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T R A N S I T Z O N I N G C O D E
<br />7:3 TRANSIT ZONING CODE
<br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84
<br />City of Santa Ana, California
<br />Light Manufacturing: The manufacture or assembly of products from previously
<br />treated material where no impact is created to the adjacent uses and no hazardous
<br />materials are used in the production of such products. The maximum number of
<br />employees shall be 10. Examples of light manufacturing include:
<br />athletic equipment
<br />bakeries
<br />camera, photo equipment
<br />clothing
<br />electronics
<br />musical instruments
<br />optical goods
<br />woodworking (limited)
<br />Lined Block: See 'Building Types'
<br />Live/Work: See 'Building Types'
<br />Lot Width: The frontage of a parcel which is used to identify the parcel for street
<br />address purposes.
<br />Media production: An establishment dedicated to the production of visual
<br />and audio mass media, including television, films, videos, video games,
<br />mobile devices, internet and digital interactive media, but excludes magazines,
<br />newspapers,and periodicals.
<br />Mixed-Use Building: A structure lawfully containing residential and non-residential
<br />uses.
<br />Multi-Family Building: A residential structure lawfully containing two or more dwell-
<br />ing units.
<br />Net Developable Area: The private area defined by blocks which is not to remain
<br />for public uses such as Plazas, Greens, Squares, Thoroughfares or Streetscapes.
<br />Office: These do not include medical offices (see Clinic, Urgent Care," and "Doctor,
<br />dentist, chiropractor, etc. office.")
<br />1.Service. Establishments providing direct services to consumers. Examples
<br />of these uses include employment agencies, insurance agent offices, real estate
<br />offices, travel agencies, utility company offices, elected official satellite offices,
<br />etc. This use does not include "Bank, Financial Services," which is separately
<br />defined.
<br />2.Administrative. Office-type facilities characterized by high employee densi-
<br />ties, and occupied by businesses engaged in information processing, and other
<br />computer-dependent or telecommunications-based activities. Examples of
<br />these uses include:
<br />airline, lodging chain, and rental car company reservation centers, not
<br />including retail travel agencies
<br />computer software and hardware design and development
<br />consumer credit reporting
<br />data processing services
<br />health management organization (HMO) offices where no medical services
<br />are provided
<br />insurance claim processing
<br />mail order and electronic commerce transaction processing
<br />telecommunications facility design and management
<br />telemarketing
<br />3.Professional. Office-type facilities occupied by businesses that provide
<br />professional services, or are engaged in the production of intellectual property.
<br />Examples of these uses include:
<br />accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
<br />advertising agencies
<br />attorneys
<br />business associations, chambers of commerce
<br />commercial art and design services
<br />construction contractors (office facilities only)
<br />counseling services
<br />court reporting services
<br />detective agencies and similar services
<br />design services including architecture, engineering, landscape architec
<br /> ture, urban planning
<br />educational, scientific and research organizations
<br />financial management and investment counseling
<br />literary and talent agencies
<br />management and public relations services
<br />media postproduction services
<br />news services
<br />photographers and photography studios
<br />political campaign headquarters
<br />psychologists
<br />secretarial, stenographic, word processing, and temporary clerical
<br /> employee services
<br />security and commodity brokers
<br />writers and artists offices
<br />Paseo: a public place or path designed for walking; promenade.
<br />Pedestrian First: The practice of addressing the needs of people, once out of their
<br />automobiles, through a series of interdependent urban design and streetscape
<br />principles (e.g., wide sidewalks, street trees and shade, on-street parking, outdoor
<br />dining, inviting storefronts, the feeling of being in an ‘outdoor room’, short cross-
<br />walk distances, interconnected and short blocks).
<br />Pedestrian Shed: An area defined by the average distance that may be traversed at
<br />an easy pace from its edge to its center in approximately 5 minutes. This distance
<br />is used to determine the size of a neighborhood. This dimension averages one
<br />quarter of a mile or approximately 1,400 feet for generally flat terrain.
<br />Personal Services: Establishments providing non-medical services to individuals
<br />as a primary use. Examples of these uses include:
<br />barber, nail salons and beauty shops
<br />clothing rental
<br />dry cleaning pick-up stores with limited equipment
<br />home electronics and small appliance repair
<br />locksmiths
<br />pet grooming with no boarding
<br />shoe repair shops
<br />tailors
<br />These uses may also include accessory retail sales of products related to the ser-
<br />vices provided.
<br />Personal Services - Restricted: Personal services that may tend to have a blighting
<br />and/or deteriorating effect upon surrounding areas and which may need to be dis-
<br />persed to minimize their adverse impacts. Examples of these uses include:
<br />laundromats (self-service laundries). Laundromats shall comply with the devel-
<br />opment and performance standards set forth in Section 41-199.
<br />massage establishments (licensed, therapeutic) as defined on Section
<br />41-1751.1 of the SAMC. Massage establishments shall comply with Article XVII.I
<br />of Chapter 41 of the SAMC.
<br />pawnshops
<br />Planter: The layer of the streetscape which accommodates street trees. Planters
<br />may be continuous or individual according to the Thoroughfare and location within
<br />the neighborhood.
<br />Podium: A continuous raised platform supporting a building, or a large block of
<br />two or three stories beneath a multi-layer block of a smaller area.
<br />Porch: see ‘Frontage Types’
<br />Private Frontage: The privately held layer between the frontage line and the prin-
<br />cipal building facade. The structures and landscaping within are held to specific
<br />standards. The variables of Private Frontage are the depth of the setback and the
<br />combination of architectural elements such as fences, stoops, porches and galler-
<br />ies. These elements influence social behavior in the public realm. The Frontage
<br />layer may overlap the public streetscape in the case of awnings, Galleries and
<br />Arcades.
<br />Research and Development: A quasi-industrial facility where creative work is
<br />undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge gen-
<br />erally in the fields of medicine, scientific instruments, safety- critical mechanism or
<br />high technology. These facilities may include pilot plant operations as an ancillary
<br />use, which shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area. A facility providing full
<br />scale production shall be deemed a manufacturing use.
<br />Rowhouse: See 'Building Types'
<br />Setback: The area of a lot measured from a lot line to a building facade or elevation
<br />that must be maintained clear of permanent structures excepting galleries, fences,
<br />garden walls, arcades, porches, stoops, balconies, bay windows, and terraces which
<br />are permitted to encroach into the setback subject to the standards established in
<br />Division 3 of this Article.
<br />Shared Parking (Park-Once Policy): An accounting for parking spaces that are avail-
<br />able to more than one function. The requirement is based on a range of parking-
<br />demand found in mature, mixed-use centers. The Shared Parking ratio varies
<br />according to multiple functions in close proximity unlikely to require the spaces
<br />at the same time. This approach to parking uses the following types of parking
<br />in combination to achieve a balanced and distributed supply of parking: off-street
<br />(surface lots and garages), on-street (parallel and diagonal).
<br />Shopfront: see ‘Frontage Types’
<br />Stacked Dwellings: See 'Building Types'
<br />Stoop: see ‘Frontage Types’
<br />Story: A habitable level within a building from finished floor to finished ceiling:
<br />Attics and basements, as defined by the California Building Code (CBC) are not
<br />considered a story for the purposes of determining building height and are sub-
<br />ject to the applicable requirements of this code and the CBC, except for when the
<br />finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar is more than six feet above
<br />grade, such basement or cellar shall be considered a story.
<br />: Definitions, cont'd
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