Council approves license, easements and basin plans to advance Villa Borga development
July 14, 2026 | Chino Hills City, San Bernardino County, California
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The Chino Hills City Council approved resolutions authorizing a license agreement with Lennar, a consent letter with Southern California Edison and the design and plan approval for an off‑site stormwater detention basin needed to finish the Villa Borga master‑planned community.
Planning Manager Hovlinger described the project as a master plan community south of Pine Avenue and west of the 71 Freeway, including 351 single‑family homes, 220 multifamily units and a five‑acre public park. Hovlinger said 332 single‑family homes and the park have already been constructed and that the remaining two tracts (Tract 16413 and Tract 16414) cannot be completed until the larger off‑site basin is constructed and accepted.
Hovlinger said the basin will be enlarged, will include paved access and a realigned access road to improve vehicle and maintenance access, and will be constructed within city‑owned open space adjacent to Butterfield Ranch Road. "Lennar will be solely maintaining it until the entire community is complete," Hovlinger said, and staff noted that the city will not accept the facility until all entitlement conditions are satisfied and the community is built out. Funding for future maintenance was described as coming from a community facilities district levy the council previously adjusted to provide annual maintenance funding once the city accepts the facility.
Hovlinger also explained that the work will occur within a 60‑foot SCE easement crossing the basin area and that staff coordinated a floating easement and non‑disturbance agreement to allow SCE flexibility without impairing basin operations. Staff said CEQA review was completed via an addendum to prior environmental analysis and that the basin design meets city engineering standards.
Council asked clarifying questions about long‑term maintenance and Community Facilities District funding; staff and representatives indicated the CFD will provide the ongoing assessment revenue and Lennar provided a cost estimate for initial maintenance. The council moved and approved the resolutions unanimously.
Planning Manager Hovlinger described the project as a master plan community south of Pine Avenue and west of the 71 Freeway, including 351 single‑family homes, 220 multifamily units and a five‑acre public park. Hovlinger said 332 single‑family homes and the park have already been constructed and that the remaining two tracts (Tract 16413 and Tract 16414) cannot be completed until the larger off‑site basin is constructed and accepted.
Hovlinger said the basin will be enlarged, will include paved access and a realigned access road to improve vehicle and maintenance access, and will be constructed within city‑owned open space adjacent to Butterfield Ranch Road. "Lennar will be solely maintaining it until the entire community is complete," Hovlinger said, and staff noted that the city will not accept the facility until all entitlement conditions are satisfied and the community is built out. Funding for future maintenance was described as coming from a community facilities district levy the council previously adjusted to provide annual maintenance funding once the city accepts the facility.
Hovlinger also explained that the work will occur within a 60‑foot SCE easement crossing the basin area and that staff coordinated a floating easement and non‑disturbance agreement to allow SCE flexibility without impairing basin operations. Staff said CEQA review was completed via an addendum to prior environmental analysis and that the basin design meets city engineering standards.
Council asked clarifying questions about long‑term maintenance and Community Facilities District funding; staff and representatives indicated the CFD will provide the ongoing assessment revenue and Lennar provided a cost estimate for initial maintenance. The council moved and approved the resolutions unanimously.
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