The City of Victorville Planning Commission on Nov. 12 adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved a conditional use permit and site plan for a proposed construction, demolition and inerts processing facility (case PLN24-00019) east of the Victor Valley materials recovery facility.

Staff described the proposal as a roughly 6.09‑acre development that would include a roughly 40,200–40,500 square‑foot processing building, administrative offices, and a 2,000 square‑foot maintenance shop, plus space for a future scale house and truck scales. Senior staff said the project meets or exceeds applicable parking, height and setback standards and includes perimeter and parking-area landscaping consistent with the city's industrial design guidelines. The project’s initial study and proposed mitigated negative declaration address biological, cultural and tribal cultural resources; staff said CalRecycle comments were addressed in a revised condition of approval (condition number 4). Staff recommended adoption of the MND and approval of Resolution PD-25-033 (conditional use permit) and Resolution PD-25-034 (site plan).

During a technical exchange, Commissioner Thomas asked whether materials would be burned or broken down; staff and the applicant said the facility would break and sort material for resale or recycling rather than burn it. Applicant representative Gary Kuntz described the on‑site workflow: roll‑off boxes from construction sites would be weighed, dumped on an enclosed tipping floor and processed over screens and pick lines to separate wood, metals, plastics, drywall, brick and inert materials. "Green code and CalRecycle regulations require all jurisdictions to recycle at least 65% of all waste coming off construction and demolition sites," Kuntz said, adding the company expects to meet or exceed that target and estimated the project would create about 25 jobs (the report states a similar figure).

Commissioner Thomas moved to approve staff’s recommendation, Commissioner Marshall seconded, and the commission voted unanimously to adopt the MND and approve the CUP and site plan resolutions; Vice Chair Mason was absent.

The approvals are subject to the conditions of approval attached to the resolutions and the revised condition addressing CalRecycle comments. The staff report and resolutions identify mitigation monitoring and reporting requirements tied to the MND; staff remains the point of contact for implementation and enforcement of conditions.

Next steps: with the resolutions adopted, permits and any required agency approvals (for example, encroachment or grading permits) will be processed according to the conditions of approval and applicable city procedures.