2020-096 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2020-04

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Council adopt a resolution approving GPA No. 2020-04. D. On December 1, 2020, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a duly noticed public hearing to consider all testimony, written and oral, related to GPA No. 2020-04, at which time all persons wishing to testify were heard, the project was fully considered, and all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this resolution occurred. Section 2. The General Plan Amendment consists of amendments to the Land Use Element and text updates, as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Section 3. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed General Plan Amendment is compatible with the objectives, policies, and general plan land use programs specified in the General Plan for the City of Santa Ana in that: A. The City of Santa Ana has officially adopted a General Plan B. The land uses authorized by the General Plan Amendment, and the General Plan Amendment itself, are compatible with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan, for the following reasons: The proposed General Plan land use designation for the project area is MR-15, which applies to multiple -family developments characterized by duplexes, apartments, and townhomes with a maximum allowable intensity of 15 dwelling units per acre. This change is consistent with Table A-3 (Correlation of Land Use Designation and Zoning Districts) of the General Plan Land Use Element. ii. Tie-subject-projectt site-and-the-surrou- nding-properties-on-the east side of Mountain View Street have a LMR-11 or General Commercial (GC) land use designations, however, the properties are developed with residential uses, with numerous properties currently exceeding the maximum allowed density permitted in the LMR-11 land use designation. The densities surrounding this area range from 4.8 to 18.8 dwelling units per acre. Changing the land use designations will bring the General Plan Land Use Plan into close consistency with existing residential development density and characteristics in the area and will allow for consistent development intensity for future projects. The general plan amendment will support several goals and policies of the General Plan, including the Land Use Element and Housing Element. Specifically, the project will be consistent with Land Use Element, Goal 1 to promote a balance of land uses to address basic community needs. Policy 1.5 states a desire maintain and foster a variety of residential land uses. The project will provide eight for - Resolution No. 2020-096 Page 2 of 5