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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 13, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2019-03 TO AMEND <br />CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN <br />STANDARDS OF THE TRANSIT ZONING <br />CODE (SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT NO. 84) <br />— CITY OF SANTA ANA, APPLICANT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2; 5,3) <br />Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP <br />Prepared by Selena Kelaher, AICP <br />Pedro Gomez <br />Executive Director <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />EXHIBIT 7 <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />❑ Applicant's Request <br />❑ Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Planning Vanager <br />Adopt a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning <br />Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2019-03 to amend certain development and design standards <br />of the Transit Zoning Code/ Specific Development (SD) No. 84. <br />Executive Summary <br />The City of Santa Ana is requesting approval of an amendment to the Transit Zoning Code <br />amending development standards related to building height and massing, open space locations, <br />options to satisfy required onsite parking, and other minor development standards relating to lot <br />depth and driveway width requirements. The amendments will modernize development standards <br />to facilitate construction of high -quality, mixed -use development projects in Downtown Santa Ana. <br />Project Background. Description, and Analysis <br />The Transit Zoning Code, Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Section 41-2000 et seq., was adopted <br />by the City Council on June 7, 2010. Since then, a handful of smaller -scale mixed -use projects have <br />been constructed or approved around the periphery of Downtown Santa Ana; and several affordable <br />multiple -housing communities have been developed or approved in and near the Lacy Neighborhood, <br />including, most recently, the Legacy Square project at 609 North Spurgeon Street. <br />In 2018, the City received development proposals for two large-scale mixed -use development <br />projects (First American Title Co. and Red Oak/Northgate Gonzalez) and also entered into an <br />Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Caribou Industries to redevelop the City -owned parking <br />structure located at Third Street and Broadway (the "Third and Broadway' project). These three <br />projects are the first large-scale, market -rate, mixed -use developments proposed in the Downtown <br />75G-9 <br />