Plan Description - City of Tustin

Chapter 2 • Plan Description
The Land Use Plan contains a variety of housing and employment
opportunities, educational and community support uses that will
complement the urban fabric as well as strengthen the economic base of
the area. At build-out, the site will be unlike any other place in Orange
County with its unique mix of uses, functional and physical connections
between uses, historical setting, and vitality.
Key features of the Plan include the following:
• Uses with the best revenue generation potential are located in areas
positioned for early development in order to help fund the
infrastructure needed to make other areas of the site developable in
the future.
• Residential uses are planned in the northern and eastern portion of
the site, adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods, as well as
within the Community Core.
• Commercial, office, and industrial uses are predominately located in
the central and southern portions of the site, which is compatible with
existing surrounding uses.
• Many of the buildings within the community services area at the
former base along the western edge of the Plan area will be reused
for education purposes. A number of education institutions intend to
provide community college level programs, job training, incubator
(start-up) business development opportunities and other educational
opportunities at the site.
• Approximately 20 percent of the Plan area has been dedicated to
recreation and open space uses, including an approximate 84-acre
Urban Regional Park, a 25-acre Community Park, and neighborhood
parks dispersed within the residential enclaves. In addition,
neighborhood parks and recreation facilities and private open space
areas within the existing housing areas and school play yards can be
used to provide nearby activities for future residents.
• An approximate 84.5 acre Urban Regional Park will be developed in
the vicinity of the northern blimp hangar. The blimp hangar is on the
National Register of Historic Places. The hangar may be preserved if
financially feasible, and could set the theme for the park as well as
being a major landmark for the Plan area.
• The core area of the Plan permits a variety of future development
opportunities when market conditions are suitable for high value use
of the property. The core area is one of the first and most difficult
MCAS Tustin Specific Plan/Reuse Plan
City of Tustin
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