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Planning and Building Agency <br />Item # 3 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />September 26, 2022 <br />Topic: Density Bonus Agreement No. 2022-03 and Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. <br />2022-03 – Warmington Residential (717 S. Lyon Street) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Density Bonus Agreement No. 2022-03 as <br />conditioned. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 2022-03 as <br />conditioned, <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Greg Ocasek, representing Warmington Residential California, Inc. (applicant), on behalf of <br />Wesley T. Geller, trustee of the Orange County Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Trust <br />(property owner), is requesting approval of density bonus agreement (DBA) No. 2022-03 <br />and vesting tentative tract map (VTTM) No. 2022-03 (County Map No. 19195) to allow the <br />construction of a residential townhouse development, consisting of 51 townhouse units with <br />eight units proposed as affordable to low-income households earning less than 50-80 <br />percent of the area median income (AMI) at 717 S. Lyon Street. <br />As proposed, the project will utilize waivers from development standards and/or <br />development concessions through the density bonus agreement pursuant to California <br />Government Code sections 65915 through 65918 and Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) <br />Section 41-1600 through 41-1607. Moreover, the project requires approval by the Planning <br />Commission and City Council for a density bonus to allow up to 22.16 dwelling units per <br />acre (du/ac). Staff is recommending approval of the applicant’s request due to the project’s <br />satisfying the intent of the General Plan to promote a pedestrian-oriented environment, and <br />because the project will provide additional affordable and market-rate ownership housing <br />stock to the community. <br />9/26/2022 <br />Planning Commission 3 – 1