75B - PUBLIC HEARING ZONNG ORDINANCE NO. 2019-05

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: MARCH 17, 2020 TITLE: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE ❑ As Amended AMENDMENT NO. 2019-05 TO AMEND ❑ Ordinanceon 1" Reading SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 El Ordinance on Reading ❑ Re Implementing Resolution (ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA ❑ Set Public Hearing For MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS CONTINUED TO /s/Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2019-05 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) relating to accessory dwelling units. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION At its regular meeting on February 10, 2020, the Planning Commission voted 5:0 (Contreras -Leo and Garcia absent) to recommend that the City Council approve Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2019-05 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) relating to accessory dwelling units. PROJECT DESCRIPTION On January 1, 2020, new state regulations supplanted the existing Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance, which was adopted on April 3, 2018. Amendments to Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the SAMC to establish a local ordinance that is consistent with state housing law for regulating development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) is necessary. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND CHRONOLOGY Effective January 1, 2020, multiple housing bills relating to ADUs, also known as second dwelling units or granny flats, and JADUs, a smaller accessory unit that is contained within the floor plan of a single-family residence, became law. The bills include Assembly Bill (AB) 68, AB 587, AB 670, 671, AB 881 and Senate Bill (SB) 13. Collectively, the bills made changes to development standards that can be imposed by local agencies, the number of units that can be constructed on a site, set limits on parking standards and clarified language related to parking exemptions, and created a streamlined review process which limits review times to a maximum of 60 cumulative days. In addition, the new law also includes language stating that local ordinances that are not in complete compliance with the new changes are superseded by state law. Specifically, with respect to ADUs, Subsection (a)(4) of Government Code 65852.2 states, "if a local agency has an existing accessory dwelling unit ordinance that fails to meet the requirements of this subdivision, that 75B-1