Overview
About Mesa Vista North
Mesa Vista North covers 52.62 acres and the city's address layer records 267 addresses inside it, the seventh most of the fifty communities on the city's register, across ten named streets: Paseo Alondra, Paseo La Serna, Paseo Laguna, Paseo Lomita, Paseo Placentia, Paseo Ravenna, Paseo Sienna, Paseo Tamara, Via Capri and Via Sequoia. All 1.94 miles of street inside the boundary appear on the city's Private Roads layer, because every one of the recorded maps kept the interior streets out of public dedication. The boundary is zoned Planned Community District, 52.4 acres of it, with two tenths of an acre of Open Space Recreation District, and the General Plan carries the whole 52.6 acres as Medium Low Density.
Four interior points were tested against the Capistrano Unified locator and all four returned the same three campuses. Harold Ambuehl Elementary takes TK through fifth grade with 324 students at a 23 to 1 ratio, 53 percent meeting the state standard in English language arts and 59 percent in mathematics, and it feeds Marco Forster Middle, which enrolls 930. San Juan Hills High School enrolls 2,641 and graduated 96.2 percent of its class. The Fire Hazard Severity Zone layer places 32.7 acres of the boundary in the Non-Wildland Fuel class, 15.1 acres in High and 4.9 acres in Moderate.
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How Mesa Vista North was built
Mesa Vista North was built between 1987 and 1994 on the high flat ground east of the old town, and its streets carry the names of California and Spanish places, Paseo Placentia, Paseo Laguna, Paseo Ravenna, Paseo la Serna, Paseo Alondra for the lark. A mesa is exactly what it stands on.
That table of land was grazing and then grove. The cattle economy of the ranchos ended in the 1860s in flood, smallpox and drought, and the farms that replaced it grew wheat and barley, then walnuts, then citrus. The California Central Railroad arrived in 1887 and let growers ship nationally, and by the early twentieth century San Juan ran its own orange and produce packing operation. A hundred years later the same land was worth more empty than planted.
By the Numbers
Mesa Vista North by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Mesa Vista North lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Mesa Vista North
Four interior points across the boundary were tested against the Capistrano Unified school locator and all four returned the same assignment, so the campuses below are the ones the district assigns to Mesa Vista North rather than simply the nearest.
9-12 · 2,641 students
6-8 · 930 students
TK-5 · 324 students
FAQs
Common questions about Mesa Vista North
How big is Mesa Vista North?
The boundary the City of San Juan Capistrano publishes on its homeowner association layer measures 52.62 acres, or 2,291,923 square feet, and holds 267 addresses and 278 parcels, the seventh most of each on the register.
When was Mesa Vista North built?
The six maps were recorded between November 1986 and April 1988, and the city's parcel layer dates all 267 parcels inside the boundary between 1987 and 1994, with a median of 1989.
Who developed Mesa Vista North?
Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association signs the owner's certificate on the recorded maps as the party with record title, through Richard R. Rebal, group vice president, and Thomas Ballard, assistant vice president. No separate developer entity is named. Lockman and Associates drew the maps and Leland F. Johnson, registered civil engineer 13560, signed the surveys.
Are the streets in Mesa Vista North private?
Yes. All 1.94 miles of street inside the boundary appear on the city's Private Roads layer, and the recorded maps state that the private streets are not offered for dedication to public use. La Novia Avenue and Via Del Prado were dedicated to the public.
Which schools serve Mesa Vista North?
Harold Ambuehl Elementary for TK through fifth grade, Marco Forster Middle School and San Juan Hills High School, all Capistrano Unified. Four interior points tested against the district locator returned the same three campuses.