North Tustin Specific Plan

In 1983, the County of Orange approved the North Tustin Specific Plan (NTSP). You can download a complete copy of the North Tustin Specific Plan. A modification was approved in 1986. This plan was created by the County and North Tustin Residents as a result of the recognition of development concerns and delineates what developments should be allowed. The plan area includes the property north of 17th street on both sides of Newport Avenue. The plan explicitly discusses the property currently being proposed for a Senior Retirement Facility and states that the property should be used for residential single family homes; a School or Church may be acceptable if this use is sensitive to the surrounding community and with the granting of a use permit by the County. There is no mention that any other type of development may be acceptable. Since the creation of the NTSP, a Church was proposed for the same property now being proposed as a Senior living facility; the plan was abandoned when the community objected to it as being an incompatible development.

The NTSP states that a single family residential district is created to protect and enhance neighborhoods where one household, residential users are dominant. This strongly argues against placing a large, 153 unit facility in the midst of a single family residential area.