Item 28 - Resolutions to Exempt Parcels from AB 2011 and SB 6

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Resolutions to Exempt Parcels from AB 2011 and SB 6 May 16, 2023 Page 6 3 4 5 0 the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and HCD (TCAC/HCD), and which have opportunity area composite scores that have rapidly improved since last documented in 2021. Exempting the parcels in Exhibit 8 and mapped in Exhibit 9 will also prevent housing from being developed on sites that do not have the infrastructure needed to accommodate high-quality housing and will not comply with the land use plan and housing program that the HCD certified Housing Element is based upon. Exemption – AB 2011 (Mixed-Income) AB 2011 permits a local government to exempt a parcel from streamlined approval of mixed-income projects before a developer submits a development application on the parcel if the local government identifies one or more alternative sites for residential development and makes certain written findings, which include that the alternative development would result in (1) no net loss of the total potential residential density in the jurisdiction, (2) no net loss of the potential residential density of housing affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction, and will (3) affirmatively further fair housing. The City has identified the parcels listed in Exhibit 11 as meeting the general zoning criteria established by Government Code sections 65912.121. However, of those parcels, those listed in Exhibit 12 are dedicated or adjoining to a site dedicated to industrial uses, as defined in Government Code Section 65912.121(f). As such, these parcels do not meet the criteria to qualify for streamlining provided by AB 2011. Moreover, the parcels listed on Exhibit 13 are mobile home parks or entirely within 500 feet of a freeway and do not meet the site criteria or objective development standards established by AB 2011, making them ineligible. Additionally, the parcels listed on Exhibit 14 are otherwise eligible for development at densities at or above the residential density permitted by Government Code Section 65912.123 (b), which is 30 dwelling units per acre on sites less one acre in size, 40 dwelling units per acre on sites located along a commercial corridor of less than 100 feet in width that are one acre in size or greater, 60 dwelling units per acre on sites located along a commercial corridor of 100 feet in width or greater that are one acre in size or greater, and 80 units per acre on sites within one-half mile of a major transit stop, pursuant to Santa Ana’s General Plan Land Use Element. Exhibit 15 provides a list of parcels in the city that meet all of the criteria listed in Government Code 65912.121 and 65912.122, including having at least a 50-foot frontage on a commercial corridor as defined in Government Code Section 65912.101(a) and are no larger than 20 acres in size, and considered eligible for streamline review. In total there are 672.56 eligible acres of land that can yield up to 45,502 units according to the AB 2011 prescribed density. In addition, a map has been provided to visualize the criteria and highlight eligible parcels, and those that are eligible but have existing General Plan densities permitting residential at or above the density permitted by AB 2011 (Exhibit 16). Staff is recommending exempting the parcels listed on Exhibit 14 and depicted in Exhibit 16 because the City’s existing land use plan permits development on these sites at densities at or above densities permitted pursuant AB 2011. Staff also recommends exempting the parcels listed in Exhibit 15