13620 Live Oak Lane - Irwindale Gateway Specific Plan

Project Description

The 66.64-acre Specific Plan site is at 13620 Live Oak Lane in the central portion of the City of Irwindale in Los Angeles County. The project site is bordered by Interstate 605 (I-605) to the west, Live Oak Lane to the north and east, and Live Oak Avenue to the south. The Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) for the project site are 8532-002-046 and 8532-002-047. There is also a 9.61-acre Southern California Edison (SCE) easement on the project site.

The Irwindale Gateway Specific Plan (proposed project) proposes development of an industrial logistics and distribution center and associated parking and loading docks. The Environmental Impact Report analyzes two development options for the Specific Plan:

• Option 1: 52.6 acres general light industrial, manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, e-commerce fulfillment center encompassing 954,796 SF of warehouse space and 43,000 SF of office space. A variety of general warehousing and manufacturing tenants could be accommodated in the three buildings. Option 1 would also include 918 standard vehicle parking spaces, 346 trailer parking spaces, and 5.8 acres of landscaping.

• Option 2: 36.71 acres general light industrial/warehouse/distribution, e-commerce fulfillment center encompassing 668,070 SF of warehouse space and 36,000 SF office space, and 15.94 acres of battery energy storage system (BESS) (electric energy storage, transmission and AC/DC and voltage conversion). The preliminary design for the BESS has 353,000 square feet of battery arrays, within which battery enclosures, inverter enclosures, and medium voltage transformers would be arranged. The BESS would be served by an overhead electric tie-line consisting of three 220-kilovolt conductor cables below an optical ground wire that serves dual purposes of grounding and fiber optic communications. Parking would consist of 617 standard vehicle spaces and 257 trailer spaces, and landscaping would cover 4.3 acres.

One of these two options would be the end use for the project site after reclaiming the property. The project would also include the dedication of Live Oak Lane along the proposed project’s frontage to improve the street to the City’s standard of 60 feet; installation of a new traffic signal at the Live Oak Lane/Live Oak Avenue intersection; 2,100 feet of new public water main; and 750 feet of new public sidewalk.

A majority of the project site is currently undergoing an active reclamation. The Nu-Way Live Oak Reclamation Operations Plan was approved by the Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2022 and is to be completed prior to implementation of the Specific Plan. The rough graded site per the Operations Plan serves as the baseline conditions for implementation of the Specific Plan.

The proposed project would require the following discretionary and administrative approvals from the City:

• General Plan Amendment to change the current designation from Regional Commercial to Specific Plan.

• Zone Change from M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing) to Irwindale Gateway Specific Plan.

• Zone Ordinance Amendment to adopt the Irwindale Gateway Specific Plan.

• Tentative Parcel Map to create seven total lots.