NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TIME OF HEARING:6:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter.
DATE OF HEARING:July 15, 2026
PLACE OF HEARING:MENIFEE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
29844 HAUN ROAD MENIFEE, CA 92586
A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled, pursuant to the City of Menifee Municipal Code, before the CITY OF MENIFEE CITY COUNCIL to consider the project shown below:
Project Title:
Appeal Nos. PLN26-0081, PLN26-0085 and
PLN26-0086 of the Trumble and Watson
Warehouse Project Plot Plan (PP) No. PLN22-
0190
Project Location:
The project site is south of Watson Road, north of
Ethanac Road, west of Sherman Road and east
of I-215 and Trumble Road (APN 329-240-046, -
048, -049 & -051).
General Plan Land Use and Zoning:
Economic Development Corridor –
Northern Gateway (EDC-NG)
The City Council will consider the following
project at a public hearing:
Plot Plan (PP) No. PLN22-0190 Trumble and
Watson Warehouse proposes a 328,227 square
foot speculative warehouse building (inclusive of
15,000 square feet of office space) along with 33
dock-high doors. The project consists of 126 trailer parking spaces and 296 automobile parking spaces (totaling 422 spaces). Access to the site would be provided by two driveways off Trumble Road. The project site is located on a 17.19-acre site near the southeast corner of Watson Road and Trumble Road. Additional improvements include site/parking lot landscaping (13% or 96,975 square feet), on-site walls and fencing, onsite infrastructure and construction of frontage and associated roadway improvements.
On May 13, 2026, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing and voted 4-1 to approve PP No.
PLN22-0190 along with the related environmental analysis. On May 20, 2026, the City received an application from Mayor Estrada to appeal the Planning Commission decision on the Project. Two additional appeal applications were received from GSEJA and SAFER on May 21, 2026.
Environmental Information:
Additional environmental review of the appealed Project is not required. The Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC26-686 adopting an IS/MND on May 13, 2026 determining that the Project will have no significant effect on the environment with incorporation of standard conditions of approval and mitigation measures (as listed in the IS/MND). A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP) was prepared and identifies all mitigation measures that will be required for the Project. Following the Project’s approval, a Notice of Determination (NOD) was filed with the Riverside County Clerk’s office on May 14, 2026.
The MND was previously circulated for a 30-day public review pursuant to State law. The public review period occurred between October 8, 2025 and November 6, 2025. The MND can be found at the following web address:
http://www.cityofmenifee.us/325/Environmental-Notices-Documents.
Any person wishing to comment on the proposed project may do so in writing between the date of this notice and the public hearing and be heard at the time and place noted above. All comments must be received prior to the time of public hearing. All such comments will be submitted to the City Council, and the City Council will consider such comments, in addition to any oral testimony, before making a decision on the proposed project.
If this project is challenged in court, the issues may be limited to those raised at the public hearing, described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. Be advised that as a result of public hearings and comment, the City Council may amend, in whole or in part, the proposed project. Accordingly, the designations, development standards, design or improvements, or any properties or lands within the boundaries of the proposed project, may be changed in a way other than specifically proposed.
For further information regarding this project, please contact Russell Brown, at (951) 723-3745 or e-mail [email protected], or go to the City of Menifee’s agenda web page at http://www.cityofmenifee.us. To view the case file for the proposed project contact the Community Development Department office at (951) 672- 6777 Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Please send all written correspondence to:
CITY OF MENIFEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Attn: Russell Brown, Senior Planner
29844 Haun Road
Menifee, CA 92584