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Oxnard moves forward on replacement designs for Fire Stations 2 and 3
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended CEQA MND adoption and approved planning and zoning permits for two replacement fire stations — a roughly 11,750‑sq ft Station 3 (150 Hill St.) and a roughly 12,585‑sq ft Station 2 (531 E. Pleasant Valley Rd.) — citing improved response capacity, modern seismic and safety standards, and mitigation measures; approvals advance project resolutions to City Council.
The Oxnard Planning Commission on April 2 advanced the city's plans to replace two aging fire stations, approving staff recommendations to adopt final initial studies/mitigated negative declarations and forwarding planning and zoning permits for Fire Station No. 3 (150 Hill Street) and Fire Station No. 2 (531 East Pleasant Valley Road).
Contract planner Layla Carver summarized entitlement requests for Station 3 — including a special use permit, a zone change, a general plan amendment and a zone text amendment — and noted the zone text change would apply citywide to properties in the community reserve (CR) zone but that any approval to exceed lot coverage would remain site‑specific. The proposed Station 3 would be about 11,750 square feet on a 0.66‑acre parcel; staff said the project includes an adopted mitigation monitoring and reporting program…
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