2019-048 - Approving General Plan Amendment No. 2019-01

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greater choice of rental or homeownership opportunities. Further, the project is consistent with several Housing Element policies; Policy HE-2.3 to encourage construction of rental housing for the city's residents and workforce; and Policy HE- 3.4 to support the provision of employment training, childcare services, rental assistance, youth services, and other community services that enable households to attain the greatest level of self-sufficiency and independence. ii. Land Use (LU) Element Goal 1, to promote a balance of land uses to address basic community needs. The project is consistent with LU policies 1.2, to maintain and foster a variety of residential land uses in the City; LU policies 4.3 and 4.4, to support land uses which provide community and regional economic and service benefits and that promote the City's image as a regional activity center; and LU policies 5.5 and 5.7, to encourage development that is compatible with and supportive of surrounding land uses and that does not exceed available infrastructure capacity. iii. Land Use (LU) Element Goal 6, to reduce residential overcrowding. The project is in close proximity to major transit corridors on Sunflower Avenue and Main and Bristol streets, as well as the San Diego (1-405) and Costa Mesa (SR-55) freeways. The project site is located in an area with high development intensities near the Bristol Street commercial and office corridor in Santa Ana and near a large employment center across Sunflower Avenue in the City of Costa Mesa. The multiple -family residential development will complement the mid -rise residential communities and high-rise office towers nearby and supports an already -thriving mixed use portion of the City of Santa Ana. iv. Urban Design (UD) Element, Goal 1, to improve the physical appearance of the City through development of districts that project a sense of place, positive community image, and quality environment. The project is consistent with UD policies 1.1 and 1.11, having been designed with high -quality design, materials, finishes, and construction, and integration with visual and physical links among districts, nodes, significant sites, landmarks, and other points of interest. The project will maintain and enhance an existing plaza to the southwest of the project site and will retain a public art installation already in place. The project has been designed with an enduring, contemporary architectural style that complements the existing developments in the vicinity while reducing aesthetic and physical impacts to surrounding land uses. The project site is located on a major arterial roadway and is adjacent to gateways into the City at Main Street/Sunflower Avenue and Bristol Street/Sunflower Avenue, adjacent to the cities of Costa Resolution No. 2019-048 Page 3 of 7