Armtec Expansion Master Plan

Armtec Expansion Master Plan

The project site consists of the existing Armtec Defense Technologies (Armtec) located at 85901 Avenue 53 in Coachella. The site consists of two parcels totaling approximately 52.65 acres in size. Armtec's existing industrial and manufacturing operations are located on the southern parcel, and the northern parcel contains a ±33,900 SF ground mounted solar grid located on the eastern half of the parcel. The proposed project is Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the three phase Armtec Expansion Master Plan. Phase 1 of the Master Plan, which is not part of the project, was the construction of the solar grid located on the northern parcel and seven solar parking canopies. Phase 2 includes the construction of a new 15,000 SF storage warehouse, a ±73,200 truck staging area and 9,900 SF retention basin on the northern parcel, and a new 3,000 SF research and development (R&D) and production facility and two retention basins totaling 65,750 SF on the southern parcel. Phase 2 includes an Architectural Review (AR 25-02) and a Conditional Use Permit (CUP 389) to allow the storage warehouse building and truck staging area on the northern parcel zoned U-E Urban Employment and to allow the R&D and production facility on the southern parcel zoned M-H Heavy Industrial. Phase 3 includes the construction of a new 15,000 SF production facility, a new 15,000 SF storage warehouse, two new 900 SF storage structures, and a 6,000 SF expansion of an existing storage warehouse, all located on the southern parcel. The timing for construction of Phase 3 is currently undetermined. Future site plans for the Phase 3 portion of the Project will be required to undergo a separate Architectural Review prior to approval, and a CUP will be required to allow the production facility on the southern parcel zoned M-H. In total, the Project proposes 37,800 SF in new storage facilities, 3,000 SF in new research and development/small production facilities, 15,000 SF in new production facilities, a ±73,200 SF truck staging area, and three retention basins. The project also includes off-site improvements adjacent to the site, including the widening and improvements of Tyler Street.

Coachella

Riverside

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Industrial (Sq. Ft. 55800, Acres 52.65, Employees 8)

Master Plan, Site Plan, Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire