City planning staff and an applicant presented a request Oct. 1 to change the future land use and rezone the property at 606 South Hawthorne to light industrial so the existing warehouse use would be permitted.

June Son, planner, said the property’s current future land use is mixed use and commercial and that the requested future land use is industrial; "per the OCPA, the existing building of warehouse was built in 1977," Son said, and the building is a grandfathered industrial use under earlier rules. Son noted the property abuts residential uses in the mixed‑use downtown area and that planning staff had requested any conceptual development plan and a traffic impact analysis (TIA).

Sean Abion, an engineer with Thomas & Hutton representing the property owner, said the owner, Rolando Hista, owns three parcels and the rezoning would apply to roughly five acres of a larger, family‑owned parcel. Abion said the owner is not an outside developer and described the request as an effort to make the zoning consistent with the industrial zoning on adjacent property. Abion asked that staff accept a comparative analysis prepared by the project civil engineer rather than a full TIA by a traffic engineering consultant, saying that "the current use has a higher traffic generation than what we're proposing."

Bill (transportation coordinator) told the applicant that the land‑development code triggers a TIA at 400 daily trips, regardless of zoning, and that "if there were an existing use on the property, they could take into account that traffic and subtract it to whatever new business they put on." He advised the applicant that a formal TIA follows the code threshold and would be required if the net new trips exceed 400 per day.

June Son said she would check whether a draft impact analysis is also required by the comprehensive plan and would follow up with the applicant and DRC. No formal action or vote was recorded; staff closed the discussion by requesting the additional traffic information and any conceptual development materials.

The applicant indicated willingness to provide a comparative trip analysis showing existing traffic and projected trips for the proposed industrial uses, and staff said they would confirm whether a full TIA is required under the code or comprehensive‑plan provisions.