AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/01/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of Precise Plan 2019-0001, for the review of the site plan, architecture, and landscaping of 15 light industrial buildings totaling 1,074,771 million square feet proposed on 74.80 acres located at the northwest corner of Tom Barnes Street and Temescal Canyon Road, east of Interstate 15, in the Light Industrial designation of the El Cerrito Specific Plan. (Applicant: Patrick Tritz, Latitude Business Park, LLC.)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting PP2019-0001, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
OR
b. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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ANALYSIS:
Project Site Background
The 74.8-acre project site is a former sand mine, closed in 1997 and reclaimed under the terms of a surface mine permit issued in 1978. The project site in addition to the 113.5 acres to the south was annexed to the City in 2001. The City received written verification from the Office of Mine Reclamation dated September 29, 2015, that the mine site previously operated on the project site had been substantially reclaimed in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. Since the project site is fully reclaimed from the previous mining operation urbanized development can now occur on the project site.
The zoning of the project site is Light Industry (LI) of the El Cerrito Specific Plan and the General Plan designation is Light Industry. The Specific Plan further separates the site into two planning areas, Planning Areas 1 and 2, under the LI designation. Planning Area 1 is comprised of 28 acres located along the east side of the I-15 Freeway. Planning Area 2 is comprised of the remaining balance of...
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