Legislation Details

File #: 26-445    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/1/2026 In control: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY*
On agenda: 10/20/2026 Final action:
Title: CITY OF COSTA MESA NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, ZONING MAP UPDATE, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CITYWIDE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND REPEALING OF URBAN PLANS; PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER OVERRULING THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT ENVIRONS LAND USE PLAN; CERTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FINAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT; AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE COSTA MESA GENERAL PLAN: CIRCULATION, COMMUNITY DESIGN, LAND USE, NOISE, AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION; RE-ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE NEWPORT BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN, NORTH COSTA MESA SPECIFIC PLAN, AND ONE METRO WEST SPECIFIC PLAN (PCTY-26-0004)
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. 1. City Council Resolution - ALUC, 3. 2. City Council Resolution - Certify PEIR, 4. 3. City Council Ordinance - Zoning Code Amendments, 5. Exhibit A to Attachment 3 Zoning Code Amendments, 6. Exhibit B to Attachment 3 Zoning Map, 7. 4. City Council Resolution - GPA SPA, 8. Exhibit A to Attachment 4 General Plan Amendments, 9. Exhibit B to Attachment 4 Specific Plans, 10. 5. City Council Resolution - ODS, 11. Exhibit A to Attachment 5 ODS, 12. 6. City Council Resolution - Urban Plans, 13. 7. Planning Commission Resolution update with signature, 14. 8. Planning Commission Comments and Responses, 15. 9. SB 4 Memorandum and Survey, 16. 10. Housing Production Incentives Memorandum, 17. 11. ALUC Letter October 2026
Related files: 26-154, 26-170, 22-632, 25-532, 26-174, 26-383, 25-581, 25-612, 26-112, 26-207, 26-384, 26-385, 26-387, 26-431, 26-138, 26-409
TITLE:
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CITY OF COSTA MESA NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, ZONING MAP UPDATE, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CITYWIDE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND REPEALING OF URBAN PLANS; PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER OVERRULING THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT ENVIRONS LAND USE PLAN; CERTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FINAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT; AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE COSTA MESA GENERAL PLAN: CIRCULATION, COMMUNITY DESIGN, LAND USE, NOISE, AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION; RE-ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE NEWPORT BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN, NORTH COSTA MESA SPECIFIC PLAN, AND ONE METRO WEST SPECIFIC PLAN (PCTY-26-0004)
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DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT / ADVANCED PLANNING AND HOUSING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: MICHELLE HALLIGAN, SENIOR PLANNER; ANNA MCGILL, ADVANCED PLANNING MANAGER; CATHY TANG SAEZ, DUDEK
CONTACT INFORMATION: MICHELLE HALLIGAN, SENIOR PLANNER, (714) 754-5608

RECOMMENDATION:
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The Planning Commission recommends the City Council:
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, overruling the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission’s Determination that the City of Costa Mesa’s Neighborhoods Where We All Belong Zoning Updates and Housing Element Implementation is inconsistent with the John Wayne Airport Environs Land Use Plan;” and

Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report and Adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting...

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