Costco Wholesale Facility and Fueling Station Project

Costco Wholesale Facility and Fueling Station Project

The proposed project entails development of a 159,889-SF Costco wholesale facility and fueling station, with associated site improvements, on the project site. Construction of the proposed project would require demolition of the three existing industrial buildings and parking areas, retention of 38 existing ornamental trees, removal of 214 ornamental trees, and associated on-site and offsite improvements, including the removal and relocation of driveways on Ranger Street and Birch Street and the removal of an existing driveway along Kraemer Boulevard. The Costco wholesale facility would be constructed on the northeastern portion of the project site and include typical Costco departments: sales floor, bakery, meat, cooler/freezer facilities, pharmacy, optical center, hearing aid center, food service, tire center, food court, and associated back-of-house functions. Loading docks would be on the southeast corner of the warehouse. Outdoor equipment would include two trash compactors and emergency generators. Costco wholesale facility retail center hours are anticipated to be Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 8:30 pm, Saturday from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. A Costco fueling facility would be constructed on the western portion of the project site. The fueling facility would be housed under a prefabricated canopy, with 20 fuel islands and 40 fueling pumps that would be accessed via oneway queuing lanes. Three underground storage tanks (two 40,000-gallon gasoline tanks and one 1,500-gallon additive tank) and associated monitoring and safety equipment would be installed. The fueling facility hours are anticipated to be 5:00 am to 10:00 pm Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm on Saturday, and 6:00 am to 7:30 pm on Sunday. A total of 943 parking stalls would be provided onsite. Ingress/egress to the site would be provided on East Birch Street, South Kraemer Boulevard, and Ranger Street, and truck access would be primarily from Ranger Street.

Brea

Orange

Citywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (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 12 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 8, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 159889, Acres 3.67, Employees 90), Other (Fueling Station)

Site Plan, Use Permit, Redevelopment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 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, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire