Torrance council grants appeal to allow ground-mounted solar on Skyline Mobile Home Park open space after public opposition

The Torrance City Council voted in Aug. 2025 to grant an appeal and direct staff to return with a resolution approving a modification to an open-space easement so that ground-mounted solar panels can be installed on part of the Skyline Mobile Home Park property at 2550 Pacific Coast Highway.

The site in question is an undeveloped, irregularly shaped portion of the mobile home park that staff said measures roughly 3.9 acres; the applicant proposed installing ground-mounted solar panels on approximately 1.5 acres of that area. Applicant representatives said the array would include roughly 700 panels, cost about $2 million and be privately funded; project proponents told the council the system would “effectively generate enough energy to power” most of the park in a calendar year.

Staff told the council the Planning Commission previously denied the requested modification (MOD 23‑00010) to a recorded parcel‑map note during a 5–2 vote and referred the decision to the City Council on appeal. Planning staff said the map note recorded in 2014 created an open-space easement for the 3.9-acre area; the easement text recorded with the…