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1 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS UPDATE
Land Use, Sustainability and Resilience Committee
December 12, 2022
Community & Economic Development Department
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2 2015-2016
• Council directs staff to reexamine
existing policies and regulations for
industrial development including
2008 Good Neighbor Guidelines
November 2020
• Updated GNG-2020 and related
amendments to Title 19 (Zoning) for
new or modified industrial
development adopted by Council
January 25, 2022:
• Following Council approval of
Sycamore Hills Distribution
Center project,
Councilwoman Plascencia
requested update on current
regulations and a report on
industry best practices be
brought to Land Use,
Sustainability and Resilience
Committee
BACKGROUND
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3 BACKGROUND
June 13, 2022
• Staff presented an update to
Committee on current industrial
regulations, best practices in the
region, state and regional
regulatory efforts, sensitive
receptor protections and
community benefits
• Vacant Site Analysis conducted
to identify potential locations for
warehouse development and
percentage of available land
Future Meeting Items
• Initiate outreach efforts with key
stakeholders to determine if
further changes are needed to
Zoning Code
• Conduct geo-spatial analysis to
evaluate the proximity of
industrially zoned land to sensitive
receptors
• Further explore best practices
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4 REGULATORY & REGIONAL UPDATES
SCAQMD Rule 2305 & WAIRE Program
• Regulates the vehicles travelling to and from logistics facilities as indirect sources and requires that
owner/operators submit annual report showing
compliance.
• Phase 1 – Warehouses > 250,000 sq.ft.
• Initial compliance period ends 12/31/2022.
Assembly Bill 2840 (Eloise Gomez-Reyes, D-San
Bernardino)
• Would have established 1,000-foot setback from
sensitive receptors for warehouse projects and
required construction careers agreement.
• June 2022 - held in the Senate Governance &
Finance Committee.
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5 REGULATORY & REGIONAL UPDATES
Moratoriums
• Cities throughout the region
have extended or
implemented moratoriums on
warehouse development
• Assessing cumulative impacts &
externalities
• Some cities include Pomona,
Vernon, Norco, Redlands and
Colton
Municipal Ballot Initiatives
• Measure J – City of Redlands
• November 2022 Municipal
General Election
• Amend Municipal Code to
increase business license tax
rate from $.047 per sq. ft. to
$.105
• Estimated general fund
revenue of $530,000
City of Perris – GNG 2022
• August 2022 - Adopted Good
Neighbor Guidelines as policy
framework
• Silver LEED Certification for
qualifying buildings
• Installation of solar panels to
supply energy
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6 SENSITIVE RECEPTOR ANALYSIS
(Sparse)
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7 • Five community meetings – virtual
and in person
September 13 (Virtual)
September 21(City Hall)
September 29 (Virtual)
October 6 (Cesar Chavez
Community Center)
October 26 (Virtual)
• 50 participants overall
• Residents, neighborhood
organizations, developers, labor
groups, environmental groups,
professional business associations
and community interest groups
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
October 6th Meeting at the Cesar Chavez Community Center RiversideCA.gov
8 Discussions across all five meetings highlighted differing opinions of the role warehouses should have in the City Key themes identified:
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
Neighborhood
Compatibility
Transparent
Processes
Community
Benefits
Sustainable
Development
Land Use
Prioritization
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9 Three options available for consideration and address key theme identified in outreach process
I. Modify Existing Policy – Sustainability, Transparency and Compatibility
FUTURE CONSIDERATION
Sustainability
• LEED Certification for qualifying
buildings
• Solar generation requirements
• Expand scope of industrial
development standards to
include sensitive receptors
• Sustainable construction
practices
• Preserve open space
Transparency
• Increase project notification
radius
• Require public signage on
subject site if proposed project
• Require earlier public
notification
Compatibility
• Require architectural variation
and building massing
modifications
• Require building massing to
vary in depth, plane and form,
and include recessed features
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10 Three options available for consideration and address key theme identified in outreach process
II. Community Benefits Framework – Innovation and Cooperation
PROPOSED OPTIONS
Innovation
• Establish Warehousing and
Distribution Facilities (WDF)
Overlay Zone
• Require Community Benefit
and/or Development
Agreements for qualifying
projects
Cooperation
• Require community meetings
between project applicant and
ward residents
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11 Three options available for consideration and address key theme identified in outreach process
III. No Changes or Alternative Option Not Considered
PROPOSED OPTIONS
Maintain current
regulations
Pursue option not
considered within
report
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12 Strategic Priority 3
Economic Opportunity
(Goal 3.1 – Facilitate partnerships
and programs to develop, attract
and retain innovative business
sectors)
Strategic Priority 4
Environmental Stewardship
(Goal 4.4 - Implement measures
and educate the community to
responsibly manage goods,
products and services throughout
their life cycle to achieve waste
reduction outcomes)
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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13 Staff recommends that the Land Use, Sustainability and Resilience Committee:
1. Receive and file an update on the City’s current
development regulations related to warehouse &
distribution facilities; and
2. Provide staff with policy direction on changes for future consideration.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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