Commission approves salvage/pallet recycling site with revised screening and conditions

The Planning Commission approved land use requests for a proposed recycle wood pallet storage facility at 1622–1630 Sunset Drive after the applicant modified plans and supplied neighbor support letters.

John Vargas, speaking for property owner Rosalio Navarro, described the operation as a pallet collection, sorting and resale facility with two employees, hours Monday–Friday from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., two to four truck deliveries per day and gates open during business hours but closed to public access. He said site improvements would include sidewalks, curb and gutter, landscape buffers and an 8‑ft decorative CMU block wall along Sunset Drive.

Staff had recommended denial because activities would not be wholly enclosed, but commissioners reviewed the revised screening, agreed to conditions requiring masonry rather than chain link in key locations, and approved the variances and special use permits as part of one motion. The item will move to City Council on April 15 for final action.