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Commission directs staff to study prohibition or tighter controls on new warehouse development after ordinance review
Summary
After a staff review comparing Redlands' Ordinance No. 2955 with incoming state law AB 98, commissioners directed staff to pursue further legal analysis on whether the city could prohibit new warehouse development or adopt tighter standards; public commenters urged stronger protections for health and neighborhoods.
The Planning Commission reviewed Ordinance No. 2955 regulating warehouses and logistics/distribution centers and voted to ask staff, with outside counsel if needed, to analyze options for prohibiting new warehouse development citywide or tightening existing standards.
Brian Foote, planning staff, delivered background: the city adopted a warehouse moratorium in June 2022 followed by Ordinance No. 2955 (adopted April 2024, effective May 18), which applies to new warehouses of 50,000 square feet or more or buildings with six or more truck-high loading doors. Foote said the ordinance includes…
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