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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 24, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2020-01 TO AMEND <br />SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 OF <br />THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND <br />SECTIONS OF SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT <br />NO. 19 AND SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT <br />NO. 40 — CITY OF SANTA ANA, <br />APPLICANT {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2; <br />5,3) <br />Prepared by Ricardo Soto <br />EXHIBIT 2 <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />❑ <br />Applicant's Request <br />❑ <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Executive Director Plan Manager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment <br />(ZOA) No. 2020-01 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code (SAMC) and sections of Specific Development No. 19 (SD-19)/French Park and <br />Specific Development No. 40 (SD-40)/ Heninger Park. <br />Project Background <br />In 2017, the City began a series of zoning code revisions intended to streamline the development <br />process and update outdated development standards. The proposed amendments included in ZOA <br />No. 2020-01 are a continuation of that effort. <br />Project Description and Analysis <br />The Planning Division is requesting approval of several amendments to Chapter 41 (Zoning) of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). The proposed amendments are intended to correct <br />typos; clarify ambiguity in the zoning code; create consistency of terms, definitions, and <br />processes; and update uses permitted in the Professional (P) zoning district to address current <br />development and economic trends. All of the proposed amendments, apart from the proposed <br />change to the Professional (P) zoning district, are non -substantive and intended to correct minor <br />provision related to the above subjects. The proposed amendment to the Professional (P) zoning <br />district to allow parking lots and parking structures subject to a conditional use permit (CUP) is <br />intended to provide additional land use options and facilitate competitive professional and <br />administrative office employment centers with convenient access to parking. Moreover, any <br />potential negative impacts of such a use will be mitigated through development standards, which <br />75A-17 <br />