Planning Commission recommends rezoning parcels adjacent to Santa Paula Airport from M1 to KO (airport operational); owners raise concerns

The Planning Commission adopted a resolution recommending that the City Council amend the municipal code and zoning map to remove the M1 (manufacturing) zone and rezone several parcels north of and adjacent to the Santa Paula Airport to KO (airport operational).

Staff explained the change is a cleanup step tied to the city’s 2040 General Plan. The 2040 plan removed the industrial/manufacturing land-use designation for the parcels in question and identified airport as the appropriate land-use designation; state law requires zoning designations to substantially conform to the general plan. The KO zone is intended to facilitate airport operations and lists allowed uses such as runways, taxiways, terminal buildings, fuel sales and aircraft services. The KO zone also permits certain commercial or light-industrial…