2021-2029 Housing Element Implementation Project

2021-2029 Housing Element Implementation Project

The City’s 2021-2029 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (Housing Element) addresses the City’s identified housing needs and includes the City’s approach to addressing its share of the regional housing need. The Housing Element proposes to accommodate the City’s 6thCycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation through multi-family or mixed-use development in the Towne Centre’s C-P Zone, rezoning of vacant land at the Smith Basin site, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The proposed Project would implement the Housing Element. The Project does not propose any housing development; however, it does propose land use, zoning, and policy changes that would facilitate housing development throughout the City. Specifically, the Project would facilitate housing development on two candidate housing sites (i.e., the Smith Basin site and the Towne Centre site), and as ADUs throughout the City. The Smith Basin site (APN 378-441-04) is an approximately 17.8-acre site located at the City’s southeastern boundary, in the north-central portion of the Smith Basin. The Towne Centre site (APNs 372-232-10 and 372-232-17) is an approximately 1.5-acre site located at the City’s east-central portion, in the Villa Park Towne Centre, at 17855 and 17871 Santiago Boulevard. The Towne Centre site is developed with commercial land uses (i.e., offices, City Hall, and the Orange County Public Library Villa Park Branch). The Project would increase the City’s development capacity by approximately 318 dwelling units (DUs), as follows: 204 DUs on the Smith Basin site; 28 DUs on the Towne Centre site; and 86 ADUs on sites throughout the City. The Project involves the following: a General Plan Land Use Element amendment (GPA No. 2025-01) to reclassify the 17.8-acre Smith Basin site from Open Space to Commercial; a Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA No. 2025-01) to rename the Commercial Professional (C-P) zone to Commercial-Mixed-Use (C-MU) zone and revise applicable sections of Villa Park Municipal Code Article 23-7 – Commercial Zones concerning the C-MU zone’s development standards; and a Zoning Map amendment (ZMA No. 2025-01) to rezone the 17.8-acre Smith Basin site from Open Space (OS) Zone to C-MU. Additionally, the California Department of Housing and Community Development has legislative authority to review and approve the City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element Implementation Actions.

Villa Park

Orange

Citywide, Southern California

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 Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), 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 Quality

Residential (Units 318, Acres 19.3), Other (Housing Element Implementation Program )

General Plan Amendment, Rezone

Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems