El Corazon (The Heart, in Spanish) is a City-owned parcel of 465 acres located in the center of Oceanside, bounded by Rancho Del Oro Drive on the east, Oceanside Boulevard on the south, El Camino Real on the west, and Mesa Drive on the north.
An ongoing planning process that began in 2003 was facilitated by dedicated citizens’ committees. Through their work the El Corazon Specific Plan was developed to guide the land use decisions created through public outreach and master planning efforts. This document is used to develop the site to contain the following mixture of land uses in six districts: parks and recreation (212 acres), habitat (164 acres), civic services (34 acres), Oceanside Boulevard commercial (25 acres), village commercial (19 acres), and hotel (11 acres).
The El Corazon Specific Plan governs development of the property and the areas set aside for public versus private uses are clearly delineated in this plan.
Overall Vision for El Corazon
