DATE:
November 5, 2025
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT FOR THE OTAY RANCH RESORT VILLAGE 13 PROJECT AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICT: 1)
Body
OVERVIEW
The Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 project (Project) is a mixed-use community located on an 1,869-acre site in the Otay Subregional Plan Area. The site is located east of State Route 125 (SR-125) and west of State Route 94 (SR-94), approximately 0.25 miles east of the City of Chula Vista and 12 miles southwest of the community of Jamul. The Project, which included a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Zone Reclassification, Site Plan, and Tentative Map, was approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on November 18, 2020 (4). An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was adopted at that time and is on file with Planning & Development Services.
The Project consists of 1,938 residential units, 40,000 square feet of commercial uses, a 10.1-acre public elementary school site that would be operated by the Chula Vista Elementary School District, 25.1 acres of public/private parks, a 6.1-acre homeowners' association (HOA) neighborhood facility, a 2.3-acre joint use site for a fire station and sheriff storefront, 9.0 miles of multi-use community trails and pathways, 790.3 acres of preserve/open space land to be conveyed to Otay Ranch Resource Management Plan (RMP) Preserve, an additional 69.3 acres of biological open space, and 76.4 acres of internal open space.
In December 2020, opponents of the project filed a lawsuit challenging the County's approvals and certification of the EIR, among other actions taken with respect to the Project, entitled Center for Biological Diversity et. al. v. County of San Diego, et. al. (Lawsuit). In March 2025, the opponents and Applicants entered into a Settlement Agreement to stay the Lawsuit. The Settlement Agreement requires the Applicants to make several revisions to the Project (Revised Project) a...
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