About this civic decision
Ordinance No. 2026-05 says the Escondido City Council approved a Planned Development Permit for the Juniper Street Office to Residential Conversion and lists an April 1, 2026 adoption vote with Fitzgerald, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, Martinez, and White voting aye.
Overview
Ordinance No. 2026-05 says the Escondido City Council approved a Planned Development Permit for the Juniper Street Office to Residential Conversion. The ordinance title describes the action as allowing ground-floor residential uses and reduced setbacks.
This page is limited to the adopted ordinance PDF. It does not state current construction status, occupancy, permit compliance, condition satisfaction, codification status, or current municipal-code effect.
Decision
- Body: Escondido City Council
- Ordinance: Ordinance No. 2026-05
- Case numbers: PL24-0126, PL24-0127, PL25-0359
- Adoption date stated in ordinance: April 1, 2026
- Vote stated in ordinance: Fitzgerald, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, Martinez, and White listed as AYE;
no NOES or ABSENT councilmembers listed
The ordinance says the City Council approved the Planned Development Permit as depicted in Exhibit C, subject to Conditions of Approval attached to Resolution No. 2026-40 as Exhibit D.
The April 1, 2026 City Council minutes list Ordinance No. 2026-05 as a second-reading-and-adoption consent item. The minutes state that the ordinance had been approved on March 4, 2026 with a 5/0 vote.
Project Context
The ordinance says Darshan Patel filed a land-use development application on May 15, 2024. It describes the application as a request for a Planned Development Permit and Design Review Permit with Density Bonus Request to facilitate conversion of an existing office building into 32 residential dwelling units.
The ordinance describes the project site as a 0.67 gross acre site at 332 S. Juniper Street, APN 229-472-11. This page does not publish map metadata, parcel boundaries, private-property access guidance, current construction conditions, or current occupancy.
Prior Review
The ordinance says the Planning Commission held a public hearing on February 10, 2026 and adopted Resolution No. 2026-02 recommending that the City Council approve the project's Planned Development Permit and corresponding entitlements as detailed in the March 4, 2026 City Council staff report.
This page does not summarize the staff report, Planning Commission record, Resolution No. 2026-40, conditions of approval, or any later permitting record.
The April 1 minutes verify the recorded consent-item context for Ordinance No. 2026-05. They do not provide the full ordinance text, resolution text, condition text, current entitlement status, current construction status, occupancy, condition compliance, or later project status.
Environmental Review Statement
The ordinance says the City Council determined the project categorically exempt from further environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 for In-Fill Development Projects.
That statement is recorded here only as ordinance text. This page does not provide CEQA analysis, legal interpretation, entitlement advice, appeal guidance, or litigation status.
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Good to know
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Change and source dates
- Latest page update
- 2026-06-13
- Latest source check
- 2026-05-26
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- 2026-05-24T20:50:31-07:00
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Source Notes
The source for this page is the official Ordinance No. 2026-05 PDF linked from the City Council Adopted Ordinances page and retrieved on May 24, 2026. The source can support ordinance-stated decision context, but it should not be treated as a current project-status source or as a complete municipal-code record.
The April 1, 2026 City Council minutes add minutes-recorded consent-item context for Ordinance No. 2026-05. They should not be used as a substitute for Resolution No. 2026-40, the staff report, conditions of approval, or later project records.
Check approved minutes, Resolution No. 2026-40, the March 4, 2026 staff report, planning records, permit records, building records, municipal-code records, and later official updates before relying on current status, conditions, construction, occupancy, current law, codification status, or legal interpretation.
Sources
source-2026-05-24-ordinance-number-2026-05: Ordinance Number 2026-05- Publisher: City of Escondido
- Retrieved at: 2026-05-24T20:50:31-07:00
- Origin URL: https://www.escondido.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9513/Ordinance-Number-2026-05-PDF
source-2026-05-24-city-council-minutes-2026-04-01: Escondido City Council minutes for April 1, 2026- Publisher: City of Escondido
- Retrieved at: 2026-05-24T23:08:10-07:00
- Origin URL: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/escondidca-pubu/MEET-Minutes-8f8e72e5d5914558b75e31752eea2cc0.pdf
Sources & verification
claim-2026-05-24-city-council-minutes-2026-04-01-ordinance-2026-05(decision, text.txt lines 170-180): The April 1, 2026 minutes list Ordinance No. 2026-05 as a second-reading-and-adoption consent item for the Juniper Street Office to Residential Conversion, and state that it was approved on March 4, 2026 with a 5/0 vote.claim-2026-05-24-ordinance-2026-05-title-and-case(decision, text.txt lines 6-20): Ordinance No. 2026-05 is titled as a City Council ordinance determining the project exempt from further environmental review under CEQA and approving a Planned Development Permit to allow ground-floor residential uses and reduced setbacks for the Juniper Street Office to Residential Conversion; the ordinance lists case numbers PL24-0126/PL24-0127/PL25-0359.claim-2026-05-24-ordinance-2026-05-project-site-and-units(location, text.txt lines 27-39): Ordinance No. 2026-05 says Darshan Patel filed a land-use development application on May 15, 2024 for a Planned Development Permit and Design Review Permit with Density Bonus Request to facilitate conversion of an existing office building into 32 residential dwelling units on a 0.67 gross acre site at 332 S. Juniper Street, APN 229-472-11.claim-2026-05-24-ordinance-2026-05-planning-commission-recommendation(decision, text.txt lines 45-59): Ordinance No. 2026-05 says the Planning Commission held a public hearing on February 10, 2026 and adopted Resolution No. 2026-02 recommending that the City Council approve the project's Planned Development Permit and corresponding entitlements as detailed in the March 4, 2026 City Council staff report.claim-2026-05-24-ordinance-2026-05-ceqa-and-approval(decision, text.txt lines 92-120): Ordinance No. 2026-05 says the City Council determined the project categorically exempt from further environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 for In-Fill Development Projects and approved the Planned Development Permit as depicted in Exhibit C, subject to Conditions of Approval attached to Resolution No. 2026-40 as Exhibit D.claim-2026-05-24-ordinance-2026-05-adoption-vote(decision, text.txt lines 160-169): Ordinance No. 2026-05 says it was passed, adopted, and approved by the Escondido City Council at a regular meeting on April 1, 2026, with AYE votes listed for Fitzgerald, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, Martinez, and White, and no NOES or ABSENT councilmembers.