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GPA No. 2018-3, AA No.2018-6,, ZOA No. 2018-3, and SPR No. 2618-02 Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) Overlay Zone and Elan projects July 23,2018 Page 5 Table 1: S mdry of MEMU Overlay Zone Amendments, Amendment Issues and ,Impact Development Standard. Issue: Currently the MEMU requires 100 square feet of Reduce private/public open private/common open space required per unit in the Neighborhood space requirement to 90 square Transitional, Village Center, and Active Urban land use districts. In feet per unit. other City form -based codes the standard is 90 square feet per unit. Amendment Impact: Amends the MEMU open space standards to be consistent with other Santa Ana form -based code areas, including the Harbor Plan and Transit Zoning Code. Development Standard. Amend Issue: Building setbacks are prescribed depending on land use setback standards to be district and by yards (front, side, rear, etc.). Rear -yard setbacks for consistent with those contained in buildings over three and ten stories are 100 feet and 150 feet, the Harbor Plan, which prescribe respectively, resulting in disproportionately-laege rear yard areas setbacks based on relation to the becoming undevelopable. street and surrounding land uses. Amendment Impact: Amends the MEMU setback standards to be consistent with the Harbor Plan. For developments adjacent to residential land uses, the property line setback proposed is 15 feet (up to the 2ctl floor), 20 feet (up to the 6r' floor), and 30 feet (Ph floor and above). This amendment will reduce the number of variance and/or density bonus incentives/concessions and waiver requests. Development Standard. Amend Issue: Neighborhood Transitional and Office land use districts allow allowable height in the buildings up to 3 and 6 stories, respectively, which do not match Neighborhood Transitional and current market demands and increases in real estate values and Office land use districts to allow costs. buildings up to 4 and 10 stories, respectively. Amendment Impact: Amends building height standards to be consistent with other Santa Ana form -based code areas, including the Harbor Plan and Transit Zoning Code while respecting sensitive land uses that may be nearby. This amendment will reduce the number of variance and/or density bonus incentives/concessions and waiver requests. Elan Mixed -Use Development The SAMC and MEMU Overlay Zone require that the Planning Commission review a site plan review application for any project proposed within an overlay zone that is built to the overlay zone's standards. The Elan project site is currently located in the General Commercial (C-2) and Multiple. -Family Residence (R-3) zoning districts. However, because the City is proposing to apply the OZ -1 designation to the project site, Planning Commission approval of a site plan review application is required in order for the project to materialize. Staff will draft the Elan 75A-9