Sierra Verde

The city publishes Sierra Verde as a 13.4 acre polygon on its HOA Local register, holding 145 addresses. They sit on six streets, Alondra, Pinzon, Cuervo and Colibri among them, carrying 0.65 miles of centerline. The county parcel record inside the boundary is 152 parcels, predominantly condominium units. The median lot the county records here is 0.08 acres and 24 feet wide. The city general plan gives 12.2 of those acres a medium density residential designation. The zoning layer puts 12.2 acres in the RM-2000-A zone and 1.2 in OS. Mail here carries the 92688 zip code and a Rancho Santa Margarita postal city.

The city assigns the ground to evacuation zone RSM09, which it describes as SFR, Elementary School, Church, Skate Park, HOA parks and pools. Water comes from the Santa Margarita Water District and trash is collected Friday by CR&R. All of it lies in Capistrano Unified, which feeds Arroyo Vista Elementary and Tesoro High.

Sierra Verde means the green range, and every street inside it is a bird. Alondra is the lark, Pinzon the finch, Cuervo the crow, Colibri the hummingbird, Tirano the kingbird and Codoniz the quail. Six streets, six birds, and no other theme anywhere in the 145 homes.

The townhomes were built in 1989 in a Spanish idiom, in the middle of the city and a short walk from the Tijeras Creek Golf Club. Nearly a tenth of the ground was left as open space. Families here go to Arroyo Vista and on to Tesoro High, which puts Sierra Verde on the Capistrano side of the line that runs through the city.