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ONE BROADWAY PLAZA PROJECT EIR ADDENDUM CITY OF SANTA ANA 2. Environmental Setting as Greyhound and several OCTA bus routes. The Proposed Project would be within walking distance of the planned OC Streetcar, expected to be in operation in 2022. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has designated the Project Site and the surrounding area as a Transit Priority Area (TPA). 2.2.5 General Plan and Zoning Santa Ana General Plan The Project Site's existing General Plan designation is One Broadway Plaza District Center (OBPDC) in the City's General Plan Land Use map. The One Broadway Plaza is "envisioned as a landmark professional office complex that will be a focal point in the Downtown Redevelopment area serving the Civic Center. complex, Downtown, and Midtown urban areas." This land use designation allows for high intensity offices with restaurant and ancillary retail. The OBPDC does not allow for residential. Zoning The Project Site is within the Specific Development 75 zone (SD75), One Broadway Plaza Specific Development District, which is intended to "establish a professional district that will exclusively entitle a 37- story 518,003 square foot office tower at the northeast corner of Tenth Street and Broadway within a historic setting further north along Broadway to Washington Avenue." The Specific Development No. 75 Amendment Application was adopted by City Council in April 2004. The Development Standards requires a floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.9, an office tower of approximately 493 feet above grade, and a minimum of 2,463 parking spaces. The One Broadway Plaza District does not allow for residential uses. 2.2.6 Environmental Resources The Project Site has been developed, paved, landscaped and/or graded, and supports non-native, landscape plant species. The Project Site is in an urbanized area and is currently developed with a seven residential and converted residential to office buildings along Broadway, a one-story commercial building at the southwest corner of Washington Avenue and Sycamore Street, surface parking along Sycamore Street, and a construction site for the One Broadway Plaza office tower at the southern portion of the Project Site. The Project Site is located in the One Broadway Plaza Specific Development District with one parcel within the Midtown Specific Plan area. Additional information regarding environmental resources —or the lack of such resources —on the Project Site can be found in Section 5, Environmental Analysis, of this Addendum under each respective environmental topic. Page 12 PlaceWorks