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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 22-13 RESOLUTION NO. 22-13 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DRC2022-00053, A REQUEST TO OPERATE AN 85,026 SQUARE FOOT WHOLESALE, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION (MEDIUM) LAND USE IN THE NEO INDUSTRIAL (NI) DISTRICT AT 11601 DAYTON DRIVE; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF—APN: 0229-262-09. A. Recitals. 1. PARAMOUNT LOGISTICS filed an application for the approval of Conditional Use Permit DRC2022-00053, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Conditional Use Permit request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 27th day of April 2022, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application and concluded said hearing on that date. 3. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. This Commission hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution are true and correct. 2. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above-referenced public hearings of April 27, 2022, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The project site is located at the southwest corner of Dayton Drive and Buffalo Avenue; and b. The 16-acre project site is developed with an existing 257,095 square foot rail-served industrial building with 51 dock high doors, 51 trailer parking spaces and 307 passenger vehicle parking spaces; and c. The existing Land Use, General Plan and Zoning Designations for the project site and adjacent properties are as follows: Land Use General Plan Zoning Site Industrial Building Neo Industrial Employment District Neo Industrial (NI) District North Industrial Building Neo Industrial Employment District Neo Industrial (NI) District South Industrial Building Neo Industrial Employment District Neo Industrial (NI) District East Industrial Building Neo Industrial Employment District Neo Industrial (NI) District West Industrial Building Neo Industrial Employment District Neo Industrial (NI) District d. The applicant has requested to operate a Wholesale, Storage, and Distribution (Medium) land use in the Neo Industrial (NI) District. The existing 257,095 square foot building will be divided into two tenant spaces with the applicant (Paramount Logistics) occupying 85,026 square feet and the existing tenant (Mission Foods) occupying the remaining 172,069 square feet. The project site PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-13 DRC2022-00053—PARAMOUNT LOGISTICS April 27, 2022 Page 2 provides the minimum required trailer parking (51) spaces and 307 passenger vehicle parking spaces, which is 180 spaces in excess of the required number of parking spaces; and e. Development Code Table 17.30.030-1 requires that Wholesale, Storage, and Distribution (Medium) land uses over 50,000 square feet in area require Planning Commission approval of a Conditional Use Permit; and f. The applicant proposes operating an 85,026 square foot wholesale, storage, and distribution facility. The business operations consist of transporting cargo containers from the Port of Long Beach and/or the Port of Los Angeles to the facility (or similar), transferring the various packages, boxes, etc. from the containers to separate outbound truck trailers (in an operating environment referred to as a "cross-dock" where there is no long-term storage), and shipping them to their next destination for further processing. The majority of each cargo container's shipment leaves the facility within a week of when it arrives at the facility, i.e. turnover is within about one week. Approximately 20 percent of the product leaving the facility will be shipped directly to the consumer via UPS, FedEx, etc.; and g. The proposed facility will operate 24 hours per day in three shifts (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.) with a maximum of 25 personnel onsite during the largest shift (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). There will be minimal change from the current operations of the entire facility by Mission Foods which currently operates on a 24-hour schedule; and h. The applicant states that the number of trucks and trailers on site will never surpass the number of available dock doors and trailer parking spaces and that the number of trucks and trailers entering should be similar to the current operation with Mission Foods occupying the entire facility. Based on the similarity in business operations, staff determined that a Parking Management Plan was not required at this time. If truck traffic and parking become an issue in the future, a Parking Management Plan may be required to remedy any negative impacts on the surrounding land uses and public infrastructure. 3. • Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above-referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby finds and concludes as follows: a. The proposed project is consistent with the General Plan. The General Plan land use designation for the project site is Neo Industrial Employment District which permits a wide variety of industrial land uses including wholesale, storage, and distribution; and b. The proposed use is consistent with the purposes of the development code and the purposes of the applicable zoning district as well as any applicable specific plans or city regulations/standards. Wholesale, storage, and distribution land uses are permitted within the Neo Industrial (NI) District subject to Planning Commission approval of a Conditional Use Permit; and c. The site is physically suitable for the type, density, and intensity of the use being proposed, including access, utilities, and the absence of physical constraints that would make conduct of the use undesirable. The project site is developed with an existing 257,075 square foot industrial building, that is surrounded by industrial development and is served by existing utilities and includes vehicle access from two adjacent public streets and a rail spur line; and PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-13 DRC2022-00053— PARAMOUNT LOGISTICS April 27, 2022 Page 3 d. The design, location, size, and operating characteristics of the proposed use would be compatible with the existing and other permitted uses in the vicinity including transportation and service facilities. The proposed use is located in an existing industrial building and is surrounded by similar wholesale, storage, and distribution land uses with similar operating characteristics; and e. Granting the permit would not constitute a nuisance or be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare, or materially injurious to persons, property, or improvements in the vicinity and zoning district in which the property is located. The applicant is not proposing any new activities which were not already occurring with the existing tenant beyond subdividing the existing tenant space into two tenant spaces. The proposed business will operate within the confines of the existing number of dock doors and trailer parking spaces that currently exist. All activities will take place on the project site, and the adjacent roadways were designed to accommodate a wholesale use with the level of proposed vehicle trips. Thus, the project is not expected to: 1) create any property damage or nuisance from noise, smoke, odor, dust, vibration, or illumination caused by the use; create hazards to persons or property from possible explosions, contamination, fire or flood caused by the use; or 3) significantly increase the volume of traffic or negatively alter the pattern of traffic; and f. The proposed use will not pose an undue burden on city services, including police, fire, streets, and other public utilities, such that the city is unable to maintain its current level of service due to the use. The proposed is not expected to pose a burden on city services beyond that which is typical for a similarly sized wholesale, storage, and distribution land use. g. The proposed project has been reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The project qualifies as a Class 1 exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 which covers the operation, permitting, and leasing, of existing structures. No changes are proposed to the project site. 4. Planning Department staff determined that the project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The project qualifies as a Class 1 exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 which covers the operation, permitting, leasing, or minor alteration of existing structures. The project involves the operation of an 85,026 square foot wholesale, storage, and distribution land use. No exterior physical alterations to the building are being proposed with the application. Staff finds that there is no substantial evidence that approval of the project will have a significant effect on the environment. The Planning Director has reviewed the Planning Department's determination of exemption, and based on his own independent judgment, concurs with staffs determination of exemption. 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Commission hereby approves the application subject to each and every condition set forth in the Standard Conditions, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL 2022. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-13 DRC2022-00053 — PARAMOUNT LOGISTICS April 27, 2022 Page 4 BY: -� ryan opp, Chairman ATTEST. Matthew R; urris, Secretary, AICP, LEED AP I, Matthew R. Burris, Secretary, AICP, LEED AP, of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 27th day of April 2022, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: DOPP, WILLIAMS, MORALES, BOLING, DANIELS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: