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Planning panel recommends 43‑acre Coachella Airport Business Park to city council amid community and labor concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend the Coachella Airport Business Park (PC‑2026‑69) to the City Council after a lengthy public hearing that raised concerns about air quality, truck traffic, habitat loss and community benefits; commissioners asked staff and the developer to work with labor and neighborhood stakeholders before council action.
The Coachella Planning Commission on Monday recommended that the City Council consider approvals for the proposed Coachella Airport Business Park, a mixed commercial and industrial development on roughly 43 acres at Airport Boulevard and State Route 86.
Consultant planner Nicole Crist told the commission the project would ultimately provide about 624,500 square feet of commercial and industrial space in multiple parcels, with a phased build‑out and required backbone infrastructure including an Imperial Irrigation District substation and street improvements along Airport Boulevard. Staff circulated a draft and final environmental impact report and recommended that the commission forward the entitlements and certification of the EIR to the council for its decision.
The project package includes a zone change, a tentative parcel map, three conditional use permits (including allowances for future commercial cannabis uses in…
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