DATE: May 7, 2025
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 PL18-0118 (Site Approval), PL18-0119 (Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 20071), PL18-0120 (Site Approval), and PL19-0011 (Special Conditional Use Permit).
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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, in large part, below the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) 566-foot elevation 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 so that the floor of each building is built above the 566-foot elevation. The applicant is required to acquire all necessary permits and approvals from the USACOE 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
Following the initial approval of land use entitlements by the Planning Commission, the City's Zoning Code grants the Director of Development Services authority to approve three one-year time extensions for a Site Ap...
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