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ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICE BUILDING PROJECT 4405 W EDINGER AVE, SANTA ANA, CA 92704 8 45848142;1 the Community Service Building. Accordingly, a Minor Exception to allow an 20 percent (5-½ foot) increase in height for portions of the Community Service Building’s roof to extend up to 32-½ feet in height is being requested. The Code permits Minor Exception Modifications so long as the height is not exceed by more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the maximum height permitted. SAMC §§ 41.632.(a)(3)(d). All other aspects of the Project’s design comply with Code standards. A central courtyard with decorative features, paving, and landscaping will separate the Community Service Building from the Church. A pedestrian walkway and accessible paths of travel will be provided around the Church and Community Service Building providing easy paths of travel from the parking areas to the buildings and to Edinger Avenue. The parking area and the perimeter the Site will be landscaped with a variety of trees, turf, ornamental plants and drought tolerant plants. Approximately 25-percent of the Project Site will be landscaped, resulting in more than 26,500 square feet (0.66 acres) of landscaping. In addition to the landscaping, new walls and fences will be installed along the perimeter of the Project Site where the existing residences are being demolished. Once completed, the frontages along the Regent Drive and Gates Street will have a new six-foot tall block wall, as well as be improved with drought tolerant landscaping and irrigation, in addition to new trees. Along the eastern property boundaries with the adjacent existing residential neighbors, an eight-foot block wall is proposed, at the request of the neighbors. The frontage will be landscaped with turf, drought tolerant landscaping, and trees as requested by the City. Access on to the Project Site will be available via two two-way driveways on Edinger Avenue. The existing two-way driveway onto the Site will remain in its current location. A second two- way driveway will be constructed to the east of the Church. Overall, the primary focus of the design of the access driveways, internal drive aisles and the parking areas was to allow a cohesive vehicular patterns and movement across the Site and allow vehicles to enter and exit safely and timely. A Focused Traffic Assessment was completed by Urban Crossroads on June 19, 2018 for the City of Santa Ana. The purpose of the assessment was to identify potential traffic impacts resulting from the development of the proposed Project. Urban Crossroads' study concluded that the Project would have less than significant impacts at all intersections and under all scenarios and determined that no mitigation is required. On Monday, July 9, 2018 the City of Santa Ana’s Public Works Department completed their review of Urban Crossroads’ Focused Traffic Assessment and concurred with Urban Crossroads’ findings and determinations. 4-42