The Planning Commission voted unanimously to adopt Resolution PC2025-18 approving the continued operation of an existing warehouse and distribution center at 11296 Harrell Street.

The permit was requested by the property owner to “strengthen” the site's legal, conforming status even though the use had been permitted under earlier county approvals and is currently exempt from a city code requirement to obtain a conditional use permit. "Again, although the CUP is not required for this use, what benefits does the applicant get by going through this unnecessary process?" a commissioner asked during staff presentation. Associate Planner Oscar Estrada replied the CUP would protect the use if the code section that now exempts the site were changed in the future: "...it's really just to strengthen their use. And in the event that that code section ... ever changes in the future, it it it wouldn't affect them."

Oscar Estrada told commissioners the site was originally permitted as part of plot plan PP16686 in February 2006 during the county era; Building B had been split into B North and B South and the subject parcel corresponds to Building B North. He said the project is within the Mira Loma Warehouse and Distribution Center overlay and that the use "meets all the findings" and “will not be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of the community.” Estrada also told the commission the continued operation of the facility is exempt from environmental review under staff-cited Section 15301 for existing facilities.

The applicant's representative, Jonathan Shardlow, said the owner, LBA, acquired the property six months earlier and sought the permit to avoid future entitlement uncertainty. "We're seeking the CUP... it's existing. There isn't any problems... it's been operating since 02/2012," Shardlow said, adding the tenant, a T-shirt and clothing manufacturer, would not change. There were no public comments at the hearing.

After closing the public hearing, a commissioner moved to adopt Resolution PC2025-18; the motion was seconded and passed with no votes opposed. The resolution authorizes the continued legal operation of the warehouse and distribution use under the terms described in the staff report.

Key documents and authorities cited during the hearing included Plot Plan PP16686, Ordinance 2012-10 (cited by staff as containing the code language that allows some previously approved uses to be exempt from CUP requirements), and a staff-referenced environmental exemption under Section 15301. No follow-up studies or additional mitigation measures were required by the commission at the time of the vote.