Final Vote Due on Housing Development
A proposed subdivision next to the Costa Mesa Freeway that has drawn objections from neighbors and school officials faces a final vote tonight by the City Council.
The development would sit on a 12-acre triangular parcel, with Taft Avenue on the north, the freeway on the west and Morningside Street on the east.
Hundreds of neighbors protested Hearthstone Development Corp.’s original plan for 61 homes.
Over the course of three meetings with the Planning Commission, the Orange developer revised its plans and now wants to build 46 homes around a central open space.
The developer also agreed to buy portable classrooms for the Orange Unified School District after it objected because of potential overcrowding.
The Planning Commission approved the revised plan in December and called the design “creative and imaginative planning.”
The public hearing begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 300 E. Chapman Ave. Information: (714) 744-5500.
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