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Commission approves two‑parcel subdivision and 36,702‑sq‑ft multi‑tenant industrial building on Indio Boulevard
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a planning review and tentative parcel map to subdivide a 6.8‑acre site at the southwest corner of Indio Boulevard and Madio Street into two parcels and to permit a 36,702‑square‑foot, 10‑unit light industrial building with landscape and design conditions.
The Indio Planning Commission on Sept. 24 voted unanimously to approve the Mario/Matteo/Madio Street Industrial project — a planning review and tentative parcel map to subdivide a 6.8‑acre property at the southwest corner of Indio Boulevard and Madio Street into two parcels and allow construction of a 36,702‑square‑foot, multi‑tenant light industrial building.
Principal Planner Gustavo Gomez told commissioners the proposal includes a 10‑unit building with unit sizes ranging from about 1,968 to 5,489 square feet, 98 parking stalls, loading docks, landscaping and underground storm retention. The project’s General Plan designation is Workplace and Employment District and the zoning is Light Industrial, staff said.
As part of the planning review, staff recommended two additional conditions to enhance the Indio Boulevard streetscape: (1) installation of six large non‑fruiting palm trees along Indio Boulevard and two across the Madio Street frontage, each at least 20 feet tall at planting; and (2) installation of decorative broken‑rock ponds in landscaped areas. The conditions require final selection and installation details to be approved by the community development director prior to issuance of a landscape permit.
Applicant Polo Doria of Lee and Associates said the owners seek to subdivide the parcel for financing, liability and management reasons and reiterated market demand for small light‑industrial spaces. “We made an agreement at that time that we would develop the property when it was market driven…this is the purpose of the map,” Doria said. He added the design draws on recent successful, similarly scaled projects and that the team expects a lengthy design and permitting period before groundbreaking.
One revision read into the record clarified a recording requirement: the condition to record conditions of approval against the property will apply only to the parcel to be developed, not the parcel with the existing building. The commission approved Resolution 20118 (planning review) and recommended approval of Resolution 20119 (tentative parcel map 39113) to the City Council, with a unanimous roll‑call vote.
Staff found the project consistent with the Subdivision Map Act, the City of Indio General Plan 2040 and the Unified Development Code and determined it is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines sections 15332 (infill) and 15315 (minor land divisions). The applicant must satisfy conditions of approval and obtain building permits before construction can begin.
