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PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE (PAO, PAO-1, PAO-1.5, PAO-2) The Professional and Administrative Office designation allows for a variety of office and office -related uses, including professional and administrative office parks and professional uses such as legal, engineering, health, and insurance services. Also allowed are office -related services that support adjacent offices, such as restaurants, copy centers, courier services, and travel agencies. Maximum Intensity Typical Maximum Height' PAO 0.5 FAR 35 feet or 3 stories PAO-1 1.0 FAR 35 feet or 3 stories' PAC-1.5 1.5 FAR 35 feet or 3 stories PAO-2 2.0 FAR 35 feet or 3 stories' A Tustin Center The Professional and Administrative Office land use district allows for taller buildings and higher intensities, like the offices at the Tustin Center. Medical office and service businesses are often found in one- or two- story buildings near the city's commercial corridors. GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC, GC-1, GC-1.5) The General Commercial designation provides highly visible and accessible shopping opportunities along arterial corridors and supports the development and continued operation of recreational, cultural, entertainment, employment, and educational opportunities near established residential neighborhoods. This designation allows for retail and service establishments; recreational, cultural, and entertainment uses; business and professional offices; and vocational schools. Maximum Intensity Typical Maximum Height' GC 0.5 FAR 35 feet 6C-1 1.0 FAR 35 feet' GC-1.5 1.5 FAR 35 feet' 4 Existing Retail Center El Yaqui started as a taco truck and later established a permanent location In this General Commercial shopping center along 17th Street. 1. The typical maximum height identifies the upper limit of typical building height, but the actual maximum standard allowed on each site may be different than listed on this page. The allowable height of development on any parcel is also subject to the zoning standards (Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code), which may further specify allowable height. Some properties within a height district, per Section 41-502 of the Municipal Code, within an adopted or existing special planning area shown on Figure LU-2, or subject to Specific Development (SD) standards allow heights In excess of the typical maximum height shown here.. The general plan height standard shall equal the zoning height standards where the allowable height in the zoning standards differs from the typical maximum height shown on this page. 2. PAO-1, PAO-2, GC-1, and GC-1.5 designations inside of the 17th Street and Grand Avenue, West Santa Ana Boulevard, and55 Freeway and Dyer Road Focus Areas may have a lower maximum height than shown here (see Table LU-5 on page W-40, Table W-6 on page LU43, and Table W 7 on page LU-56). Where the maximum height allowed in a focus area conflicts with the height shown on this page, the focus area maximum height shall prevail. CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN 10 a .g..••