Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Land Use Zoning topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council approves specific-plan amendment to allow vehicle sales at 14444 Atstar Drive
Summary
The Victorville City Council voted 4-0 (one absent) to redesignate roughly 20 acres from Office Campus to Civic Commercial and to allow new vehicle sales at 14444 Atstar Drive, approving CEQA findings and a conditional-use permit with conditions for site improvements.
The Victorville City Council on June 3, 2025, voted to amend the Civic Center Community Sustainability Specific Plan to redesignate about 20 acres from Office Campus to Civic Commercial and to conditionally permit new vehicle sales at 14444 Atstar Drive. The motion passed with Council members Godan, Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Herriman and Mayor Becerra voting yes; Council member Irving was absent.
City planning staff told the council the zoning change covers the entire shaded area on the east side of I-15 that had been designated Office Campus, and that the specific proposal centers on the former Kmart/Midway Appliance site at 14444 Atstar Drive. Planning Director Alex Hategui said the area “never really lived up to its potential” as an office or institutional campus and that the Civic Commercial designation is a reasonable land-use fit at this time. The council introduced Ordinance No. 2456 for first reading by title and adopted Resolution No. 25-047 approving the conditional use permit portion of Case PLA in 25-000006, subject to conditions of approval.
The council and staff discussed site-access and improvement requirements. Hategui told the council that the conditional-use permit is conditioned to require an installation phasing plan for certain improvements — landscaping, parking-lot repairs and a trash enclosure — and that those items would be reviewed through a minor site-plan approval by the zoning administrator. Hategui said staff would evaluate existing entrances and any deficiencies during the minor site-plan review: “As conditioned, that would require minor site plan approval by the zoning administrator.”
Mayor Pro Tem Herriman, speaking in support, said the project would bring motorsports retail closer to residents and described local demand for motorcycles and side-by-sides; he also praised community development staff for advancing the application. Council members asked whether the planning commission had received public comment; Hategui confirmed staff mailed notices to property owners within the specific plan area and said the commission received two inquiries from dealers that were not adverse.
Under the action the council (1) found the specific-plan amendment portion of the project had been previously assessed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and cited CEQA section 15070 as referenced in the staff report, (2) found the conditional-use permit portion categorically exempt under CEQA section 15301 (existing facilities), (3) introduced Ordinance No. 2456 (first reading by title only) to redesignate the acreage and to allow new vehicle sales in the Civic Commercial district, and (4) adopted Resolution No. 25-047 approving the conditional-use permit subject to conditions.
Next steps: the ordinance was introduced for first reading and will return for a subsequent hearing per the city’s ordinance-adoption procedure; site-specific improvements and the phasing plan will be reviewed under the minor site-plan process before the vehicle-sales use proceeds.
