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Adelanto council introduces zoning amendment to allow mini-storage and RV storage in commercial and mixed-use zones
Summary
The council introduced the first reading of Ordinance 654 (ZCA-24-02) to amend the municipal code to allow mini-storage, storage facilities and recreational-vehicle storage in commercial and mixed-use zones as conditional uses; staff said the amendment is a text change (no site attached) and that project-level CEQA review and 300-foot notice will apply when sites are proposed.
The Adelanto City Council on Oct. 9 introduced the first reading of Ordinance 654 (ZCA-24-02), a city-initiated zoning text amendment that would add personal mini-storage and recreational-vehicle storage as conditional uses in the commercial and mixed-use zoning districts.
Luis Morales, the city’s project planner, presented the measure and said the planning commission recommended the change. Morales described the item as a zone-text amendment rather than a site-specific project and told the council that the ordinance would allow these uses to apply for conditional-use permits (CUPs) in the identified zones. "This is really a zone text amendment," Morales said, and added that projects that come forward will require a CEQA study when applicable.
Councilmembers and residents asked how the change would be implemented and where it would apply. Staff said the current action amends the code citywide for the two zones and that project-level notification would follow once an applicant submits a site proposal. "When we do receive a specific project site ... we'll do notification through mailers for everybody that lives within 300 feet of the proposed site," Morales said.
Several speakers raised concerns about environmental review and whether California Fish & Wildlife had evaluated local sites; staff said the agency has visited some locations and that staff is working with the agency on site-specific concerns. The mayor suggested community letters of support could be useful in clarifying local intent to regulators.
Mayor Gabriel Reyes moved to introduce the ordinance for first reading; the council approved the introduction by unanimous voice vote among members present.
The ordinance as introduced adds conditional-uses and requires standard CUP findings and conditions at the project level. Staff emphasized that the text amendment is exempt from CEQA as a procedural step (staff cited the applicable exemption language for zone-text actions) and that site-specific CEQA review would be applied when individual projects are proposed.
Because the action is a code amendment (no project attached), staff said notices were handled through required newspaper publication and will be supplemented with 300-foot mailers on future projects as required by the municipal code and CEQA practice.
