Baker Street Warehouse Project and M-2 Zoning Concerns
Summary
A resident warned the council that proposed mega warehouses around Nichols Road, Lake Street and Terracotta would add over 200 loading docks and millions of square feet on roads that aren't built yet, urging infrastructure first.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 20
- Last 30 days
- 6
Rising — discussed at 4 meetings since Sep 22, 2026, up from 1 in the two months before.
Impact analysis
The change expands permitted uses that could bring higher-wage jobs, but neighbors say the cost is noise, trucks and unknown tenants.
Residents near the proposed warehouses would benefit if infrastructure is completed first.
Residents near proposed warehouse sites face noise and traffic if built on incomplete roads.
Mentions & discussions (7)
City Council
Residents urged the council to reject the Baker Street warehouse project, arguing its roughly 600 daily diesel truck trips would clog Nichols, Baker and Pierce, worsen air quality, raise cancer risk near homes and schools, and depress property values — impacts they say the city cannot mitigate.
Planning Commission
Three residents objected to M-2 heavy industrial zoning near Alber Hill, citing warehouses, dust, traffic and pollution near schools like Temescal Canyon High. They also flagged a promised 207-acre golf course that sits in habitat land and asked for industrial designations to be removed.
City Council
Two warehouses totaling over a million square feet near Baker and Pierce Streets are proposed on about 140 acres, and residents of Alberhill Ranch say the environmental document already concedes traffic, air quality, noise and land-use impacts can't be mitigated. They fear approving it — and any M-1 to M-2 rezoning — locks the north side of the city into heavy industrial use, with hundreds of diesel trucks on two-lane roads that were promised for mom-and-pop shops.
City Council
Multiple residents urged the council to scrutinize the Baker Street warehouse project's environmental review before it advances, citing air quality, wildlife habitat, school crowding, and traffic. The council noted the project itself has not yet come before it — only a $27,000 consulting amendment for the EIR.
Planning Commission
The core dispute: changing two parcels from limited manufacturing (M-1) to general manufacturing (M-2), which neighbors argue allows heavier, noisier, potentially hazmat-handling uses. The developer says it enables higher-skilled, better-paying industrial jobs and zoning consistency.
City Council
A resident warned the council that proposed mega warehouses around Nichols Road, Lake Street and Terracotta would add over 200 loading docks and millions of square feet on roads that aren't built yet, urging infrastructure first.
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Related development
Baker Street Warehouse Project (Planning Application No. 2020-103)
Would bring an estimated $350,000 a year to the general fund, thousands of jobs, 33+ acres of conservation, and about 1,900 daily vehicle trips near growing residential neighborhoods.
2026 Lake Elsinore Comprehensive General Plan Update, Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, and related Program EIR
This is the city's guiding land-use and climate document for years to come; the City Council has the final say.
Baker Street Industrial Project
If ultimately approved, the project could bring heavy truck traffic, air quality impacts, and habitat disturbance near established homes and Alberhill Elementary School.
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