The Sutter County Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Aug. 19 to advance a proposed 130,219-square-foot warehouse for Holt of California near Pleasant Grove to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. Commissioner Karri Campbell was excused. The action concerns Project U26-0012, an administrative permit for a minor amendment to a previously approved development plan and design review.
The project, proposed by PDC Norcal, LLC, would be built on a 10-acre parcel at 7234 Pacific Ave., on the east side of the road about 0.4 miles south of Sankey Road, according to the Planning Commission agenda packet. The packet describes a single-story warehouse that would receive, distribute and sell equipment parts, build hoses and dispatch field technicians.
The facility would relocate Holt’s existing warehouse operation and 34 parts and field employees from an adjoining property at 7310 Pacific Ave. County staff said the proposal would not increase staffing or expand operations. The building would include about 9,950 square feet of office space and 949 square feet of restrooms, with the remainder devoted to warehouse operations and related functions.
The development plan would require 51 parking spaces instead of the 65 spaces otherwise required under the county’s standard warehouse parking ratio. The approved project-specific plan includes 35 standard spaces, three accessible spaces and 13 spaces designated to meet electric-vehicle parking requirements, according to the agenda packet.
Conditions include dedication of an additional 18.5 feet of Pacific Avenue right of way, final review of access, grading and drainage plans, and execution of a Roadway Impact Fee Agreement before the warehouse is used commercially. County engineering staff determined the project would be responsible for a 20% fair-share contribution toward a future traffic signal and related intersection improvements at Pacific Avenue and Riego Road.
The site’s northern section is in FEMA flood zones A and A99. The project must comply with county and FEMA floodplain requirements, submit a final drainage study and provide retention or detention facilities designed to keep post-project discharge rates at or below pre-project conditions for 10-year and 100-year storms. Because construction would disturb more than an acre, the applicant also must obtain coverage under the state construction stormwater permit and implement a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan.
The commission’s minutes record the project as exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. The agenda packet says the exemption is based on the warehouse replacing Holt’s existing operation with substantially the same purpose and operational capacity, without increased staffing or expanded operations. The commission’s vote was a recommendation for Board of Supervisors action; the materials reviewed for this story did not identify a Board hearing date.
