I have strong doubts that warehouses of the magnitude that have come upon us here can be accommodated anywhere in Irvine, Mayor Larry Agran said during a recent City Council meeting. That's basically five Costcos of warehousing with approaching 100 loading docks for trucks to come and go. This seems to me so out of scale that we probably ought to have a prohibition on that kind of thing.
Agran and Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder co-authored a memo to City Manager Oliver Chi calling for enhanced warehouse and logistic facility regulations in the city. The council voted 4-2 to ask Chi to come back next month with a slate of warehouse regulations to consider.
In April 2023, they voted for regulations that would have prevented warehouse developments from expanding into new areas of the city, while also giving the city more discretion to reject warehouse proposals based on business activity, square footage and safety and health concerns.
Since then, California has enacted legislation to limit where distribution centers can go. Proponents of Assembly Bill 98...
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