of the Rialto Airport Specific Plan establishing the requirement of a Conditional Development Permit for all new "storage warehouse" developments within the Planned Industrial Development (I-PID) zone of the Rialto Airport Specific Plan.
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LOCATION:
All land zoned Planned Industrial Development (I-PID) within the Rialto Airport Specific Plan (Exhibit A).
BACKGROUND:
On November 18, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1269 approving the Rialto Airport Specific Plan and certifying the Final EIR. The Rialto Airport Specific Plan was the 6th Specific Plan adopted by the City of Rialto encompassing approximately 3,131 acres of land, prior to the adoption of the Renaissance Specific Plan. The Airport Specific Plan project area was 'L' shaped, with boundaries set by Casa Grande Drive, Mango Avenue, Palmetto Avenue, Baseline Road, Cactus Avenue and the east side of Locust Avenue extending north to Riverside Avenue.
Upon adoption of the Rialto Airport Specific Plan, certain non-residential uses such as administrative offices, health clubs, storage warehousing, and light manufacturing, within the I-PID (Planned Industrial Development) zone were permitted by right, while other uses such as storage yards, were conditionally permitted.
However, due to the proximity of some I-PID zoned properties to residential uses beyond the Rialto Airport Specific Plan, several members of the Planning Commission expressed a desire to have storage warehouses be conditionally permitted rather than permitted by right. On September 11, 2019, the Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend initiation of an amendment to the Rialto Airport Specific Plan to establish the requirement of a...
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