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<br />Memo to City of Santa Ana Planning Commission <br />September 15, 2021 <br />Page 11 <br /> <br /> <br />provide two acres of park area per 1,000 people residing in the subdivision. The Quimby <br />Act, Government Code section 66477, authorizes more than that, allowing cities to <br />require that subdivisions dedicate parkland sufficient to provide up to three acres of park <br />area per 1,000 subdivision residents. <br /> <br />We propose modifying Implementation Action OS-1.7 to use all the authority the <br />Quimby Act gives the City. It should require that subdivision dedications of parkland be <br />sufficient to achieve a standard of three acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. In addition, <br />we suggest modifying Action OS-1.7 to require that new ≥ 80% market-rate, non- <br />subdivision developments of 100 or more units dedicate three acres of new public <br />parkland, and that ≥ 80% market-rate non-subdivision developments of 50 to 99 units <br />dedicate two acres of public parkland. These changes will help to address the City’s <br />parkland deficit, meet the General Plan’s parkland standard, and promote equitable park <br />access. <br />We also suggest changing the limit on the location of dedicated parkland from a <br />“10-minute walking radius” of the development, a subjective measure that varies <br />depending on a pedestrian’s physical capabilities, to a 0.5-mile walking radius, a more <br />objective metric. The revised Implementation Action would read as follows: <br />Implementation Action OS-1.7. Public parklands requirements for larger <br />residential projects. Update the Residential Development Fee Ordinance for <br />Larger Residential Projects to require public parkland within a 10-minute walking <br />distance of the new residential projects. Amend Municipal Code Chapter 34, <br />Article VIII to require that subdivision map approvals for residential subdivisions <br />of more than 50 parcels dedicate parkland sufficient to provide three acres of park <br />area per 1,000 people residing in the subdivision, consistent with Policy OS-1.3. <br />Amend Municipal Code Chapter 35, Article IV to require that projects including <br />100+ residential units that are 80 percent market-rate or more and do not require a <br />subdivision dedicate three acres of new public parkland concurrent with the <br />completion of and within a 0.5-mile walking radius of the new residential project, <br />and to require non-subdivision projects of 50 to 99 residential units that are 80 <br />percent market-rate or more to dedicate two acres of public parkland concurrent <br />with the completion of and within a 0.5 mile walking radius of the project. <br />Consider allowing developers a reduction in on-site open space by giving credits <br />for park development or the provision of private park land. Establish provisions <br />that allow these projects to reduce all onsite private and common open space <br />requirements by 50 percent if new public parkland is provided within a 0.5-mile <br />walking radius and by 80 percent if the new public parkland is immediately <br />adjacent to or on the residential project property. To the greatest extent possible, <br />parkland created via this dedication process shall be located in park-deficient <br />neighborhoods and environmental justice areas. Incentivize the creation of public