This Community Plan has guided the development of a balanced community of residential and business park uses with an open feeling. Scripps Ranch is identifiable by extensive eucalyptus plantings, natural ridges and steep slopes, and a 673-acre natural open space network. 628 acres are dedicated to residential use, 60 to acres industrial/business park, and 41 acres to parks and sports fields.

The goal of protecting the viewshed around Miramar Lake was achieved in the 1987 comprehensive amendment by coordinating and conducting a series of public meetings with the Community Planning Group. Close contact was maintained throughout the plan review and approval process with the City Planning, Park and Recreation, and Engineering Departments, the San Diego Unified School District, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and Utility agencies.

The 1998 Amendment adopted seven new parcels and modified the physical configuration, size and density of three residential parcels; one commercial, one industrial, and one park and ride parcel. A two-lane collector road was added where previously a local road was anticipated, and the adopted 1987 plan text was cited as the authority to change one parcel from industrial to commercial.

KEY COMPONENTS

• Project Coordination & Scheduling
• Existing Conditions Analysis
• Physical Planning
• Community Input Charettes
• Transportation Element
• Residential Density Analysis
• Employment Analysis
• Industrial and Commercial Development Guidelines
• Sensitive Lands and Open Space Element
• Implementation Element
• School Facility Analysis
• Planned Development Permits:
  - Residential
  - Commercial
  - Industrial