Mercado Apartments
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025020359
Lead Agency
City of San Diego
Document Title
Mercado Apartments
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
5/29/2025
Document Description
A request for a COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to amend Coastal Development Permit No. 92-0490, and a SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to demolish two existing, two story apartment buildings (12 dwelling units), trash enclosure and a portion of the parking lot, and construct a 4-story, 92-unit, 100, 169-square-foot 100% affordable housing development. The project includes 5,886 square feet of outdoor courtyard and plaza space. The project amends the existing development permit to reduce the minimum required number of vehicular parking spaces within the project site from 194 to 94 parking spaces. The project is requesting deviations from the development regulations in the form of waivers: reduced window height, direct access from the
street, and removal of the requirement for building step backs. The 0.98-acre project site is a portion of a 4.34-acre parcel located at 2001 Newton Street. The site is designated Residential/Commercial/industrial and zoned Barrio Logan Planned District (BLPD) -Redevelopment Sub-District within the Barrio Logan - Harbor 101 Community Plan area. In addition, the site is within the Coastal Overlay Zone (Non-appealable), Airport Land Use Compatibility Overlay Zone (ALUCOZ) for Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island and San Diego International Airport (SDIA), Airport Influence Area (San Diego International Airport Review Area 2 and Naval Air Station North Island Review Area 2), Federal Aviation Administration Part 77 Notification Area for NAS and SDIA, Parking Standards Transit Priority Area, Parking Impact Overlay Zone (Coastal Impact), Community Plan Implementation Overlay Zone Type A (CPI OZ-A), Promise Zone, Transit Area Overlay Zone, and Transit Priority Area.
[Legal Description: Parcel 1 of Parcel Map No. 17172, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, County Recorder of San Diego County June 29, 1993, as File No. 1993-0414075 of Official Records. Assessor's Parcel Number: 538-672-04-00].
Contact Information
Name
Martin Mendez
Agency Name
City of San Diego
Job Title
Development Project MGR
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Oscar Del Toro
Agency Name
MAAC Development
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Total Acres
.98
Other Location Info
2001 Newton Avenue, San Diego, California 92113
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of San Diego
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
San Diego
Final Environmental Document Available at
Development Services Department, 1222 First Avenue, MS-501, San Diego, CA 92101
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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