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,I' is".a R. CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN DISTRICT CENTER (DC-1, DC-1.5, DC-2, DC-3, DC-5) The District Center land use designation' provides for distinctly urban retail, residential mixed -use, and employment centers that are well connected to public transportation. It includes the city's primary activity centers and opportunities for new urban -scale development. This designation allows a mix of uses, including medium, medium -high, and urban density condominiums, apartments, and townhomes; professional offices; multilevel corporate offices; retail and commercial services; and cultural, education, recreation, and entertainment uses. Mixed -use projects are allowed in both horizontal configurations, with commercial and residential uses side by side, and vertical, with commercial uses on the ground floor and residential above. Maximum Intensity Typical Maximum Height' DC-1 1.0 FAR and/ or 90 du/ac 6 stories' DC-1.5 1.5 FAR and/or 90 du/ac 10 stories' DC-2 2.0 FAR and/or 90 du/ac 10 stones'-' DC-2.1 2.1 FAR 20 stories DC-2.54 2.54 FAR 5 stories DC-3 3.0 FAR and/or 90 du/ac 10 stories' DC-5 5.0 FAR and/or 125 du/aO 25 stories' r City Place One of the most established mixed -use districts in the city, City Place sits adjacent to a large employment center and offers a variety of housing options, shops, bistros, and public spaces, all connected by landscaped walkways. 4 MacArthur Place The Skyline residential towers soar 25 stories over the district center along MacArthur Boulevard and overlook the mixed - use district that includes a variety of housing options, high-rise corporate offices, commercial retail and dining options, hotels, and a 2.5-acre lake, all connected by a network of urban sidewalks and landscaped trails. 1. Descriptions for 17th Street and Grand Avenue, 55 Freeway and over Road, and South Bristol Street Focus Areas include mare detail about the intent and allowed uses in the District Center designations specific to each area (see Focus Areas starting on page LU- 26). 2. 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 an this page. The allowable height of development on any parcel is also subject to the zoning standards (Chapter4l of the Santa Ana Municipal Code), which may furtherspecify allowable height. Some properties within a height district, per Section 41-602 orthe 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. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Metro Fast Mired -Use Overlay - DC-3 in subzone Village Center = 6 story max, DC-3 in subzone Active Urban = no limit, Harbor Mired Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan - DC -5 in subzone Transit Node= 30 story max- 3. DC-2 designations In the 17th Street and Grand Avenue and 55 Freeway and Dyer Road Focus Areas have a maximum height of 6 stones (see Table W 5 on page W-40 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. 4. The Harbor Corridor Specific Plan Dntrl¢ Centers are limited to a max of 90 units per acre. S. Refer to page LU-14 for Mired Use l ntensity/Density clarification.