Public hearing for a residential project redevelopment proposal on North Tustin Street.

CITY OF ORANGELEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSIONPUBLIC 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.Orange City NewsPublished: 3/12/26