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CITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange.
Members of the public can also access meetings on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and AT&T
U-verse Channel 99 and streamed live and on-demand on the City’s website.
DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2026
TIME: 5:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. GPA25-0003, ZONE CHANGE NO. ZC25-0002,
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. TTM25-0001, MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW NO.
MJSP25-0002, ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW NO. ADR25-0018, AND INITIAL
STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. ENV25-0001 – NORTH TUSTIN
STREET RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
PROPERTY LOCATION: 2375 N. TUSTIN STREET | APN: 372-642-31
REQUEST: A proposal to redevelop an existing 4.23-acre commercial site (former Best Buy) with 71
three-story single family small lot homes, open space recreation area, guest parking, and
related site improvements. The proposal includes a request to change the General Plan
land use designation from General Commercial (Max. 1.0 FAR) to Medium Density
Residential (15-24 dwelling units per acre), and the Zoning from Limited Business Tustin
Redevelopment Project Area (C-TR) to Residential Multiple Family (R-3) to allow a small
lot residential subdivision on the site and to establish consistency between the use,
General Plan, and Zoning.
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION:
Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) No. ENV25-0001 was prepared to
evaluate the physical environmental impacts of the project, in conformance with the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines
Section 15070 and in conformance with local CEQA guidelines. The analysis contained in
IS/MND No. ENV25-0001 determined that the project will have less than significant
impacts to the environment with the implementation of Project Design Features, Plans,
Programs and Policies, and Mitigation Measures. The public review period began on
February 5, 2026, and ended February 25, 2026. Copies of the document were available
for public review at City Hall, in the Offices of the City Clerk and Community Development
Departments and were posted to the Departments web page on the City’s web site.
PROPERTY OWNER: BTPROP3, LLC
PROJECT APPLICANT: Chad Brown, Melia Homes
FURTHER
INFORMATION:
All interested parties may submit comments and may be heard on any relevant matter
relating to the proposed actions by mail, email, voicemail, or in-person, as set forth in the
April 6, 2026, Planning Commission agenda to be posted on the City’s website at
www.cityoforange.org. To obtain further information about the project, please contact
Monique Schwartz, Senior Planner at the Planning Division of the City of Orange, 300
East Chapman Avenue via telephone at (714) 744-7224 or mschwartz@cityoforange.org.
If you challenge any decision to this request in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in a written correspondence delivered
to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.