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EIR No. 2020-01, GPA No. 2020-02, & AA No. 2020-01 – The Bowery Mixed-Use Development <br />May 11, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Table 1: Project and Location Information <br />Item Information <br />Project Address 2300, 2310, and 2320 South Redhill Avenue <br />Nearest Intersection Red Hill Avenue and Warner Avenue <br />General Plan Designation Professional and Administration Office (PAO) <br />Zoning Designation Light Industrial (M-1) <br />Surrounding Land Uses North Industrial/Office in the City of Tustin <br />East Commercial/Business in the Tustin Legacy Specific Plan <br />South Industrial <br />West Industrial/Office <br />Site Size 14.58 gross acres (14.37 acres after dedications) <br />Existing Site Development The site is currently developed with three industrial buildings, one of <br />which contains a temporary homeless shelter, and associated parking <br />lots and landscaping <br />Applicable Zoning Code Sections Existing: SAMC Chapter 41, <br />Article III, Division 18 (Light <br />Industrial / M-1) <br />Proposed: SAMC Chapter 41, Article <br />III, Division 26 (Specific Development / <br />SD) <br />Entitlements SAMC Chapter 41, Article V, Division II <br />(Amendments and Change to District Boundaries) <br />Proposed Density (Units per Acre) 77 <br />Proposed Floor Area Ratio (FAR) 2.06 <br /> <br />Project Description <br /> <br />The project includes demolition and removal of three existing industrial buildings on the site as <br />well as existing parking and landscape areas. Once the site is cleared, the applicant is seeking <br />approval of several entitlements to facilitate construction of a mixed-use commercial and <br />residential community that would contain 1,100 residential units, 80,000 square feet of leasable <br />commercial area, landscaping, onsite amenities for the public and the community’s residents, <br />and parking. <br /> <br />Site Planning <br /> <br />City staff, the developer, and the architects worked closely to ensure the latest principles in site <br />planning were successfully incorporated into the project. The project site is broken up by onsite <br />lanes, paseos, and plazas, which results in a village of multiple buildings that are pedestrian in <br />scale and easy to access by foot from any point on the project site. The project’s defining <br />features are the commercial plaza adjacent to the two freestanding commercial pad buildings, <br />and the pedestrian paseo that leads from this commercial area between Buildings A and B to <br />Building D. The commercial plaza is designed to provide an area for the developments residents, <br />commercial patrons, and visitors that is furnished with seating and passive recreation features <br />and is sheltered from the nearby Redhill and Warner intersection. <br /> <br />Moreover, the site plan has been designed to accommodate future connections to the adjacent <br />property to the southwest. Two of the project site’s private lanes can be reconfigured to connect <br />to the adjacent property, further enhancing the proposed village concept. In the interim, however, <br />these two private lanes will be landscaped and will not allow vehicle access; neither of these <br />3-2