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Council introduces amendment to Goodman Commerce Center plan to allow larger single-tenant uses with parking review
Summary
City staff presented PLN 252,068, an amendment to the Goodman Commerce Center specific plan that would exempt certain uses from a 40,000-square-foot single-tenant cap if they provide customer-facing floor area; the council introduced the ordinance following a staff presentation and discussion of parking safeguards.
The Eastvale City Council introduced an ordinance to amend the Goodman Commerce Center at Eastvale specific plan (PLN 252,068) after a presentation from city planning staff.
Planning staff told the council the proposed changes would update development criteria to reflect market demand for larger leasable spaces. Under the amendment, uses identified in a special footnote would be exempt from the current 40,000-square-foot cap for a single tenant so long as they provide roughly 1,200 square feet of customer-facing floor area — examples cited included retail showrooms and indoor recreation. Staff said the amendment does not change permit-review types (for example, whether a use is conditionally permitted or permitted by right) and that a parking analysis will be required for any tenant seeking the larger footprint; that analysis would be reviewed and approved by the community development director.
Planning staff summarized recent review history, saying the planning commission considered redline changes over multiple meetings and on the most recent hearing unanimously recommended that the council adopt the amendment. The staff report also includes technical cleanups to align the land-use matrix with state law and clarifications to glossary terms.
Council members discussed guardrails to protect neighborhood and city interests, focusing on parking and the practical implications of allowing auto-related uses such as auto body shops. Councilmember Dingell said significant staff time and ad hoc review informed the changes and called the package a carefully balanced approach to improve occupancy while protecting desired uses. Mayor Pro Tem Laura Moore and others thanked staff and the applicant for outreach and emphasized the parking requirement as an important check on future tenants.
After discussion, the council voted 4-0 to introduce the proposed ordinance.
