Planning staff provided the Oxnard City Planning Commission with a comprehensive update Thursday on active and recently completed development projects across the city, detailing residential, mixed-use, commercial and industrial work from early-stage plan check to construction.

Community Development staff member Joe Pearson introduced the segment and passed the presentation to Roy Solis and Christopher Murillo, assistant planners who walked commissioners through project maps and status summaries. Solis and Murillo said the figures presented are approximate because most projects remain in development.

Key residential projects noted include North Shore at Mandalay Bay (183 single-family residences), Edding Road apartments (58 units, of which staff said 57 would be affordable), Lockwood senior apartments (Lockwood 1: 173 units; Lockwood 2: 168 units), Encanto (27 single-family homes, 7 affordable), Cypress Place at Garden City (150 units), Casa Aliento (conversion of former Vagabond Inn into 70-unit supportive housing), Panorama Apartments (333 units) and F Street condominiums (40 units).

Mixed-use and shelter projects included the Navigation Center at 241 West Second Street — a five-story building planned to provide 56 affordable supportive units with a permanent 13,078-square-foot shelter space on the ground floor — plus several midrise mixed-use apartment projects in plan check (Billboard Lofts, C Street, Sandpiper, Aspire, Rio Urbana).

Commercial and industrial items counted projects ranging from a U-Haul facility, a 88-room hotel (True Hotel), multiple drive-through coffee and quick-serve restaurant conversions, hotels at the Towne Centre/landing area, and large logistics/warehouse projects, notably the 101 Logistics Center at Sachioka Farms and a planned cold-storage facility on Arturas Avenue.

Commissioners asked detailed follow-up questions. Commissioner Nash asked about the Edison Canal; staff said they were not aware of any status change or associated development affecting the canal. Vice Chair Doctor Stewart requested the presentation materials by email and asked whether staff could include typical unit square-footages for housing projects; staff said they would share the larger presentation package posted on the city website and could provide unit-size information for specific projects on request. Chair Arejo and other commissioners asked about parking in the Wagon Wheel area; staff clarified that much of the parking behind Wagon Wheel Brewery and the nearby parking structure is open to the public, while residential parking areas are reserved for residents.

On timelines, Pearson told the commission that most development approvals carry an initial three-year time frame to begin construction, with an administrative one-year extension available and additional time often granted through state actions or COVID-era extensions. He said the city has used the code’s 36-month start window plus administrative extensions and recent state legislation (an additional 18 months for some residential projects) to allow developments more time to begin construction.

Commissioner Nash praised the city’s progress on housing, saying the presentation showed strong delivery of housing and affordable units within Oxnard’s urban boundary and thanked staff and the City Council for advancing projects tied to the 2030 General Plan. Commissioners asked to receive the slide packet and additional project-specific details by email.