SAN CLEMENTE : Council to Get an Update on Rancho San Clemente
A clearer picture of the final size of Rancho San Clemente will be drawn for the City Council tonight.
Several years ago, the city set a ceiling of 2,931 homes for that area. But over the years, developers have built less than the maximum allowed, city planners said. As a result, the total number of homes will only reach about 2,500, they said.
“The city has tried to encourage quality development” in Rancho San Clemente, city principal planner Bonnie McKenna said. “The developers have generally been very cooperative. Very few of them built as much as they could’ve done.”
So far, 2,150 homes have been built.
“We wanted to give the council a more accurate idea of what’s going on” in Rancho San Clemente, McKenna said.
The council tonight also will be asked to change the zoning of a proposed industrial park at Calle Iglesias and La Pata from heavy to light use.
“Staff reconsidered light industrial more appropriate considering the golf course and scenic highway in the area,” McKenna said.
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