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ORDINANCE NO. NS=XXXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL .OF THE CITY <br />OF ,SANTA ANA APPROVING AMENDMENT <br />APPLICATION NO. 2018-06 REZONING VARIOUS <br />PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG THE FIRST STREET <br />CORRIDOR AND ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br />NO. 2618-03 AMENDING THE METRO EAST MIXED USE <br />OVERLAY ZONE (OZ -1) <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE. CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES :ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds; determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. In 2007, the City Council approved and adopted the Metro East -Mixed Use <br />(MEMO) Overlay Zone (OZ -1). The MEMU was intended to provide the <br />framework for future redevelopment of a 200 -acre section of the City along <br />First and Fourth streets between the Santa Ana (1-5) and Costa Mesa (SR - <br />55) freeways. <br />B. Since 2007, one development project has been constructed and three <br />others entitled that are consistent with the goals and objectives of the <br />MEMU. However, changes to the development market following the <br />recession have resulted in the need to modify the MEMU in order to <br />continue to further the goals of the plan while implementing a regulatory <br />framework that protects the health, safety, and welfare of the City: <br />C. Amendment Application No. 2018-06 has been filed by the City of Santa Ana <br />to apply the OZ -1 designation to approximately 52 parcels located along First <br />Street between Grand Avenue and the Santa Ana (1-5) Freeway and along <br />Lyon Street and Elk Lane between First Street and Chestnut Avenue (Exhibit <br />A). <br />D. The OZ -1 designation of the various parcels as shown on Exhibit A will <br />allow, additional development opportunities of these parcels into mixed-use <br />developments, thereby being consistent with the goals and objectives of <br />the MEMU. <br />E. Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2018-03 will amend the existing MEMU, <br />a copy which is available at the Planning Division Public Counter and Main <br />Public Library, or viewed on the City's MEMU webpage. The amendments <br />will create greater consistency among the MEMU and other fonn-based <br />codes that have been adopted since 2007, including the Transit Zoning Code <br />and Harbor Mixed -Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan (Exhibit B). <br />EXHIBIT 2 <br />Ordinance No.'NS-XXXX <br />75A-27 <br />