Bear Street Residential Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025050135
Lead Agency
City of Costa Mesa
Document Title
Bear Street Residential Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Land Use: General Commercial (GC) Zoning: Administrative and Professional (AP)
Document Description
MLC Holdings, LLC. (applicant) proposes to develop a new residential infill community consisting of 142 for-sale townhomes ranging in size from approximately 1,060 to 2,218 comprising 2-story detached condominiums and larger 4-story stacked flats. The proposed project would provide private roadways and parking, pedestrian walkways, common space and amenity areas throughout the project site, landscaping, and a recreational amenity area, including approximately 93,500 square feet of open space. The project applicant proposes to deed restrict 5 percent of the units as very low affordable homes (up to seven homes). Pursuant to the State Density Bonus Law, the proposed project would be allowed a 20 percent increase in density.
Contact Information
Name
Chris Yeager
Agency Name
City of Costa Mesa
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Cecilia So
Agency Name
FirstCarbon Solutions
Job Title
Associate Director
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Name
Vanessa Scheidel
Agency Name
MLC Holdings, Inc.
Job Title
Forward Planning Manager, Southern California
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Costa Mesa
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Bear Street, Paularino Avenue
Zip
92626
Total Acres
6.12
Parcel #
141-521-48, 141-521-49
State Highways
I-405, SR-73, SR-55
Airports
John Wayne (SNA)
Schools
Paularino Elementary School, Sonora Elementary School
Other Location Info
Schools cont: Greenville Fundamental School, Segerstrom High School, McFadden Intermediate School, California Pacific Charter Schools, Killybrooke Elementary School, Renascence School International, College Park Elementary School
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, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Residential (Units 142, Acres 6.12)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire, Forest Land/Fire Hazard, Water Supply/Groundwater, Archaeological/Historical
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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