Newport Banning Ranch
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2009031061
Lead Agency
City of Newport Beach
Document Title
Newport Banning Ranch
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Primarily undeveloped but has been in active operation as an oil field since the mid-1940s; General Plan Designation: Open Space/Residential Village (OS[RV]);
Z: 40 acres in the City of Production, Sign Restriction, Newport Beach: Planned Community District 25 (PC-25); 361 acres in unincorporated Orange County: R-4 Suburban Multi-family; C-1 Local Business Commercial; M1 Light Industrial Employment. Overlay zones include Oil Production, Sign Restriction, and Floodplain Zone 2.
Document Description
Note: Review Per Lead
The Project would allow for the development of the approximately 401.1-acre site with 1,375 residential dwelling units (du); 75,000 s.f. of commercial uses, a 75-room resort inn with ancillary resort uses, and approximately 51.4 gross acres for active and passive park uses including 26.8-gross-acre public Community Park. Approximately 252.3 gross acres would be retained in permanent open space. The project site's existing surface oil production activities located throughout the site would be consolidated into approximately 16.5 acres. The remaining surface oil production facilities would be abandoned/re-abandoned, remediated for development, and/or remediated and restored as natural open space. The proposed Project includes the development of a vehicular and a non-vehicular circulation system for automobiles, bicycles, and pedestrians, including a pedestrian and bicycle bridge from the project site across West Coast Hwy.
Contact Information
Name
Patrick J. Alford
Agency Name
City of Newport Beach
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Newport Beach
Counties
Orange
Cross Streets
north of Coast Highway; South of 19th Street; east of Santa Ana River
Zip
92663
Total Acres
401
State Highways
Hwy 1
Schools
~ 18 (public & private)
Waterways
Pacific Ocean, Santa Ana River
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Residential (Units 1,375, Acres 68), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 75,000, Acres 18), Recreational (51.4 acres (parks)), Other (Resort (75 rooms & related facilities))
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Master Plan, Prezone, Annexation, Coastal Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, 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, Wildfire, Wildlife
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.