Public hearing for Brea 2050 General Plan Update and Specific Plan.

CITY OF BREAPLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2026-01, SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 2026-01, ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2026-01, ZONE CHANGE NO. 2026-01, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 2026-01 FOR BREA 2050: FOCUSED GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND BREA CORE SPECIFIC PLAN.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City of Brea that a public hearing will be held at a Planning Commission Meeting on Tuesday, April 14, at 6:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, in the Council Chambers of the City of Brea Civic & Cultural Center, 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, California 92821, in accordance with State Law and the Brea City Code, to consider the following application:
REQUEST:The City of Brea requests approval of General Plan Amendment (GPA) No. 2026-01, Specific Plan (SP) No. 2026-01, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (ZOTA) No. 2026-01, Zone Change No. 2026-01, and EIR No. 2026-01, collectively comprising the Brea 2050 - Focused General Plan Update and Brea Core Specific Plan. The proposed project includes the following components: * Focused General Plan Update: Comprehensive update to the City’s 2003 General Plan, including five elements: Community Development, Community Resources, Mobility, Public Safety, and Safety. The update applies citywide and within the City’s Sphere of Influence.
 * Brea Core Specific Plan (BCSP): Adoption of a new specific plan implementing new zoning, mobility recommendations, streetscape enhancements, infrastructure upgrades, and implementation strategies for the BCSP area.
 * Zoning Code Implementation: A Zoning Code update to amend Chapters 20.04, 20.11, and 20.258 for updates to the mixed-use zoning districts, and updates to the Zoning Map for consistency with revised land use designations and to implement the BCSP.
 * Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR): Certification of the Final Program EIR (PEIR) and adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Brea 2050 Focused General Plan Update.
LOCATION: Citywide
ENVIRONMENTAL:The proposed project has been assessed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, and a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) has been prepared. A PEIR is an EIR that may be prepared for a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project, as defined by Section 15168 of the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3). Based on analysis of the Draft PEIR, the City determined that implementation of the project would result in less than significant impacts related to aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, public services, transportation, tribal cultural resources, utilities and service systems, and wildfire with implementation of mitigation. The Draft PEIR identifies significant and unavoidable impacts on air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and noise, even with the implementation of feasible mitigation measures. The Draft PEIR can be accessed through the following link: https://cityofbrea.gov/166/Projects-in-Process
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend said hearing and express opinions on the matters outlined above. FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING THE PLANNING DIVISION AT (714) 990-7674 OR BY EMAIL at planner@cityofbrea.gov.IF YOU CHALLENGE THE PROJECT AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATIONS 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 WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE, DELIVERED TO THE COMMISSION AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE PUBLIC HEARING.Maribeth TinioCity PlannerPublish: 04/02/2026Star-ProgressPublished: 4/2/26