Newport Birch Medical Plaza at 20071 Birch Street
Summary
A vacant lot in Santa Ana Heights gets a new three-story medical office building with 89 parking spaces and a small waiver of the parking requirement. A neighboring office property manager warned that overflow parking is already a problem on this corridor and asked the commission to deny the waiver.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
The project pays traffic impact fair-share fees that fund local transportation infrastructure.
Future medical tenants and patients gain new medical office space in a corridor built for it; the property owner gets a buildable project.
The neighboring office building at 20101 Birch Street already absorbs overflow parking and fears the waiver will worsen it.
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