Oceanside planning commission certifies EIR and approves multi-building Eddie Jones industrial project with reduced truck bays

The Oceanside Planning Commission on Feb. 10 certified the final environmental impact report (EIR) and approved a development plan, conditional‑use permit (CUP) and variance for the multi‑building and truck‑bay reduction alternative (MBTRA) at 250 Eddie Jones Way, adopting the staff recommendation with modifications to reduce heavy‑truck capacity.

The decision, made after an extended staff presentation and more than 30 public speakers, requires the project to be limited to 34 heavy‑truck bays across the four buildings and imposes conditions including a traffic management plan, a facilities management (“good neighbor”) plan with a designated point of contact, and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program (MMRP). The commission voted unanimously on both certifying the EIR and approving the project with the amended truck‑bay limit.

Why it matters: the 31.79‑acre site in the airport neighborhood has a long industrial history and contains contamination that the developer says will be remediated under a California Land Use and Revitalization Act (CLARA) agreement. Opponents argued the project—especially truck traffic—poses risks for traffic congestion on State Route 76 and Bennett Road, air and noise impacts for nearby homes and recreation areas, and evacuation challenges in a very high fire hazard area. Supporters, including the applicant, said the MBTRA reduces impacts compared with an earlier single‑building, 114‑truck‑bay proposal and would bring remediation, jobs and reuse of underutilized industrial land.

Staff presentation and project features Rob Dimaschi, principal planner, told the commission the MBTRA would build four light‑industrial shell buildings totaling about 497,822 square feet with a combined maximum of 56 truck bays as originally analyzed in the EIR (staff recommended the MBTRA as the preferred alternative). Dimaschi said the MBTRA reduced overall building area and truck bays compared with the originally proposed single large…