Moreno Valley Council Certifies EIR, Approves 220,390‑Sq‑Ft Business Park Building

Moreno Valley — The City Council on Oct. 7 certified a final environmental impact report and approved amendments to the General Plan and Specific Plan plus a plot plan to allow a 220,390‑square‑foot light industrial building on about 9.96 acres at the southeast corner of Heacock Street and Ironwood Avenue, voting unanimously, 5‑0.

The project, described in staff materials as Building 5 in the Moreno Valley Business Park, would be a single‑story light industrial building with a mezzanine and a maximum height the applicant said is roughly 39 feet. The developer revised the site plan to place loading docks on the east side, screen truck activity from public view, and set the building back between about 71 and 77 feet from public streets with an additional 20‑foot landscape buffer.

“The item before you includes requests for a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment and plot plan,” Community Development Director Angelica Frosolupo told the council during the staff presentation. The staff report…