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Votes at a glance: Upland Planning Commission approves parking recommendation, parcel map, CUP, bylaws amendment and officer elections
Summary
The Upland Planning Commission approved multiple items in a single meeting, including a recommendation for a downtown parking structure and approvals for a condominium parcel map and a medical massage conditional use permit.
The Upland Planning Commission took several formal actions in a meeting that included public hearings and administrative items. Key outcomes are listed below.
Votes at a glance - Chair and vice chair elections: Commissioners nominated and elected John Andrews as chair and Commissioner Caldwell as vice chair during the meeting’s election process. The commission recorded the results verbally and then continued the meeting under the newly seated chair.
- Approval of minutes: The commission approved the minutes of its July 23, 2025, regular meeting. The motion carried with seven affirmative votes.
- Tentative parcel map (1113 North Alta Avenue): The commission approved a resolution to adopt Tentative Parcel Map No. 25-00001 for a condominium subdivision of an existing 26,915-square-foot multi-tenant medical office building into 14 condominium units. Staff and the applicant said no physical changes to the building are proposed and that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA (Class 1 and Class 15). The motion passed with seven affirmative votes. The appeal period for this determination was announced as Aug. 28, 2025, through Sept. 8, 2025.
- Conditional use permit (medical massage, 631 North 13th Avenue, Suite B): The commission approved Conditional Use Permit No. 25-00006 to establish a medical massage practice (Performance Alignment Therapy) in an existing multi-tenant medical office complex. The permit includes standard conditions of approval and a clarified hours-of-operation condition consistent with police-department recommendations (the revised condition caps hours at 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.). The motion passed with seven affirmative votes. The commission announced an appeal period of Aug. 28, 2025, through Sept. 8, 2025.
- Resolution reaffirming rules and procedures (bylaws amendment): The commission considered its annual housekeeping resolution to reaffirm rules and procedures and approved a targeted amendment to the order of business to move the election of officers to the end of the August meeting (so elections occur after other items). Commissioners approved the amendment by a 7-0 vote.
What commissioners and applicants said Applicants and staff provided brief presentations for each public-hearing item. Serge Binaldo represented the applicant for the parcel map and explained the unitization approach and tenant-interest in purchasing condominium units; he said leases would remain in place for tenants who do not buy units. Applicant Patricia Nordstrom described 12 years of experience operating mobile and subleased medical-massage services and said she plans to establish a permanent location in Upland.
Procedural notes Most votes were recorded as “approved with seven affirmative votes.” Several items were processed under CEQA exemptions appropriate to the scope of existing-building conversions or infill development. The downtown parking-structure recommendation is advisory to the City Council and therefore not subject to the Planning Commission’s appeal period; the parcel map and conditional use permit approvals carry the stated appeal windows.
Ending The commission closed the meeting after brief commissioner remarks and adjourned by unanimous vote.
