Scheiber Ranch Properties v. City of Lincoln CA3

BACKGROUND

The Specific Plan contemplated the annexation of approximately 4,787 acres into Lincoln and the development of that property to create approximately 8,200 residential dwelling units, 4.6 million square feet of commercial space, and public/semipublic facilities, including a high school, a junior high school, three elementary schools, parks, and open space. It was anticipated that development would occur over a 15- to 25-year period. The Specific Plan area would be developed separately and at different times because it was owned by different landowners. Richland owned and/or controlled about 1,541 acres of the Specific Plan area. The EIR provided a project-level analysis for Area A of the Specific Plan area and a program-level analysis for Areas B through J. Scheiber Ranch Properties, LP owned and operated agricultural land within the Specific Plan area. Albert Scheiber was a general partner of Scheiber Ranch Properties, LP. Scheiber Ranch filed a petition for writ of mandate pursuant to CEQA to set aside Lincoln’s certification of the EIR for the Specific Plan. It subsequently filed a second amended petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and…