Irvine 2045 General Plan Update

Irvine 2045 General Plan Update

The City is required to update the General Plan to accommodate the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) of 23,610 units identified in the 2021-2029 Housing Element. To ensure consistency with housing statute, the Housing Element identified adequate sites to accommodate 57,656 new residential units. The project would accommodate these units through the introduction of overlay zones that would promote higher density residential and residential mixed-use in three focus areas. Focus Area 1 consists of the Greater Irvine Business Complex Area (Planning Area 36 [Irvine Business Complex] and Planning Area 19 [Rancho San Joaquin]),and would allow for an additional 15,000 units. Focus Area 2 consists of the Greater Spectrum Area (Planning Area 13 [Irvine Spectrum 4], Planning Area 31 [Irvine Spectrum 6], Planning Area 32 [Irvine Spectrum 3], Planning Area 33 [Irvine Spectrum Center], and a portion of Planning Area 12 [Oak Creek]), and would allow for an additional 26,607 residential units. Focus Area 3 consists of the Great Park Neighborhood Transit Village (Planning Area 51 [Great Park Neighborhood]), and would allow for 5,252 residential units. The project would also allow for the development of 8,536 new units throughout the City, and accounts for 2,261 units associated with recently approved housing projects. In total the project would accommodate 57,656 units. As part of this project, adjustments will be made to all existing General Plan elements (excluding the Housing Element). With the implemented changes, the contents of the Irvine 2045 General Plan Update are as follows: Introduction, Land Use Element, Circulation Element, Conservation and Open Space Element, Environmental Protection and Climate Action Element, Safety Element, Noise Element, and the Housing Element (not a part of the project due to previous adoption, but a required component of the General Plan). The project also includes non-residential land uses in the Irvine Great Park (including a botanical garden, a veteran's memorial garden, a library, a discovery center, two museums, a 65-acre central park area, an accessory restaurant use, an aquatic center, an all-wheel park, and pickleball courts). as well as the extension of the Ada roadway from its current terminus in the parking lot of the Irvine train station to meet the future Marine Way extension north of the railroad tracks.

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