Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Project St. Paul’s Cathedral (St. Paul’s), located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Nutmeg Street in the Bankers Hill neighborhood of San Diego, has served the community since the 1950’s. With the cathedral itself located on the south end of the block, St. Paul’s used the remainder of a city block for church offices, a surface parking lot, and a small apartment building. To the east, a large grassy area of Balboa Park is located across Sixth Avenue. While the neighboring parcels to the north (across Olive Street) and west (across Fifth Avenue) include older buildings ranging from one to three- stories, the parcel to the south (across Nutmeg Street) and other nearby parcels have seen recent development of large, mixed-use buildings. As the surrounding neighborhood redeveloped at an increased density, St. Paul’s determined it could ensure its long-term financial security by

3 selling part of its land to a developer. In November 2011, the San Diego City Council (City Council) approved a project to redevelop St. Paul’s parcel to build a new mixed-use building, but that project was never built. In late 2017, St. Paul’s found a new…