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(a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Local agency” means any of the following:
(A) The County of Riverside.
(B) The County of San Bernardino.
(C) Any city located within the County of Riverside or the County of San Bernardino.
(D) Any joint powers authority or agency with land use authority that is located within the County of Riverside or San Bernardino.
(2) “Logistics use” means any land use for the movement or storage of cargo, goods, or products for later distribution to business or retail customers, or both, including any land use serving heavy-duty trucks involved in such movement of cargo, goods, or products.
(3) “Sensitive receptors” means one or more of the following:
(A) A legally permitted residence, including, but not limited to, a private home, apartment, condominium unit, group home, dormitory unit, retirement home, or shelter.
(B) A school, including, but not limited to, preschool, prekindergarten, or school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(C) A licensed daycare facility.
(D) A health care facility, including, but not limited to, any hospital, medical clinic, community clinic, medical center, nursing home, long-term care facility, hospice, convalescent facility, or similar live-in housing.
(E) A community center.
(F) An established community place of worship.
(G) A public playground, public recreation field, or public recreation center.
(4) “Stacking” means an area for temporary parking and lining of motor vehicles while awaiting service or other activity.
(b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), a local agency shall not approve any of the following:
(1) The development of a logistics use that is adjacent to a sensitive receptor.
(2) The expansion of an existing logistics use that is adjacent to a sensitive receptor.
(3) The expansion of an existing logistics use that, after the expansion, would be adjacent to a sensitive receptor.
(c) A local agency may approve the development or expansion of a logistics use, as specified in subdivision (b), if the local agency requires all of the following:
(1) If the logistics use consists of 400,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the logistics use shall include a minimum setback of 300 feet from the building’s loading docks measured from the property line of any sensitive receptor to the nearest dock door using a direct straight-line method.
(2) All of the following landscape buffer requirements:
(A) If the logistics use consists of 50,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the logistics use shall include a 10-foot-wide landscaping buffer on any side of the property that is adjacent to a sensitive receptor.
(B) If the logistics use consists of 400,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the logistics use shall include a 20-foot-wide landscaping buffer on any side of the property that is adjacent to a sensitive receptor.
(C) The landscaped buffer areas pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall include, at a minimum, a solid decorative wall at least 10 feet in height, natural ground landscaping, and solid-screen buffering trees.
(D) The landscape buffer areas pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be external to the decorative wall.
(E) Solid-screen buffering trees in landscape buffer areas pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be evergreen, drought tolerant, in a minimum 36-inch box, and shall be spaced at no greater than 40 feet on center.
(F) The property owner and any successors subject to this paragraph shall maintain the trees and ensure unhealthy or dead trees are removed and replaced in a timely fashion.
(3) If the logistics use consists of 200,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the logistics use shall comply with both of the following design requirements:
(A) The loading docks and truck entries to the logistics use shall be oriented away from adjacent sensitive receptors.
(B) The truck drive aisles shall be located away from sensitive receptors.
(4) If the logistics use consists of 200,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the logistics use shall comply with the following stacking depth requirements:
(A) The entry gates into the loading dock and truck court area shall be positioned a minimum of 140 feet of total available stacking depth inside the property line.
(B) The minimum stacking distance shall be increased by 70 feet for every 20 loading docks beyond 50 docks.
(5) If the logistics use consists of 200,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses, the property owner and any successors shall place anti-idling signs indicating a three-minute diesel truck engine idling restriction. The signs shall be posted at entrances to the site and in the dock areas and shall be strictly enforced by the facility operator.