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EXHIBIT 3 <br />REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 3, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2020-03 TO UPDATE THE <br />HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE <br />Prepared by Vince Fregoso, AICP <br />Exec ive D ctor <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <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 />U1`_ <br />Pla ning W nager <br />Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment <br />No.2020-03. <br />Request of Applicant <br />The Planning Division is requesting approval of several revisions to Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to amend various provisions of Article XVIII.I pertaining to the <br />Housing Opportunity Ordinance. <br />Project Background <br />The Housing Element of the General Plan identifies the long range plans for housing throughout the <br />City. The Housing Opportunity Ordinance was established in part to implement the Housing <br />Element goal to promote the provision of affordable housing within the City. In an effort to meet this <br />goal, the City adopted the Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) in 2011 that applied to proposals <br />for five or more housing units. The ordinance required these residential projects to provide <br />15 percent of the total number of units as affordable, whether the project is for sale or rent and <br />applied to developments requesting a zone change or general plan amendment. Further, it <br />applied to projects increasing the existing allowable residential density and the conversion of <br />apartments to condominiums. It also provided the option to pay an in lieu fee instead of providing <br />units subject to City Council approval. <br />In 2015, the HOO was updated to make the inclusionary, housing requirements more predictable <br />for housing developers and to increase affordable housing production in conjunction with new <br />market rate housing development. Some examples of the ordinance changes included <br />simplifying the complex in -lieu fee calculation, modifying the "moderate income" definition to 80 <br />percent of the area median, and creating additional incentives to allow developers the option of <br />75B-45 <br />