DATE: November 18, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: CONSIDERATION OF A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP (T25-00004), DEVELOPMENT PLAN (D25-00014), HISTORIC PERMIT (H26-00001) AND DENSITY BONUS (DB25-00009) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED USE PROJECT CONSISTING OF A CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 88 ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS PROVIDED WITHIN 17 BUILDINGS WITH TEN UNITS PROPOSED AS LIVE-WORK UNITS AND 13 UNITS RESERVED FOR MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ON A 4.7 ACRE SITE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF DOUGLAS DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 76. MISSION FLATS MIXED USE – APPLICANT: MISSION FLATS, LLC
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution confirming a statutory California Environmental Quality Act exemption and approving a Vesting Tentative Map (T25-00004), Development Plan (D25-00014), Historic Permit (H26-00001) and Density Bonus (DB25-00009) to develop a mixed-use project with 88 dwelling units (13 affordable units), including ten live-work units on a 4.7 acre site located at the northeast corner of Douglas Drive and Highway 76.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The project site is a 4.7-acre triangular shaped parcel located at the northeast corner of Douglas Drive and Highway 76 (APN 160-020-54-00) within the San Luis Rey Neighborhood Planning Area as designated within the General Plan. The site has a land use designation of Special Commercial (SC), and is zoned Special Commercial Limited with a Historic Overlay (CS-L-H). Surrounding land uses include the Mission Douglas Plaza Shopping Center and Mission View Manor mobile home park to the north, Highway 76 and open space to the south, undeveloped property and Caltrans right of way to the east and the Mission Plaza Real Shopping Center and Caltrans right-of-way to the west (Attachment 3 - Figure 1)
In October of 2020, a mixed-use project was approved at the subject property consisting of...
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