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EIR No. 2018-01, DA No. 2018-01, GPA No. 2018-06, <br />AA No. 2018-10 2525 North Main Street <br />February 5, 2019 <br />Page 3 <br />associated with the proposed development, and concerns with potential parking intrusion on the <br />adjacent neighborhood. <br />Proiect Location and Site Description <br />The subject site is a 5.93 -acre parcel located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Edgewood <br />Road. Regional access to the site is provided from the Santa Ana (1-5) Freeway via Main Street, a <br />6 -lane arterial roadway, and via the State Route 22 (SR -22) Freeway. The project site is located <br />on North Main Street, an urban corridor within the City. The site is also located at a main entry <br />point to the Park Santiago Neighborhood, a residential neighborhood predominantly comprised of <br />detached single-family dwellings (Exhibit 11). <br />The site is currently improved with an 81,172 square foot, two-story office building with 442 parking <br />spaces and associated mature trees and landscaping (Exhibit 12). The building has been vacant <br />since summer 2017. The Discovery Science Center of Orange County leases the parking lot for <br />employee and overflow parking. <br />Table 1: Project Location Information <br />Inds <br />F'ts��'nttalt`rt , <br />Project Address <br />2525 North Main Street <br />Nearest Intersection <br />Main Street and Edgewood Road <br />General Plan <br />Designation <br />Existing: Professional & <br />Administrative Office PAO <br />Proposed: District Center (DC) <br />Zoning Designation <br />Existing: Professional (P) <br />Proposed: Specific Development No. <br />93 SD -93 <br />Surrounding Land <br />Uses <br />North Santiago Park — O en Space <br />East Single -Family Residential — R1 <br />South Single -Family Residential — R1 <br />West Discovery Science Center — SD -65 <br />Property Size <br />5.93 acres (258,310 square feet) <br />Existing Site <br />Development <br />The site contains a two-story, 81,172 square foot office building with 442 parking <br />spaces <br />Applicable Zoning <br />Code Sections <br />Existing: SAMC Chapter 41, Article <br />III, Division 8 (Professional) <br />Proposed: SAMC Chapter 41, Article III, <br />Division 26 (Specific Development) <br />Entitlements <br />SAMC Chapter 41, Article V, Division II <br />(Amendments and Change to District Boundaries) <br />Project Description <br />The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing office building and develop a high-density multi- <br />family residential development on the site (Exhibit 13). The original proposal included the <br />development of 517 residential units wrapped around the 8 aboveground levels of the parking <br />structure. However based on staff and public feedback, the applicant elected to reduce the request <br />to 496 units. The revised project would result in approximately 930,705 square feet of development <br />(572,075 square feet of residential buildings and 358,630 square feet of parking structure and <br />75E-3 <br />