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Planning and Building Agency www.santa-ana.org/pb Item # 20 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report October 5, 2021 TOPIC: Second Extension of Entitlements for the Hampton Inn Hotel Project to be Located at 2129 North Main Street AGENDA TITLE: Second Extension of Conditional Use Permit No. 2017-29 and Variance No. 2017-07 for the Hampton Inn Hotel Project to be Located at 2129 North Main Street RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution approving a second one-year extension of Conditional Use Permit No. 2017-29 and Variance No. 2017-07 to August 20, 2022. DISCUSSION On February 20, 2018, the City Council affirmed the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a conditional use permit and a variance for a new six-story, 135-room Hampton Inn Hotel at 2129 North Main Street. Specifically, the conditional use permit was to allow a hotel in the Community Commercial – Museum District (C1-MD) zoning district, while the variance was to allow a reduction in parking, setbacks, wall height, and signage. Due to difficulties stemming from the COVID-19 global pandemic, which affected the hospitality industry worldwide, and the difficulties in securing financing for hospitality projects such as the proposed hotel, the applicant has been unable to move forward with the permitting for the new hotel development. Pursuant to Section 41-647 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), entitlements such as conditional use permits and variances automatically become void should the property owner fail to institute an action to comply with the provisions of the entitlements within two years of its approval. This section of the SAMC also allows the property owner to request an extension of the entitlement up to a period of three years from the date of expiration, which the applicant applied for on February 20, 2020. On March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted a resolution approving the first of three possible one-year entitlement extensions for the project. Shortly thereafter, a state of local emergency was declared stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension, which was set to expire on February 20, 2021, was therefore automatically extended to August 20, 2021 due to several local executive