University District Specific Plan

University District Specific Plan

The project would amend the City's General Plan and Heart of the City Specific Plan to allow mixed-use development on approximately 203 acres. The amendment would change the land use designation to Mixed Use and would rezone the area from Specific Plan Area - Business Park and Neighborhood Commercial to Specific Plan Area - Mixed Use. The Specific Plan would include 2,600 residential units, 800 units of student housing, 450 hotel rooms, 750,000 square feet of general office, 300,000 square feet of medical office, 1,000,000 square feet of mixed use retail, 13.91 acres of park/developed open space, 30,000 square feet of community/civic use, 43.18 acres of public streets/sidewalks and 26.07 acres of preserved open space (associated with San Marcos Creek). It should be noted that up to 200 additional student housing units may be provided, but a corresponding decrease in residential units would be proposed (decreasing to 2,400 units). Additionally, the number of hotel rooms could increase to 600 rooms with a corresponding decrease in general office use by 100,000 square feet.

San Marcos

San Diego

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Residential (Units 2,600), Office (Sq. Ft. 1,050,000), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 1,000,000), Educational (Option for elementary school), Recreational (13.91 acres park/developed open space), Other (26.07 acres preserved open space,30,000 s.f. civic uses,800 unit)

General Plan Update, Specific Plan

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