Legal Opinion
Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 12, 2012No. G045622PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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IKOLA, J.
Plaintiff Banning Ranch Conservancy appeals from the denial of its petition for a writ of mandate directing the City of Newport Beach (City) to vacate certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) for the development of Sunset Ridge Park.
Plaintiff contends the EIR wrongly defined the project to exclude the pending residential and commercial development on an adjacent property, Banning Ranch. It claims the park and development are one interrelated project to which the City is giving improper “piecemeal” review.
In addition, plaintiff asserts the EIR was substantively…
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