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Commission continues Perris warehouse project review pending Air Force comments
Summary
Staff reported a proposal for a 5,000-square-foot warehouse on 0.44 acres in Perris lies within March Air Reserve Base APZ2 and meets intensity limits, but the commission continued the item to Dec. 15 pending Air Force review.
The Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission on Nov. 13 continued action on a proposed 5,000-square-foot warehouse and office project in Perris to Dec. 15 while waiting for Air Force review.
Staff planner Jackie Vega told commissioners the proposal (agenda item 3.1, ZAP 1664 MA 25) would place a 5,000-square-foot warehouse with office space on a 0.44-acre site at the southeast corner of Commerce Drive and Perris Boulevard. Using both a building-code occupancy method and a parking-code method, staff calculated an average-acre intensity under the APZ2 threshold and a single-acre intensity well below the DODI 4165.57 maximum.
“Using the building-code method we calculated 11 people for the occupancy resulting in 25 people per average acre, which is consistent with Zone B1 APZ2,” Vega said. She also reported the project would provide 14 parking spaces, which yields an alternative average-acre estimate of 21 people, still under the 50-person limit cited in the Department of Defense instruction.
Vega noted the site falls entirely within Accident Potential Zone 2 under the 2018 Airport Installation Compatible Use (ACU) study. She said the Air Force had been notified and that formal comments were still pending; staff recommended continuing the matter to Dec. 15, 2025, pending completion of the Air Force review.
Commissioners moved and seconded the staff recommendation; the motion carried with all members present voting in the affirmative.
The staff report also noted the project did not exceed the FAA’s obstruction/height threshold for March Air Reserve Base and therefore did not require FAA review. Staff reminded the commission that FAA guidance recommends avoiding design features that create above-ground standing water within 10,000 feet of a runway; this site is about 13,912 feet from the runway and staff said that specific FAA concern did not apply.
The commission’s next consideration of the item is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2025, pending receipt and review of Air Force comments.
