Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Discussion
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF A MORATORIUM EXCEPTION TO ALLOW PROLOGIS, LLC TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW CONTINUED PROCESSING OF ALL APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT A 438,000 SQUARE FOOT LOGISTICS FACILITY ON A 22 ACRE SITE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER WILMINGTON AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE WITHIN THE DOMINGUEZ TECHNOLOGY CENTER (RESOLUTION NO. 17-151 OR RESOLUTION NO. 17-152 ) (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On May 2, 2017, the City Council adopted Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 17-1618U, extending for 10 months and 15 days a moratorium on the establishment, expansion, or modification of truck yards, logistics facilities, hazardous materials or waste facilities, container storage, and container parking (Exhibit No. 1). Section 6 of this Ordinance allows the City Council to grant exceptions.
On November 7, 2017, Mr. John Low, Investment Officer for Prologis, LLC filed a request for an exception to allow continued processing of all applications necessary to construct a 438,000 square foot logistics facility on a 22 acre site located at the northwest corner of Wilmington Avenue and University Drive within the Dominguez Technology Center (Exhibit No. 2).
If the City Council grants this exception, pursuant to Section 6, staff will continue to process the applications submitted by Prologis in accordance with the City's regulations and authority, and any other applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations. The grant of the exception is not the final approval of the project (Exhibit 3).
If the City Council does not grant this exception, the applicant's request for Specific Plan Amendment, Conditional Use Permit, Design Overlay Review, and associate environmental documents will be inactive until the moratorium expires or the General Plan and Zoning Code Updates are completed (Exhibit 4). Staff has provided two...
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