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Riverside council debates proposed warehouse limits tied to new state rules; staff to return with refined approach
Summary
Staff recommended changes to industrial zoning and warehouse development standards (definitions of sensitive receptors, distance and lot-size-based intensity caps, expanded noticing) to align with state legislation (AB 98). Council heard divided public comment and directed staff to return with a more specific local impact analysis and proposed implementation timeline.
City planning staff presented draft changes to Riverside’s industrial development standards on May 22, explaining the city’s effort to respond to recent state legislation (AB 98) and to reduce community impacts from large distribution warehouses. The draft would expand the definition of “sensitive receptors,” increase noticing requirements to 600 feet for major changes, and impose distance- and parcel-size-based limits on building intensity that staff estimate would reduce allowable…
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