Land Use & Community Design Element and Residential Zoning Code Update

Summary

SCH Number
2024110035
Lead Agency
City of Buena Park
Document Title
Land Use & Community Design Element and Residential Zoning Code Update
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Various- City Wide
Document Description
The Project requires a General Plan Amendment (GPA) to update the text and exhibits of the Land Use and Community Design Element of the General Plan to include Goals and Policies for affordable housing. The Residential Zoning code will update the text of Division 3, Division 4, Division 5, and Division 1 to streamline review of development proposals, and include design and development standards to be consistent with the adopted Housing Element and State Laws. Division 7 will be created to include design and development standards for 4 mixed use overlays. Finally, the Project would study the impact of the future construction and development of 10,322 dwelling units and 438,333 sq. ft of new commercial space within 410 parcels within the Housing Incentive Overlay zones.

Contact Information

Name
Frank Coyle
Agency Name
CASC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Job Title
Director of Planning
Contact Types
Consulting Firm

Name
Swati Meshram
Agency Name
City of Buena Park, Community Development Department
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant

Location

Cities
Buena Park
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Citywide
Zip
90622-5009
Total Acres
Citywide
Jobs
1425
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
39, 90 and 91
Railways
Metrolink
Airports
Fullerton Municipal Airport &
Schools
Buena Park School Districts
Waterways
Coyote Creek, Brea Creek & Fullerton Creek.
Township
3S
Range
11W
Section
00
Base
San Bern

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 8, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Residential (Units 10322, Acres 336.75), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 438333, Acres 336.75, Employees 1425), Other (General Plan Update)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, General Plan Element, Zoning Code Amendment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]

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