Below are some of the larger developments in the City of Huntington Beach along with a brief description. The links will take you to supporting documents including a more detailed project description, images, staff reports, environmental documents and other items as applicable. If you would like additional information, feel free to contact the Planning and Zoning Counter at (714) 536-5271. Please also check out the Major Projects Newsletter for updates on development activities in the City of Huntington Beach.
Initial Studies for smaller projects are available on the Environmental Assessment Committee page.
1. Poseidon Desalination Plant
Originally Filed: January 22, 2002
Summary: The project, proposed by Poseidon Resources Corporation, consists of the construction and operation of a 50 million gallon per day seawater desalination facility within the City of Huntington Beach. The facility would consist of seawater intake pretreatment facilities, a seawater desalination plant utilizing reverse osmosis technology, product water storage, two pump stations, materials storage tanks, and 42 to 48-inch diameter product water transmission pipeline possibly up to 10 miles in length in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa. The facility would utilize existing AES Huntington Beach Generating Station (HBGS) seawater intake and outfall pipelines for its operations. The proposed desalination facility is located on an 11-acre portion of the 22-acre HBGS facility located at 21730 Newland Street, off Pacific Coast Highway. The Environmental Impact Report was certified by the City Council on September 6, 2005.
2. Pacific City
Originally Filed: April 4, 2002
Summary: Pacific City is a proposed development of a vacant thirty-one acre site that is bounded by Pacific Coast Highway, First Street, Huntington Street, and Atlanta Avenue. The request would divide the site into three parcels. One would be for 516 residential condominium units. The other two would be for commercial/retail/restaurant/entertainment/office/hotel development. The hotel would be a 165-room, eight story, luxury boutique hotel, spa and health club with a 12,000 sq. ft. restaurant located along the southern portion of the property.
Originally Filed: July 22, 1999
Summary: Consisting of 226,536 square feet, the Strand will include retail, restaurants, offices, a 152-room hotel and a 411-space underground parking structure.
Originally Filed: September 24, 2004
Located west of Newland Street, south of Lomond Drive, north of Hamilton, the proposed project would develop and subdivide a former industrial site to a residential development with 204 multi-family residential units and approximate two acre public park. The site was formerly used as an oil pipeline and storage tank terminal, for which decommissioning and remediation has been completed. A portion of the site is currently operating as a recreational vehicle and boat storage facility, which would be removed and replaced with the proposed new uses.
The Ascon Landfill, located at the Southwest Corner of Magnolia and Hamilton, operated as a landfill from 1938 to 1984. Much of the waste came from oil drilling, especially in the early years. A group of private companies that formerly owned the site are paying for clean-up activities. Emergency action to repair berms potentially weakened in last year's rains completed January 10, 2006. More information at www.ascon-hb.com.
6. Brightwater
Summary: The City is in the process of annexing 105.3 acres of the upper bench portion of Bolsa Chica that will become a residential development. The development, named the Brightwater project and currently in unincorporated Orange County, has already been approved by the California Coastal Commission and the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Development standards are based upon the County's standards. The City has been approached for annexation in order to provide better services. Brightwater would consist of 349 single-family units. Of the 105.3 acres, 67.9 would be dedicated for residential developments and 37.4 would be for habitat restoration.
7. Beach Boulevard/Edinger Corridor
Summary: Development of Specific Plan for Beach Boulevard. Workshop held with City Council, Staff, local businesses and community members in September 2005 to give overview of Corridor Planning concepts and process. Now incorporates former Edinger Corridor study area.
Summary: The applicant, the City of Huntington Beach Public Works Department, proposes to widen Newland Street from Pacific Coast Highway to Hamilton Avenue, widen the reinforced concrete bridge at Huntington Channel, install storm drain improvements in Newland Street, and raise the profile of Newland Street to improve traffic visibility.
Summary: Renovation of the First Christian Church at 17th Street and Adams.
10. Home Depot
Originally Filed: October 27, 2004
Summary: The proposed Huntington Beach Senior Center project involves the construction of a new one-story senior center (approximately 45,000 square feet) on an undeveloped portion of Central Park. Access to the facility will be provided from Goldenwest Street/Talbert Avenue. The senior center will include multi-purpose rooms/community hall, group exercise room, fitness room, arts/crafts room, multi-use classrooms, kitchen, dance room, lobby, administrative area, outdoor patio, and outdoor recreation/activity area. Approximately 200 parking spaces will be provided for visitors and City vehicles.
Summary: The Ripcurl project is proposed at 7302-7400 Center Avenue, across from Goldenwest College. The applicant, Red Oak Investments LLC, proposes to develop the 3.8 acre site with approximately 440 luxury residential units in five residential stories, located above approximately 15,000 square feet of street level retail and commercial uses. Open space amenities will be included.
13. The Village at Bella Terra
Summary: Formerly dubbed Bella Terra Phase II, the proposed project is located at 7777 Edinger Avenue in the northern part of the City of Huntington Beach, immediately adjacent to the existing Bella Terra mall. The site is bordered by Center Avenue to the north, Edinger Avenue to the South, the Bella Terra mall to the east and a railroad right-of-way and commercial property to the west. The applicant is proposing General Plan Amendments and Zoning Text Amendments to allow development of a multi-level mixed-use retail and residential development. The analysis includes evaluation of conceptual plans for a horizontal and vertical mixed-use residential and commercial development. Conceptual plans for Option 1 (Increased Residential) depict 713 residential units and 138,085 sf of commercial uses. Conceptual plans for Option 2 (Increased Commercial) depict 538 residential units and 414,255 sf of commercial uses. Option 2 would allow development of a hotel. The conceptual development consists of five major building blocks with various combinations of semi-subterranean parking along with housing and retail wrapping around above-ground parking structures. The retail component would be on the ground level adjacent to above-grade parking or in separate stand-alone commercial buildings. The maximum proposed building height is four to six stories on a majority of the project site and a maximum of 10 stories on the northern portion of the site.
14. Gun Range EIR
Summary: The former gun range site is approximately 4.91 acres in size and is owned by the City of Huntington Beach. The Huntington Beach Police Officers Association constructed the current gun range improvements and operated the facility under a 20 year lease from the City. In the early 1990s, it became evident that the range needed rebuilding. Unstable soil caused by decomposing landfill was impacting the facility, and the public side of the facility was closed and demolished due to structural concerns. In 1997 the City terminated the lease due to safety concerns, and the gun range has been closed since. The EIR will analyze clean-up of the former gun range site.