The Ocean View School District has sued the city of Huntington Beach over a proposed mixed-use project that it claims would cause overcrowding and other problems in nearby schools.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 23, demands that the city more fully analyze and mitigate the impacts of the Beach and Warner Mixed Use Project, which seeks to add up to 279 residential units and almost 36,000 feet of restaurant and retail space to a 9.4-acre site at Beach Boulevard and Warner Avenue.
The city estimates that the development will bring in 185 elementary school students and 34 middle school students. According to the district, that extra enrollment would cause overcrowding at Mesa View Middle School and Oak View Elementary School, force the district to spend at least $2.5 million to retrofit and reopen Park View Elementary School, and require Ocean View Little League, which uses the fields at Park View, to relocate.
