provisions of Measure JJ<\/a>, which was on the November 2024 ballot with the public vote exceeding 90% approval. A previous rezoning effort failed by a 75% \u201cno\u201d vote in 2022. A citizens committee worked to refine the measure, leading to the vote reversal.<\/p>\nThe Measure JJ zoning led to state certification of the city\u2019s general plan housing element to provide opportunities for 2,415 housing units to be built during the sixth-cycle 2021-29 planning period under the statewide Regional Housing Needs Allocation.<\/p>\n
The state-mandated allocation determines how many new homes each city and county must plan for across different income levels. In Yorba Linda, major zoning changes must be approved by a public vote under provisions of Measure B, which was passed in 2006.<\/p>\n
The largest development will consist of 82 market-rate, two-story homes on 19.6 acres on the north side of Bastanchury Road and west of Plumosa Drive adjacent to Shinnyo-En Temple property. Developer is Irvine-based Shea Homes.<\/p>\n
The site currently has two single-family homes, accessory structures, a \u201cmultitude of abandoned oil wells\u201d and general open space, according to a description by Alexis Garcia, an associate planner in the city\u2019s community development department.<\/p>\n
The development will include 55 detached homes with 4-5-bedroom and 3-4-bathroom floor plans ranging from 3,346 square feet to 3,900 square feet on 48- by 100-foot lots. Twenty-seven cluster detached homes will be 4-5 bedrooms and 3-4 bathrooms, ranging from 2,385 square feet to 2,777 square feet on 45- by 62-foot lots.<\/p>\n
The 22 old oil wells on the site will be abandoned or re-abandoned to current building code standards and any additional impacted soils on the site cleared up to residential standards before building permits are issued, noted Garcia.<\/p>\n
The smaller development will consist of a 30-unit condominium community on 1.62 acres on the northeast corner of Plumosa and Lemon drives just north of the In-N-Out Burger location. Developer is Seal Beach-based Olson Urban Housing.<\/p>\n
The site currently has a 1912 Craftsman-style single-family residence, garage, accessory structures and remnants of agricultural uses, according to a description by Eva Choi, a senior planner in the city\u2019s community development department.<\/p>\n
The 30 units will include 28 detached, three-story market-rate units and two attached, two-story units reserved for very low-income households. The latter units allow certain waivers under the state\u2019s Density Bonus Law, including setbacks, building separation and other benefits.<\/p>\n
The 28 units will be 3-bedroom (plus flex room), 2.5-bath, with 1,808 square feet and a two-car garage. The two affordable units will be 1-bedroom, 1-bath, with 625 square feet and a one-car garage.<\/p>\n
Jim Drummond is a longtime Yorba Linda resident. He regularly gives his take on local issues. Send e-mail to jimdrummond@hotmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two parcels totaling 21.2 acres in Yorba Linda are scheduled to be developed with 112 new homes, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,12964,611,77,7537],"class_list":["post-474360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-jim-drummond","tag-orange-county","tag-uncategorized","tag-yorba-linda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}