Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Madam Chair, we're live.

Thank you so much. At this time, I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is the regular meeting of the Baldwin Park Planning Commission. The date is July 8th, 2026, and the time is 7.05 p.m. Commissioner Arias, would you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Thank you so much. Planning Secretary, can I please get roll call?

Yes, thank you. Commissioner Rodriguez. Here. Commissioner Arias.

Here.

Commissioner Pena. Let the record reflect that Commissioner Pena is absent. Vice Chair Miranda DeZip.

Present.

Chair Escobosa.

Here.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much. Can I get a motion to excuse Commissioner Pena?

I'll motion.

I will second.

Commissioner Rodriguez? Yes. Commissioner Arias? Yes.

Yes.

Vice Chair Miranda DeZip.

Yes.

And Chair Escobar.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much. Okay. At this point, I'm going to declare public communications open. Anyone wishing to address the commission on anything other than the items listed on the agenda may do so at this time. Okay, seeing no further interest, I'm now going to declare oral communications closed. The loan item on the consent calendar today are the meeting minutes from the previous planning commission that was held on June 24 of 2026. Would any of my fellow commissioners like to pull any item for discussion? If no items are going to be pulled, can I get a motion to approve the minutes?

I'll move to approve the minutes for the June 24 2026 meeting.

And you can I please get roll.

Commissioner Rodriguez. Yes. Commissioner Arias.

Yes.

Vice Chair Miranda DeZib.

Yes.

And Chair Escobosa.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you. The sole case on the agenda is a request for consideration of a conditional use permit for a warehousing use within an enclosed building located within the industrial zone pursuant to Table 153 of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code located at 4517 Little John Street. The applicant is Anchor Home Products. Does staff have a report for us? Thank you.

How about now?

Okay, great.

Ready? Good evening, Honorable Chair, Vice Chair, and members of the Planning Commission. Before you is conditional use permit CP26-04 to allow for the operation of a warehouse for the storage and distribution of doors, windows, and similar building materials within an enclosed building location, a building located in the industrial eye zone. Before we continue, planning staff would like to bring to the planning commission's attention that this request is the first CUP to be processed for proposed warehouse use since the adoption of the revised warehouse regulations late last year. For the Commission's information, the regulations were recently revised to allow for warehouse uses as a permitted by right use in the iZone when the square footage is less than 10,000 square feet. The subject property exceeds these thresholds when requires a CUP for this reason identified in the updated regulations. And we'll elaborate further into this in the presentation, but just wanted to acknowledge this point for the Commission. Next slide, please. Thank you. The subject property is located west of Little John Street and north of Los Angeles Street at 4517 Little John Street. The subject site is approximately 0.81 acres in lot area. The site is currently improved with an approximately 15,000 square foot tilt up warehouse and office building. Directly surrounding the property are similar industrial and office related uses. The interstate 605 highway is located to the west of the property. Located to the east of the property are similar industrial uses and further to the east, single family homes.

Next slide, please.

The applicant anchor home products is proposing to use the existing building as a warehouse for doors windows and similar building related materials within the enclosed building. shown on the current slide is the existing site plan for the property, there are no exterior alterations or changes being proposed to the existing site as a part of the application.

Next slide please.

Shown on this current slide is the floor plan for the warehouse building. The applicant is proposing to install new storage racks within the interior of the building to accommodate the warehouse use. No other alterations are being proposed to the unit. And for the Commission's attention, the storage racks would be located on the upper portion of the diagram. You'll see that that's where they're installing the racks.

Next slide, please.

The current slide shows on-site photographs of the subject property. As previously mentioned, there are no proposed additions or alterations to the exterior of the existing industrial building. As it relates to the proposed operations, the applicant has noted in their enclosed operations plan that shipments will be delivered to and from the facility by delivery trucks wherein no more than one delivery truck offloading or shipping products from the facility will be present at any given time. Based on these statements, conditions of approval have been included in the enclosed resolution that limit the number of delivery trucks present at the facility, as well as prohibit the outdoor storage of products and or pallets within the subject property to avoid any potential impacts to the surrounding neighborhood.

Next slide, please.

In conclusion, staff does recommend that the Planning Commission approve resolution PC 26-06, approving CP 26-04. Both planning staff and the project applicant are available for any questions regarding the project.

Thank you.

Thank you for that presentation. Do any of my fellow commissioners have questions to staff?

I just have one question. Regarding the exterior bay, it said on page two that there's three exterior bays located on the west of the property. And it actually said that those would be used Those would be used for deliveries. And then on the findings, it said that there's two exterior bays. Are those different? One will be used for inside deliveries and one will be used for outside deliveries? Or are they the same ones?

They're the same ones. All three would be used for either shipments or deliveries.

Okay. So on finding three, although it says two, it really is three?

It's three, yes.

Okay. So they're the same delivery. And then I guess my other question was regarding the facility itself, when was it last used?

As far as previously used as warehouse or previous use overall? Let me just get that information. So 2024? Yes. so the property was last used as a warehouse in 2022 since then there was a change in use where they operated more as manufacturing within that space um and that uh operation ceased in 2024 so it's been vacant at least from what our business license records say since then um and Even though it was used as a warehouse before, because there was a change of use, that then triggers the CUP requirement, not only because of the change of use, but because of the size thresholds noted earlier in the presentation.

Thank you.

Any other questions to staff? If there are no further questions of staff, I will now declare public hearing open.

David, if you can let the applicant, Elaine, join just to provide their comments or responses.

She has the permission. She's just still muted.

Okay. Elaine, feel free to unmute yourself if you would like to address the commission.

I didn't realize I'm in the conversation. Sorry about that. Okay. I have no comment about the hearing. So do you guys have any other questions?

The commission have questions for the applicant? Not at this time, Miss Elaine. Okay. Thank you. Okay. If there's anyone in the audience wishing to testify on this matter, either for or against, we can open the floor for that. All right. Seeing no interest, I will now move on to close public hearings. Is there a motion for this project?

I'll motion. I second the motion. Okay.

So we have a motion by Commissioner Rodriguez and a second by Commissioner Arias. Can I please get a roll call?

Commissioner Rodriguez.

Yes.

Commissioner Arias.

Yes.

Vice Chair Miranda DeZip.

Yes.

Chair Escobosa?

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you so much. The Planning Commission has voted to adopt Resolution PC26-06, approving CP26-04. This is a resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Baldwin Park approving a conditional use permit for a warehousing use within an enclosed building located within the industrial zone. PURSUANT TO TABLE 153 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, LOCATED AT 4517 LITTLE JOHN. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS ELAINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO MAY I KNOW MY NEXT STEP, I CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE, AM I CORRECT?

ELAINE, WE'LL PROVIDE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TOMORROW TO YOUR ATTENTION.

OKAY.

Thank you for your time.

Okay, thank you. Thank you, everyone, and have a great evening.

Thank you, too. We're now going to move on with our agenda. The next item is the reports of officers.

No, nothing special to report other than that our next possible hearing date, we will have a meeting. That's the 22nd.

All right. Thank you for that. Are there any communications from staff or the commissioner? None. All right. Well, with that being said, I am going to move forward with adjourning this meeting. The time is 7.17 p.m. Thank you so much, everyone.