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City of Temecula
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF A
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Date: February 26, 2010
To: Responsible Agencies and Interested Parties and Organizations
Subject: Notice of Availability of a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH
2009071049) for the Old Town Specific Plan
Lead Agency: City of Temecula
Project Location: Old Town Temecula, generally located east of I-15 between Rancho California Road and
Santiago Road
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City of Temecula (City) has completed a Draft Program EIR for the proposed
amendment to the City of Temecula Old Town Specific Plan.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project involves an amendment to the Old Town Specific Plan and a General Plan
Amendment. The primary goal for the Specific Plan Amendment is to incorporate form-based code principles to more
clearly define development regulations, to better facilitate pedestrian friendly development through building placement and
streetscapes, and to encourage mixed-use development within Old Town. The Specific Plan Amendment is intended to
achieve these goals through changes to site planning guidelines, streetscape standards and guidelines, land use district
locations and titles, architectural standards and guidelines, parking lot guidelines, public art guidelines, paving material
guidelines, outdoor dining/sidewalk furniture guidelines, sign regulations and guidelines, alley guidelines, and landscape
guidelines within the Specific Plan. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment will also result in the annexation of
approximately 2.4 acres into the Specific Plan area at a location south of First Street, along the west side of Old Town
Front Street, and the removal of approximately 2.3 acres from the Specific Plan area at a location west of the intersection
of 6th Street and Pujol Street.
The mixed-use aspect of the Specific Plan Amendment is anticipated to result in commercial building floor space
reduction in Old Town of approximately 1.4 million square feet and the addition of approximately 749 residential units
within the Specific Plan area. The reduction of building floor space can be anticipated because residential uses require
more open areas for parking, courtyards, balconies, and other shared and private open spaces than commercial space
would, particularly due to the fact that commercial space in the Downtown Core area of Old Town is not required to
provide parking, but residential uses are required to provide at least one parking space per residential unit.
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The Draft Program EIR evaluates potential impacts of the project and finds that
potentially significant impacts could occur to the following resource areas: aesthetics, air quality, global warming/climate
change, cultural resources, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, utilities and services, and traffic
and circulation. The Draft Program EIR identifies mitigation measures that would reduce or avoid all potentially significant
impacts of the proposed project.
PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: March 1 thru April 14, 2010
AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: The Draft Program EIR is available for public review and
comment at the City of Temecula Community Development Department at 43200 Business Park Drive, Temecula. The
Draft Program EIR is also available for public inspection at the Temecula Public Library located at 30600 Pauba Road,
Temecula.
For additional information, contact: Stuart Fisk, AICP Tel: (951) 506-5159
City of Temecula e-mail: Stuart.Fisk@cityoftemecula.org
Community Development Department
P.O. Box 92589-9033
Temecula, CA 92589-9033