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Cerritos commission split over lifting limit on self-storage; no recommendation sent to council
Summary
A months-long debate ended without a commission recommendation on Development Code Amendment DCA 2025‑3, which would remove the citywide cap of four self-storage facilities. Commissioners split on economic impact, land use and possible size controls; the matter will be reported to the City Council as inaction.
The Cerritos Planning Commission on Oct. 1 did not reach a majority recommendation on Development Code Amendment DCA 2025‑3, a proposal to remove the citywide limit of four self-storage facilities. After extended public hearing and more than an hour of commissioner debate, neither a motion to recommend approval nor a motion to forward a recommendation of denial achieved finality; staff said the inaction will be reported to the City Council.
Staff presented DCA 2025‑3 as a council‑directed amendment (City Council, Aug. 14, 2025) to remove the numerical cap from section 22.40.073 of the Cerritos Municipal Code while leaving other development standards intact. Advanced Planning Manager Sabrina Chan told the commission that the code cap dates to a 2019 development code amendment following a 2018 moratorium and staff assessment. The current proposal would allow additional self-storage facilities only where permitted by zoning (Industrial M and Industrial Commercial 2…
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