Perris Planning Commission puts Perris Gateway Commercial Center on hold; asks staff and applicant to redesign entry and traffic elements

The Perris Planning Commission continued the Perris Gateway Commercial Center entitlement package off calendar after a lengthy public hearing on Sept. 17 and directed staff and the applicant to return with revised materials addressing traffic mitigation, frontage improvements and design and tenant controls.

The Perris Gateway application (several entitlements under one proposal) would allow commercial development on a 20.28-acre parcel east of the I-215 freeway near Webster Avenue and Ramona Expressway. The proposal included two phases of retail, two vehicle fueling stations (convenience stores with fuel islands), six drive-through restaurants, two sit-down restaurants or multi-tenant retail buildings, a 157,928-square-foot, three-story self-storage facility and a 5,425-square-foot automatic car wash. The developer presented draft site plans, elevations and landscaping for both phases; staff presented the project’s focused environmental review (an EIR certified to evaluate air-quality and greenhouse-gas impacts) and recommended approval subject to conditions and mitigation. The staff recommendation asked the commission to adopt Resolution 25-24 certifying the Final EIR, adopting the mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and approving multiple entitlements (specific-plan amendment SPA 22-05280, tentative parcel maps, CUPs for the self-storage and…