City Council

5. CITY OF COSTA MESA NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL 26-445 BELONG PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, ZONING MAP UPDATE, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CITYWIDE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND REPEALING OF URBAN PLANS; PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER OVERRULING THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT ENVIRONS LAND USE PLAN; CERTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE ALL BELONG ZONING UPDATES AND HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FINAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT; AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE COSTA MESA GENERAL PLAN: CIRCULATION, COMMUNITY DESIGN, LAND USE, NOISE, AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION; RE-ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE NEWPORT BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN, NORTH COSTA MESA SPECIFIC PLAN, AND ONE METRO WEST SPECIFIC PLAN (PCTY-26-0004) RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission recommends the City Council: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, overruling the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission’s Determination that the City of Costa Mesa’s Neighborhoods Where We All Belong Zoning Updates and Housing Element Implementation is inconsistent with the John Wayne Airport Environs Land Use Plan;” and 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report and Adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Neighborhoods Where We All Belong Zoning Updates and Housing Element Implementation;” and 3. Introduce Ordinance No. 2026-XX titled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Amending Several Chapters, Articles, and Sections of the City’s Zoning Code, Chapter I, Article 2, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter V, Article 1, 2, 2.5, 5.5, 6, and 9, Chapter VI, Article 1 and 2, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Article 3, Chapter IX, Article 21, Chapter XII, Article 4, Chapter XIII, and repealing and replacing Chapter IV Citywide Land Use Matrix, Chapter V Development Standards, Article 11 Mixed-Use Overlay District, and Chapter IX Special Land Use Regulations, Article 4 Density Bonuses and Other Incentives, and Amend the Zoning Map.” 4. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Amending the Land Use, Circulation, Community Design, Noise, and Open Space and Recreation Elements of the General Plan, Amending the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan, North Costa Mesa Specific Plan, and One Metro West Specific Plan; and Readopting the Housing Element (Previously Adopted on September 1, 2026);” 5. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-XX titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Establishing Citywide Multifamily Residential and Mixed-Use Objective Design Standards;” and