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EXHIBIT 2 <br />REQUESTFOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 10, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2019-05 TO AMEND <br />SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 <br />(ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO <br />ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS — CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, APPLICANT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,3) <br />Prepared by Ricardo Soto <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 />j <br />Executive Director Plann' g Vanager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment <br />(ZOA) No. 2019-05 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC) relating to accessory dwelling units. <br />Executive Summary <br />On January 1, 2020, new state regulations supplanted the existing Accessory Dwelling Unit <br />Ordinance, which was adopted on April 3, 2018. Amendments to Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the SAMC <br />to establish a local ordinance that is consistent with state housing law for regulating development <br />of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior accessory dwelling units (JADUs) is necessary. <br />Project Background <br />Effective January 1, 2020, multiple housing bills relating to ADUs, also known as second dwelling <br />units or granny flats, and JADUs, a smaller accessory unit that is contained within the floor plan of <br />a single-family residence, became law. The bills include Assembly Bill (AB) 68, AB 587, AB 670, <br />AB 881 and Senate Bill (SB) 13. Collectively, the bills made changes to development standards <br />that can be imposed by local agencies, the number of units that can be constructed on a site, set <br />limits on parking standards and clarified language related to parking exemptions, and created a <br />streamlined review process which limits review times to a maximum of 60 cumulative days. In <br />addition, the new law also includes language stating that local ordinances that are not in complete <br />compliance with the new changes are superseded by state law. Specifically, with respect to ADUs, <br />Subsection (a)(4) of Government Code 65852.2 states, "if a local agency has an existing accessory <br />dwelling unit ordinance that fails to meet the requirements of this subdivision, that ordinance shall <br />be null and void..." As such, Santa Ana's local ADU ordinance became null and void January 1 of <br />75B-25 <br />