Bella Mar Apartments

The project is requesting a TENTATIVE MAP, SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PERMIT and MULTIPLE HABITAT PLANNING AREA (MHPA) BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT for a 380-unit multi-family development with supporting-amenities and infrastructure. The proposed development scope is identical to that addressed in the MND except for a new trail and associated public access easement along the northern edge of the development footprint, as well as a change from decomposed granite to concrete for the for the multi-modal pathway. The remainder of the project scope is as identified in the previously adopted MND. Description of Previous Action and Project: The City of San Diego previously prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2022040642 and associated Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program that was adopted by the Council of the City of San Diego on August 4, 2023, Resolution R315070. The project proposed a General Plan/Community Plan Amendment (CPA) to redesignate the project site from Open Space to Medium Density Residential and a rezone from AgricultureResidential (AR-1-2) and Open Space (OF-1-1) to Multiple-Unit Medium Density Residential (RM-2-5). The project included a Tentative Map and the construction of two residential communities within two parcels. The project proposed a total of 380 multi-family units. The proposed density would be consistent with the allowable residential density of the land use designation, which allows up to 29 dwelling units per acre, and the underlying zone, which allows one dwelling unit per 1,500 square feet plus density bonuses for an affordable component. Specifically, the development would consist of two neighborhoods - a north neighborhood and a south neighborhood. The north neighborhood would contain 14 separate, three-story buildings with a total of 280 market-rate dwelling units, in addition to a 1,500-square-foot option leasing building and a 2,500-square-foot clubhouse/cabana area. Other amenities include a pool and a play area. Parking in the northern neighborhood will be accommodated through a combination of surface parking and private enclosed garages. The south neighborhood would include a single four-story building consisting of 100 affordable housing dwelling units. (LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The S ½ of the NE¼ of the SE¼, excepting the south 40.00 feet all being in Sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 2. W., San Bernardino Meridian, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to the official plat thereof. Also excepting therefrom that portion thereof lying westerly of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly line of Coughlin Subdivision, according to map thereof No. 1806, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, October 23, 1924, distant along said northerly line north 81 °29'22" west 21.20 feet from the northeasterly corner of lot 62 of said Coughlin Subdivision; Thence north 13°22'42" west 9.09 feet; thence north 14°53'19" west 276.24 feet; thence north 06°42'47" west 411.70 feet; thence north 07°51'19" west 487.97 feet; thence north 07°19'00" west26.73 feet to a point on the north line of distant along said last north line 89°24'21" west 1059.90 feet from the northeast corner of said south half.)