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File #: 25-454   
Type: Public Hearings Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/17/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action:
Title: Appeal of Planning Commission action approving the Chino Gateway Terminal Project.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A – Planning Commission Staff Report Packet, 2. Exhibit B – Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-012, 3. Exhibit C – Appeal Application, 4. Exhibit D - SAFER Supplemental Letter, 5. Exhibit E - LSA Response to SAFER Supplemental Letter, 6. Resolution No. 2025-058, 7. Exhibit A to Resolution 2025-058
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TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF CHINO
FROM: WARREN MORELION, AICP, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES


SUBJECT
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Appeal of Planning Commission action approving the Chino Gateway Terminal Project.
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RECOMMENDATION
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1) Conduct a Public Hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-058, denying the appeal and thereby upholding the approval of PL24-0097 (Special Conditional Use Permit), PL24-0098 (Site Approval) and PL24-0120 (Special Conditional Use Permit), based upon the findings and subject to the departmental conditions of approval.
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FISCAL IMPACT
If the project is developed, the City will receive one-time revenues in the form of permit and development impact fees. Ongoing revenues through property and sales taxes will also be generated in the future.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above furthers the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
* Responsible Long-Range Planning







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BACKGROUND
On August 15, 2024, Gateway Terminal LLC (the "Applicant") submitted a Site Approval (SA) (PL24-0098) and two Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) (PL24-0097 and PL24-0120) applications to construct the Chino Gateway Terminal Project ("the Project) consisting of a 158,548 square foot industrial warehouse building and a 3,540 square foot food and beverage building with an outdoor dining area, located on 7.35 acres of land within the Light Industrial (M1) zoning district at the southwest corner of Schaefer Avenue and Oaks Avenue. The site is the current location of Gateway Karis Church that will be relocated to the College Park community once their new church building is constructed at the northwest corner of Eucalyptus Avenue and Satterfield Avenue. In compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an Addendum ...

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