Yucaipa — The Yucaipa Planning Commission voted to approve planning entitlement PLN/PHEDash25Dash0006, allowing Golden State Glazing to construct a pre‑engineered metal building with about 11,000 square feet of warehouse space and 2,000 square feet of office space on two adjoining parcels in the city’s community industrial land‑use district.

Staff told commissioners the project meets the city’s development standards for parking, lot coverage and setbacks and is designed to match the applicant’s existing building and nearby commercial architecture, using metal exterior finishes, large storefront windows and a covered porch area. Staff also recommended the commission find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Guidelines section 15332 (infill development under five acres surrounded by urban uses) and recommended approval with standard conditions. The project is subject to the city’s development impact fee program but received a credit for two previously demolished homes on site.

Commissioners asked about stormwater and site drainage. One commissioner noted the application shows about 88 percent of the property as impervious and asked whether runoff would be directed to the southwest corner. Staff replied that the post‑development design maintains the historic downstream flow to the south but includes an engineered detention basin at the rear to ensure that runoff rates remain consistent with current conditions.

Kathleen Hoosier, president of Golden State Glazing, told the commission the company is a woman‑owned glazing contractor that fabricates aluminum storefront and window systems in local shop space and works on projects for public and private clients in the region. “Most of our guys work and live in the city,” Hoosier said, describing a long‑tenured local workforce and the need for more shop and laydown space to expand operations.

Commissioners also asked whether the site must provide dumpsters or could rely on roll‑out toters. Staff said commercial and industrial developments are generally required to provide formal dumpsters per the city’s standards and in coordination with the city’s franchise waste hauler.

The commission closed the public hearing and approved the project with the staff recommendations. The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was provided in the record. The consent agenda (minutes from Sept. 17, 2025) was approved earlier in the meeting by separate voice vote.

At the end of the meeting staff reported that City Council acted on Ordinance 450, carrying most of the commission’s recommendations but declining the signage provisions, and said there likely will be no second commission meeting in November unless sufficient agenda items are ready for December.