Palomar Heights (SUB 18-0011, ENV 18-0009, PHG 18-0049)

SCH Number: 2019059013
Lead Agency: Escondido, City of (City of Escondido)
Document Title: Palomar Heights (SUB 18-0011, ENV 18-0009, PHG 18-0049)
Document Type: NOP - Notice of Preperation
Received: 5/3/2019
Project Applicant: The Palomar Heights Project Owner, LLC
Present Land Use: Former hospital campus/Zone: Specific Plan {Downtown Specific Plan)/General Plan: Specific Plan Area

Document Description: The proposed project {Project) consists of a Specific Plan Amendment to the Downtown Specific Plan, Tentative Map, Planned Development {Master and Precise Development Plan), and Development Agreement for the redevelopment of a former hospital campus into a mixed-use residential and commercial development. The Project would include 510 multi-family residential units and up to 12,000 square feet of commercial space. Street improvements and residential amendities are proposed as part of the project. More-detailed information is provided in the attached Notice of Preparation and on the City of Escondido's project webpage at https://www.escondido.org/palomarheights.aspx.

Contact Information: Adam Finestone
City of Escondido
201 N. Broadway
Escondido, CA 92025
Phone : (760) 839-6203

Cities: Escondido
Counties: San Diego
Cross Streets: Valley Blvd, E. Valley Pkwy, and E. Grand Ave
Zip: 92025
Total Acres: 13.8
Parcel #: 229-450-05-00, 229-450-06-00, 230-163-05-00, 230-163-03-00 I 230-162-02-00, 230-163-01-00, 229-4
State Highways: 1-15 and SR 78
Other Location Info: 229-442-01-00, 229-442-02-00, 229-442-03-00, 229-442-04-00, 229-442-18-00, 230-163-04-00

Review Period Start: 5/3/2019
Review Period End: 6/3/2019
Development Type: Residential (510 Units, 13.8 Acres) Commercial (12,000 Sq. Ft., 13.8 Acres) Other (Mixed-use project; Residential and commercial components compris)
Local Action: Subdivision Redevelopment
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Drainage/Absorption Economics/Jobs Geologic/Seismic Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Recreation/Parks Schools/Universities Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Vegetation Water Quality Water Supply Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: California Department of Parks and Recreation California Highway Patrol California Public Utilities Commission Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 5 Department of Housing and Community Development Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 9 Resources Agency Caltrans, District 11 Department of Toxic Substances Control

Environmental Document: NOP PDF 2401 K
NOC: letter PDF 837 K NOC PDF 1148 K
State Comments: 2019059013_DTSC Palomar Heights_Notice of Preparation For Draft EIR_06 PDF 1047 K 2019059013 CalTrans D11 PDF 440 K