Plan Description - City of Tustin

Chapter 1 • Introduction
Irvine will have to adopt any General Plan and zoning changes necessary
to implement the provisions of the Plan within the City of Irvine.
1.2 LOCATION AND SETTING
MCAS Tustin is located in Southern California near the center of Orange
County, and is approximately 40 miles southeast of downtown Los
Angeles (Figure 1-1). The MCAS Tustin Specific Plan/Reuse Plan project
area encompasses approximately 1,606 gross acres. The majority of the
Plan area, 1,511 acres, lies in the southern portion of the City of Tustin.
Approximately 95 acres, consisting of existing military family housing
and vacant land, lies within the City of Irvine. The City of Santa Ana
borders the site to the southwest.
The Plan project area is located in an area bounded by four freeways: the
Costa Mesa (SR-55), Santa Ana (I-5), Laguna (SR-133), and San Diego (I-
405) freeways. The major roadways which border the site include Red Hill
Avenue on the west, Edinger Avenue and Irvine Center Drive on the north,
Harvard Avenue on the east, and Barranca Parkway on the south.
Jamboree Road transects the site and provides access to the Eastern
Transportation Corridor. John Wayne Airport is located approximately
three miles to the south, and a Metrolink Commuter Rail station providing
daily passenger service to employment centers in Orange, Los Angeles,
Riverside, and San Diego counties is located immediately to the north of
the project area. This local setting is illustrated in Figure 1-2.
Virtually an island in a highly urbanized location, the project area is
generally bounded by single-family residential uses and business park uses
to the north, light industrial and research and development uses to the
west, light industrial and commercial uses to the south, and residential
uses to the east of Harvard in the City of Irvine. In fact, the site is one of
the largest remaining tracts of developable land in central Orange County.
Its locational advantages in terms of proximity to transportation facilities,
community services, and regional commercial and cultural facilities makes
it a prime location for urban development.
The Plan project area encompasses property previously within the
boundaries of the former MCAS Tustin and one privately owned 4.1-acre
site located at the northeasterly corner of the project area.
MCAS Tustin Specific Plan/Reuse Plan
City of Tustin
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