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Planning Commission recommends city council approve downtown Upland parking structure
Summary
The Upland Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend the City Council approve a proposed five-level, roughly 150,000-square-foot parking structure with ground-floor retail at the southwest corner of First Avenue and C Street, finding the project eligible for a CEQA Class 32 exemption.
The Upland Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve a proposed downtown parking structure on the city-owned lot at the southwest corner of First Avenue and C Street.
Planning staff described the project as “proposed currently to be about 150,000 square feet, 407 parking spaces and is proposed to be 5 tiers or 5 levels,” and said it would include roughly 9,900 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a retail frontage along First Avenue and C Street. The commission’s recommendation also included a finding that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 32 (infill development).
Why it matters: The commission’s recommendation advances the project to the City Council, where final entitlements and any financing decisions will be made. Staff said approving a centralized parking structure could free several existing downtown surface lots for future infill housing or mixed-use development.
Staff presentation and design details Mr. Winter, the planning staff presenter, said the structure would cover nearly the entire site with primary vehicular access from…
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