Jurupa Valley councilors question proposed 106,400‑sq‑ft self‑storage and contractor garages on Etiwanda Avenue

Jurupa Valley city staff and councilors pressed a developer on potential neighborhood impacts after reviewing a pre‑application for a 106,400‑square‑foot self‑storage building that would include contractor “business suites” at 5954 Etiwanda Avenue.

Associate Planner Oscar Estrada told council members the project is a three‑acre, two‑parcel site with three buildings: Building A, a 3,600‑square‑foot two‑story office/caretaker unit; Building B, a two‑story self‑storage building totaling about 106,400 square feet (roughly 53,000 square feet per floor); and Building C, a 7,200‑square‑foot, single‑story storage building. The applicant is listed in staff materials as Gossett Real Estate; the project was presented as a pre‑application only, meaning no formal entitlements have been submitted.

Estrada said the proposal would require a general plan amendment — changing the site from its current commercial‑office designation to commercial‑retail — a…