DATE: April 17, 2024
TO: CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FROM: ANDREA GILBERT, CITY PLANNER
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve, by motion of the Planning Commission, a one-year time extension for PL18-0119 (Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 20071).
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BACKGROUND
The applicant, Majestic Realty, received approval by the Planning Commission on May 17, 2021 to develop the southeast corner of Mountain and Bickmore Avenues with two speculative industrial buildings totaling just over two million square feet. The project site is located below the 566-foot flood inundation line for Prado Dam and will involve the import of fill dirt from up to five borrow sites located within the Prado Dam Reservoir area to facilitate development of the project. The applicant is required to acquire all necessary permits and approvals from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) to raise the buildable areas above the 566-foot flood inundation line prior to any grading on the project site.
Applications approved for this project include the following:
• PL18-0118 (Site Approval) for the construction of a 1,168,710 square foot speculative warehouse building on Parcel 1 of the project site.
• PL18-0119 (Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 20071) a request to subdivide the 97-acre project site into two lots with Parcel 1 being approximately 54 acres and Parcel 2 approximately 43 acres.
• PL18-0120 (Site Approval) for the construction of a 914,040 square foot speculative warehouse building on Parcel 2 of the project site.
• PL19-0011 (Special Conditional Use Permit) a request to allow loading doors for the building on Parcel 1 to face Bickmore Avenue.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
Per the Subdivision Map Act and the City of Chino Subdivision Ordinance, approval of a tentative map expires two years after Planning Commission approval if the final map has not been recorded. Majestic Realty has continued to coordinate with the USACOE over the past year on the necessary permits and approvals necessary to raise the buildable areas above the flood inundation line. The applicant is currently working through some final items with the USACOE and is anticipating approvals in the coming year. A one-year time extension is being requested to allow for the additional time to coordinate the final items. If the request for the time extension is approved, approval of PL18-0119 (Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 20071) would expire May 17, 2025. The remaining applications (PL18-0118, PL18-0120 and PL19-0011) requested and received three one-year time extensions to date, which were approved by the Director of Development Services, in accordance with the Zoning Code. Project approval for these applications expires May 17, 2025. Granting a time extension for PL18-0119 would extend the map expiration date consistent with the remainder of the project.
PUBLIC NOTICE
A 10-day notice was mailed to all property owners within a 300-foot radius of the project site. In addition, a notice was published in the Chino Champion on April 6, 2024, and the City posted information on the project on social media outlets. In response to public notice, no comments have been received. The notice exceeds legal noticing requirements.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Majestic Chino Heritage Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2019039133) was prepared for this project pursuant to Sections 15080 through 15097 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and was certified by the Chino City Council on June 1, 2021. The proposed time extension does not include any change to the project and therefore is within the scope of the EIR, which adequately describes the activity for the purposes of CEQA. Additional environmental review is not required.