Plan Description - City of Tustin

Appendices
• Promote expansion of the City's economic base and diversification of
economic activity.
The Specific Plan accommodates a range of land uses that will provide a
healthy balance of market driven, private sector uses along with a wide
range of public serving uses. A variety of housing opportunities,
employment, educational and community support uses will complement
surrounding uses and strengthen the economic base of the area. The
location and mix of uses within the Plan area are intended to minimize
noise, traffic, air quality, and other potential environmental impacts.
The Plan includes the community facilities and infrastructure necessary to
support the planned uses. Furthermore, the Plan provides critical links in
certain facilities including the local and regional transportation system and
trails.
Design guidelines and development standards within the Plan address the
aesthetic integration of uses within the site and with surrounding uses. The
focus is to integrate anticipated land uses with existing facilities, and
provide for architectural, landscape, streetscape, and site design
enhancements to improve the character of the site. Furthermore, the Plan
is divided into Neighborhoods, which will have their own characteristics
and set of functions to perform within the Plan.
Uses with the best revenue generation potential will be developed in the
early phases of development. The Plan anticipates the future by promoting
uses and institutions that will accommodate and attract 21st century jobs
and technologies.
The Land Use Element of the City of Irvine General Plan consists of six
land use planning goals. These goals are similar to those of the Tustin
Land Use Element in that they seek to balance land uses, provide
compatible land uses, and promote economic prosperity. Irvine's Urban
Design Element seeks to provide a visually attractive, efficiently
organized and identifiable city. The Public Facilities Element also looks to
provide a full range of necessary public facilities and services. The
Specific Plan is consistent with these Irvine General Plan Elements based
on the above discussion of the Plan's provisions and intent.
2. Circulation Element
The Tustin Circulation Element is designed to provide a safe, efficient and
adequate circulation system that will provide adequate capacity for future
land uses in the City of Tustin. The following goals relate to the Specific
Plan:
City of Tustin
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MCAS Tustin Specific Plan/Reuse Plan