The Chula Vista local coastal program (LCP) implementation program (hereinafter referred to as the Bayfront Specific Plan) is adopted by City Council Ordinance No. 3238, to protect and promote the health, safety, morals, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. The Bayfront Specific Plan is intended to implement the Chula Vista General Plan and the Chula Vista LCP Land Use Plan (LUP) and their goals, objectives, and policies, which are also being implemented by the Bayfront Redevelopment Plan prepared by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, and Successor Agency (Agency) thereto pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq. and 34173, respectively), the California Constitution, and all applicable laws and ordinances, and last amended on September 25, 2012, by City Council Ordinance No. 3238 and Resolution No. 2012-189. (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012; Ord. 2532, 1992; Res. 11903, 1985).

The Chula Vista coastal zone (coastal zone) is located in the City of Chula Vista (City) in San Diego County, California (Exhibit 1). The City is bounded by the cities of National City to the north and San Diego and Imperial Beach to the south. The Chula Vista Bayfront coastal area (Bayfront) is located within the coastal zone and encompasses the coastal lands from the City’s northern boundary south to Palomar Street and west of and including Interstate 5. The Bayfront area also includes two inland parcels of land located east of I-5, one located on the south of the west end of Faivre Street and the other located in the northern part of the City. The portion of the coastal zone located south of Palomar Street, known as the West Fairfield Planning Area, is not included in the Bayfront area (Exhibit 2).

The Bayfront area consists of lands under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Unified Port District (Port) and lands under the jurisdiction of the City (Exhibit 3). The subject of the LCP amendment (Chula Vista LCP Planning Area) is non-Port parcels under the jurisdiction of the City, including privately owned lands and City-owned lands, within the Bayfront area. A large block of land located in the northern portion of the Bayfront area near the Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (LUP Subarea 1, Sweetwater District), owned by a private entity, was part of a land exchange with the Port for more developable parcels located in the central portion of the Bayfront area (LUP Subarea 2, Harbor District) and southern portion of the Bayfront area (LUP Subarea 3, Otay District). The land exchange included the transfer, after approval of the land exchange by the California State Lands Commission, of six parcels in the Sweetwater District from the private owner to the Port in exchange for four parcels in the Harbor District from the Port to the private owner. This land transfer shifted the jurisdiction of the four parcels in the Harbor from the Port to the City.

The Bayfront Specific Plan shall govern and regulate all development within the Chula Vista LCP Planning Area boundary as depicted in Exhibit 4, herein. (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B), 2012; Ord. 2532, 1992).

The Bayfront Specific Plan is adopted pursuant to Section 30500(a) of the California Public Resources Code, relating to the requirements of a city to implement the provisions and policies of the California Coastal Act. This Bayfront Specific Plan is further adopted pursuant to Sections 65450 through 65457 of the California Government Code, and Chapter 19.07 CVMC, relating to specific plans.