Item 28 - Urgency Ordinance to Amend Article II (Use Districts) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of SAMC

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 3 of 8 (7) "Multi-family building" for purposes of ADU development means a building, other than a hotel or motel, with two (2) or more attached dwelling units used to house two (2) or more families, living independently of each other. (8) "Public transit" means a location, including, but not limited to, a bus stop or train station, where the public may access buses, trains, subways, and other forms of transportation that charge set fares, run on fixed routes, and are available to the public. (9) "Single-family residence" means a residential building containing one (1) or more habitable rooms with only one (1) kitchen, designed for occupancy by one (1) independent household unit with common access to, and common use of all living, kitchen and bathroom areas. (10) "Tandem parking" means that two (2) or more automobiles are parked on a driveway or in any other location on a lot, lined up behind one another. Section 3. Section 41-194.2 (Permitted zones and applicability) of Article II of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-194.2. - Permitted zones and applicability. (A) ADUs and JADUs may be permitted in all zoning districts where residential or mixed-use development is permitted. (B) The executive director of the planning and building agency, or his/her designee, shall review and approve or deny ministerial permits for ADUs and JADUs upon determining whether the application submitted is complete, the proposed unit conforms to all requirements of this Code, and a non-refundable application review fee in the amount established by the city council, and amended from time to time, has been paid. Applications deemed incomplete or not in full conformance with the requirements of this Code will be rejected. (C) LotsSites developed or proposed to be developed with a single-family residence or multiple detached single-family residences shall not be permitted more than one (1) ADU. (D) LotsSites developed with a multi-family building may convert existing non- habitable square footage within the building to a minimum of one (1) ADU and a maximum that shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the number of units on the lotsite. LotsSites developed with a multi-family building are also permitted to construct two (2) detached ADUs. Those detached ADUs may be provided through or to conversiont of existing detached accessory buildings, garages, carports, or covered parking structures, new construction, or combination thereof. to a maximum of two (2) ADUs. (E) A maximum of one (1) JADU shall be permitted on a lotsite developed or proposed to be developed with a single-family residence, unless the subject site proposes or