[CPEO-IRF] El Toro (CA) airfield closure enables development

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Irvine OKs housing, retail project near Spectrum
Plan will add 1,456 residential units on a parcel rezoned from 
industrial use.

By SONYA SMITH
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (CA)
May 3, 2007

IRVINE - The Planning Commission on Thursday approved for the Irvine Co. 
to build 1,456 studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom residences and 1,000 
square feet of retail space near the Irvine Spectrum.

The 28-acre parcel and surrounding planning areas were rezoned by the 
City Council last June to allow 7,600 dwellings. City staff said that 
the residential zoning replaces mostly research and industrial zoning. 
The change in zoning is expected to bring another $2.42 million in tax 
revenue to the city each year.

The area was once under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions 
because of the presence of the El Toro air base. But, the air base's 
closure lifted those restrictions - allowing homes in the area.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/irvine/article_1680319.php

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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