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Ciry of Sww Ma -The 6o"q May 11, 2020 page 2e of zs integrated within the fabric of existing Santa Ana urban life —,not an the outskirLs of the City within an office park zone that is disconnected from major activity centers. The fact that the proposed Project will be located adjacent to the City of'17ustin's Legacy Specific Plan area does not save the proposed change in land use designation either. This area is current massively underdeveloped, and as llie Applicant points out, will only meet the current character of the site's existing land use designation for commercial use. (DEIR at 5.9-13) And in any event, any result of the building up of the Legacy Area in the future will not connect the project to any of the Ul 7s major acdvity auras. the Applicant cannot depend on contingent plans in other cities to support its proposed change. TTae proposed change to a DC is not consistent with the language or intent of the City's General Plan and should be revised. B. The DEIWs proposed Zoning Change to a Specific Development District Conflicts with the City's General Plan. The Applicant also seeks to amend the site's zoning designation from M1-Light Industrial to a Specific Development. District (SD). This zoning change would conflict with the City�s General Plan because the Project site is not appropriate for a General Plan amendment to a DC and thus the underlying zoning change would also be inappropriate. SDs am designed to facilitate certain types of development within suitable DCO C. Tlrc Proposed Land Use Amendments Conflict witli Change Countv's Land Use Plan far John Wayne Airport. California requires every county with an airport that includes use by a scheduled airline, or where the airport is operaled for die benefit of the general public, to establish an airport land use commission (ALI It)_'Ihe purpose of the ALLICis to provide for orderly development and expansion of airports and adoption of "land use measures that minimi>.e the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses." (Cal. P.U.C. 921670(a)) ALUCs cannot exempt a city or countv's specific plan (i.e., the portion of the locality's general plan affecting land in the vicinil r of an airport) from compliance with the AI.LC's more stringent compatibility 5 Cay of Santa Ana, General Plan - HousingElement, p. 57. Availahte at https;'- ana.erc/ sire s / de Eau kt /files /Hai s i n �'/a 20 Lletn s n t �df. 25 26 75C-146