Planning commissioners approve Full Throttle hangars at Lincoln Regional Airport
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Summary
The Planning Commission voted to approve a design review and CEQA addendum for Project Full Throttle, a proposal for two box hangars and three T‑hangars at Lincoln Regional Airport, citing existing demand and consistency with the airport master plan.
The City of Lincoln Planning Commission on June 19 approved a design review application and CEQA addendum for Project Full Throttle, a proposal to build two box hangars and three T‑hangars at Lincoln Regional Airport.
Efren Sanchez, senior planner with the Community Development Department, told the commission the proposal, submitted by Executive Hangars of Lincoln LLC, would add about 100,000 square feet of hangar space on roughly 13 acres and provide capacity for about 66 aircraft. Sanchez said staff concluded the project conforms with the Lincoln Regional Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan and that an addendum to the 2008 certified environmental impact report showed no new or substantially more severe impacts that would require a supplemental EIR.
Public‑works director and airport manager Matthew Medill said the airport currently is fully leased and has a waiting list of “approximately 100 applicants,” a point commissioners cited in support of the application. Ed Su, owner of Executive Hangars of Lincoln, told the commission he had received “an excess of 150 folks” on multiple waiting lists during recent marketing and said the new hangars would support both private pilots and local training programs.
Commissioners asked how leases and use are enforced. Medill said FAA grant assurances require airport property be used primarily for aeronautical purposes and the city has been enforcing lease terms through inspections and notices to prevent non‑aeronautical storage such as RVs.
A commissioner moved to adopt Resolution 2024‑16 approving the design review application with project‑specific and typical conditions of approval; the motion passed by roll call. The commission’s approval forwards the project for the city’s next steps under the adopted conditions of approval.
The city staff report and presentation note that hangar building design, colors and materials will match adjacent hangars and that mitigation language was updated to align with the Placer County Conservation Plan to maintain impacts to biological resources at a less‑than‑significant level.
