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Irvine council approves general plan amendment, zoning change and development agreement for 2,500-unit University Research Park project
Summary
The City Council approved a general plan amendment, a rezoning and a development agreement to allow up to 2,500 residential units in Planning Area 25 (University Research Park), including affordable housing requirements and per-unit public benefit fees.
The Irvine City Council voted 7-0 to approve a general plan amendment, a zone change and a development agreement to allow up to 2,500 dwelling units in Planning Area 25 (University Research Park), a change that would add housing to a previously research-industrial area near the University of California, Irvine.
The action: At a public hearing, the council adopted a resolution approving the general plan amendment and read ordinances for the zone change and development agreement introduced for first reading. The council vote carried unanimously.
What the changes do: The amendment redesignates about 131 acres from research-industrial to “multi use,” rezones the area to a new 3.11 multi-use district and establishes a 2,500-unit cap for the planning area. The development agreement…
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