RESOLUTION NO. 26-______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA APPROVING APPEAL NO. PLN24-0214 FOR THE
MURRIETA ROAD WAREHOUSE PROJECT.
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2022, the applicant, IPT Menifee CC LLC (“Applicant”), filed a formal application with the City of Menifee for the approval of Plot Plan (PP) No.
PLN22-0179 for the construction of a 517,720 square-foot (SF) speculative warehouse building on an approximately 28.27-acre site. This environmental analysis includes a development buffer to account for final design changes, equivalent to three percent of the building square footage, or 15,532 SF, which would result in a building area of 533,252 SF and a floor area ratio of 0.50. The Project site is generally located south of Floyd Avenue, east of Geary Street, west of Murrieta Road, and north of McLaughlin Road within the City of Menifee (City), County of Riverside, State of California (APNs:
330-210- 010, -011, -013, and -062, 330-560-001 through 330-560-040, 330-570-001 through 330-570-033, and 330-571-001 through 330-571-005); and WHEREAS, collectively, all the applications are referred to as the “Project” or “Murrieta Road Warehouse Project”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared; and WHEREAS, on October 23, 2024, at a legally noticed public hearing, the Planning Commission made a motion to approve the Project entitlements (i.e., PP No.
PLN22-0179) and certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR); however, that motion failed to pass by a 2-3 vote; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2024, an application to appeal Planning Commission’s decision to not approve PP No. PLN22-0179 and not certify the EIR was submitted by the Project Applicant’s representative, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP (Appeal No. PLN24-0214); and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2024, at a legally noticed public hearing, the City Council opened the public hearing and continue the public hearing for the Project off calendar; and
WHEREAS, prior to bringing the Project back to a public hearing, the Applicant sought to gain additional input from the surrounding community and worked to redesign the truck circulation pattern and insert additional traffic calming measures, circulation improvements, and landscape buffering to lessen impacts to the community and the City reviewed and analyzed the impacts of said changes; and
WHEREAS, on June 17, 2026, the City Council of the City of Menifee held a public hearing on the Project, considered all public testimony as well as all materials in the staff report and accompanying documents for the Project including the consideration of the FEIR, which hearing was publicly noticed by a publication in The Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation, an agenda posting, notices placed on the Project site, notice to property owners and non-owner residents within 500 feet of the Project boundaries, notice to all relevant agencies and to persons requesting notification.
Appeal of Murrieta Road Warehouse Project
June 17, 2026
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Menifee, California hereby approves the following:
1. That the City Council finds the facts presented within the public record provides the basis to approve Appeal No. PLN24-0214.
2. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this Resolution has been based are located at the Community Development Department – Planning Division, 29844 Haun Road, Menifee, CA 92586. This information is provided in compliance with Public Resources Code section 21081.6.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of June 2026. _________________________
Ricky Estrada, Mayor
Attest:
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Stephanie Roseen, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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Jeffery T. Melching, City Attorney