Gateway Specific Plan

On November 15, 2011, the Laguna Niguel City Council adopted a comprehensive update to the Laguna Niguel Gateway Specific Plan to provide for up to 2,994 residential units and 2.26 million square feet of retail, office, entertainment, hotel and other non-residential uses resulting in 28% fewer average daily trips than would have been generated under the previously approved 1999 Gateway Specific Plan. It allows existing businesses to remain, but will serve as a guide for the private market to attract and develop new land uses that will gradually transition the Gateway area into an attractive and desirable transit and pedestrian-oriented urban village where people live, work, shop, are entertained and recreate.

The Gateway Specific Plan includes the approximate 315-acre area along Crown Valley Parkway, Cabot and Forbes Roads, bounded by Interstate 5, San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor, and the City limits to the north and south.

  1. Title Page and Table of Contents (PDF)
  2. Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF)
  3. Chapter 2. Background and Key Issues (PDF)
  4. Chapter 3. Policies and Development Plans (PDF)
  5. Chapter 4. Allowable Uses, Development Standards, and Guidelines (PDF)
  6. Chapter 5. Public Realm Improvements (PDF)
  7. Chapter 6. Plan Implementation (PDF)
  8. Appendix A. Circulation and Mobility (PDF)
  9. Appendix B. Glossary (PDF)
  10. Gateway Specific Plan, Entire Document (PDF)
  11. Gateway Specific Plan 5-year Traffic Review April 2022
  12. Gateway Infrastructure Actions Memo June 2022