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Council approves plan amendments to ready 37.5‑acre Dixon Innovation Center site for industrial use
Summary
Council adopted an EIR addendum and specific‑plan amendments to change a 37.5‑acre Pedrick Road parcel from highway commercial to general industrial and add industrial development standards, while staff and council requested clarifying cross‑references to the zoning code for warehousing fee requirements.
The Dixon City Council voted to adopt an addendum to the Northeast Quadrant environmental impact report and approve amendments to the Northeast Quadrant specific plan that reclassify a vacant 37.5‑acre site along Pedrick Road from highway commercial to general industrial and add a new chapter with industrial development standards.
City staff and the project planner explained that no specific development is proposed at this time; the amendments are intended to align the specific plan with earlier updates to the city’s general plan and zoning so the parcel will be development‑ready when a tenant is identified. The planner said the addendum to the original EIR found “no new or substantial changes” and no new mitigation measures are required because the action is limited to document and land‑use updates.
Brett Hogue, representing the applicant Buzz Oaks Construction, urged the council to approve the updates to make the site marketable, noting infrastructure constraints: “The sewer and water is a mile to a mile and 0.5 away with tens of millions of dollars,” he said, adding that aligning the documents is the first step before design review and development agreements.
Council members raised a concern about language that would allow warehouse and distribution uses “without a revenue‑generating component.” Staff explained the zoning ordinance already requires large warehouses (over 150,000 sq. ft.) to demonstrate jobs or sales‑tax benefits or enter into a negotiated fee‑in‑lieu agreement; staff suggested adding a cross‑reference in the specific‑plan text to the zoning code so the requirement is explicit.
The council approved two separate motions — to adopt the EIR addendum and to adopt the specific‑plan amendments — with the direction that staff incorporate the additional clarifying language pointing back to the Dixon zoning ordinance on warehousing/fee‑in‑lieu requirements before finalizing documents.
