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Commission instructs staff to pursue city council discussion on limiting new warehouses near freeways
Summary
After deliberations on Oct. 14, the Planning Commission directed staff to take to City Council a proposal that would prohibit future new warehouse/logistics facilities in Redlands while allowing existing permitted warehouses to remain, and to consider state buffer and routing requirements in draft code changes.
The Planning Commission on Oct. 14 directed staff to take to City Council a recommended approach that would block future new warehouse/logistics developments in Redlands while preserving existing permitted warehouse uses, following an extended staff presentation, commissioner questions and public comment.
Planner Brian Foote opened the item with a 20-year development analysis showing roughly comparable warehouse square footage built inside the City of Redlands and in adjacent unincorporated areas. Foote reviewed the city's Warehouse Ordinance (No. 2955), which applies to logistics/warehouse uses with a threshold defined in local code (50,000 square feet or facilities with six or more truck docks) and discussed categories of standards: site…
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