Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center Parking Structure Project
Summary
The hospital sought approval to build a five-level parking structure on Foster Street to alleviate severe parking shortages for patients, visitors, and staff, prompting discussions about neighborhood privacy, traffic, and setbacks.
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Last discussed Jun 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
Privately funded hospital capital improvement project with no direct municipal expenditure.
Hospital patients, visitors, physicians, and staff who experience chronic parking shortages and traffic delays.
Adjacent residential neighbors on Lemon Street concerned about privacy, lighting, and building massing.
Mentions & discussions (3)
City Council - Jun 16, 2026
The hospital sought approval to build a five-level parking structure on Foster Street to alleviate severe parking shortages for patients, visitors, and staff, prompting discussions about neighborhood privacy, traffic, and setbacks.
Planning Commission - Apr 22, 2026
MemorialCare is building a new 5-level, 784-space employee parking garage on the Foster Street surface lot to alleviate chronic parking shortages for hospital patients and visitors. Nearby residents raised serious concerns about increased traffic congestion on Talbert and Foster, loss of privacy, shade impacts, and lighting glare, prompting the hospital to incorporate larger setbacks and employee-only badge access.
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