The Sacramento City Council provided a crucial stamp of approval Tuesday night to a project that will build warehouses, hotels and restaurants on about 450 acres of land currently outside city limits.
The development, known as the Airport South Industrial, will be located southeast of the intersection of Powerline Road and Interstate 5 in an unincorporated area of Sacramento County. The area — historically used as farmland — will be annexed, meaning the land will be brought into city limits.
Following Tuesday’s approval, the proposal will head to the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors for further approval. The commission will likely vote on the proposal in March, said Cheryle Hodge, principal planner for the city…