Village of Porto Romano

Village of Porto Romano

The proposed project includes a Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Tentative Map for a 146-acre master planned community that includes housing, a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use Village Center, public parks, roadways. and landscaped open spaces. The site will provide approximately 1,488 housing units in a variety of styles at an average density of 10 gross dwelling units per acre (du/ac). The Village Center will include approximately 130,000 square feet of neighborhood business and retail opportunities in a Village Center setting around a Central Park. Other support facilities include a community center, four community parks, neighborhood mini-parks, and a localized trail system that will serve the Village of Porto Romano community. Currently, the City of Lake Elsinore General Plan designates the project site as Freeway Business along I-15 and Future Specific Plan on the northern portion of the site. The entire site is zoned R-1 Single Family Residential. The proposed Specific Plan would modify both the land use and zoning for the site area. The proposed project would be primarily designed for residential uses including 88.3 total acres of High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and Low Density Residential. In addition, the proposed project includes the following land uses: mixed use, parks, open space, and roads.

Lake Elsinore

Riverside

Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency

Residential (Units 1,488, Acres 88.3), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 130,000), Recreational (8.4 ac of park / 12.8 acres of open space), Other (Mixed Use, 11.6 acres)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife