Planning Commission approves LGT Transport trucking facility at 11708 Pike Street

The Santa Fe Springs Planning Commission on a 5-0 vote approved Conditional Use Permit Case No. 853, allowing LGT Transport LLC to operate a permanent trucking facility for tractor, trailer and tanker parking at 11708 Pike Street.

Staff said the project site is about 1.59 acres in an M2 (Heavy Manufacturing) zone and that the permit is required under the city zoning provisions (Section 155.656). Associate Planner Jimmy Wong told commissioners the project was recommended for approval and found exempt from CEQA under section 15,301, Class 1, as it involves a new operator for an existing facility with no added building square footage.

The permit allows 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation to support industrial-gas deliveries and logistics. Staff presentation and applicant materials state the site will be staffed by one on-site manager and up to 15 drivers (applicant said average on-site presence is about five), can accommodate up to 19 truck-and-trailer units, and provides 12 parking stalls for employee personal vehicles. The site will screen vehicle parking behind a six-foot block wall and add enhanced front landscaping; a temporary office structure previously on site has been removed.

Commissioners questioned discrepancies among the figures for fleet capacity, staffing and stall counts. Commissioner Ayala pressed the applicant to clarify how employee vehicles and tractor-trailer parking would be accommodated given the plan’s stall layout. The applicant’s representative, Justin Maramus, said the 19-unit figure represents fleet capacity while the typical number on-site is much lower: “On average, there are 5,” Maramus said. He added that the company’s tractor and trailer units are never filled on-site: “They’re never filled on-site,” Maramus said, describing the tanks as pressurized when in transport but not filled or stored at the facility.

Commissioners and staff built several conditions into the approval. The commission directed that the approval be limited to the parking layout shown on the approved site plan (that layout will determine the maximum number of trucks and employee stalls), and that staff and the applicant must work to provide an on-site manager facility within one year. Staff also noted the city performs a compliance review after the first year for new CUPs and can return the permit to the commission if conditions are violated.

The commission voted to approve the CUP and adopt Resolution No. 284-2025, with a roll call showing Commissioners Flores, Cervantes, Ayala, Vice Chair Jimenez and Chair Sarno voting aye. The action carries a 14-day appeal period.

The approval includes staff-recommended screening and operational conditions and the standard one-year compliance review; any future proposal to store product on-site (for example, industrial gases) would require a separate permit and additional fire and planning conditions.