Desert Horizons II

Desert Horizons II

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is seeking approval for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and Major Variance for the expansion of the 800-acre El Mirage Airfield facility. The proposal is for an aircraft assembly hangar and avionics assembly & testing with associated accessory office and support facilities (Project). The Proposed Project is located on approximately 20 acres of parcel APN: 0457-041-02, which is an approximately 77-acre parcel. It also includes approximately one acre of the adjacent parcel to the west, APN: 0457-041-03, which totals approximately 159 acres. Additionally, the approximately 77-acre parcel APN: 0457-041-04 is incorporated into the project site. The three parcels totaling approximately 312 acres (APNs: 0457-041-02, -03, and -04) are planned to be merged as part of the project. The project site located in El Mirage, unincorporated San Bernardino County, California approximately ten miles west of the City of Adelanto (see Figure 1-Regional Location). More specifically the airfield is at 73 El Mirage Airport Road within the 1st Supervisorial District (see Figure 2-Project Vicinity). The airfield is designated Rural Living (RL) and General Industrial (GI) according to the San Bernardino County Countywide Plan/Policy Plan 2020 (Policy Plan), with zoning designations of Rural Living (RL) and Institutional (IN). The airfield opened in 1942 as a satellite field for the Victorville Army Airfield (Victorville AAF) and was used as a training facility during World War II. After the war, the field was used as a civil airfield. Since 1985 the El Mirage Field has been used by General Atomics as their unmanned air vehicle flight test center. Conditional Use Permit and Major Variance for the development of: (1) a 118,020-square-foot hangar building, (2) a 19,512-square-foot ground control building, and (3) a 20,000-square-foot stockroom building for the manufacturing and testing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) located at 73 El Mirage Airport Road, El Mirage, CA (APNs: 0457-041-02, -03, and -04).

Unincorporated El Mirage

San Bernardino

Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), 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 Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation

Industrial (Sq. Ft. 157532, Acres 312, Employees 1)

Use Permit, Major Variance

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, 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, Solid Waste, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian