Item 31 - First Extension of Entitlements for the Central Pointe Mixed -Use Development: 1801 East Fourth Street

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Planning and Building Agency www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building Item # 31 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report July 19, 2022 TOPIC: First Extension of Entitlements for the Central Pointe Mixed -Use Development to be Located at 1801 East Fourth Street AGENDA TITLE: First Extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-04 for the Central Pointe Mixed -Use Project to be Located at 1801 East Fourth Street RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution approving a one-year extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-04 to November 9, 2023. DISCUSSION On November 9, 2020, the Planning Commission unanimously approved Site Plan Review (SPR) No. 2020-04 by adopting Resolution No. 2020-38 for the Central Pointe mixed -use development, which consists of 644 residential units and 15,130 square feet of commercial space for the property located at 1801 East Fourth Street in the Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) Overlay Zone. On November 19, 2020, two appeals to the project were filed by separate parties, Appeal Nos. 2020-03 and 2020-04. Both appeal applications were subsequently withdrawn on February 12 and 16, 2022, respectively. Pursuant to Section 8.4 of the Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) Overlay Zone document, Site Plan Review approvals must be exercised within two years of approval unless the City Council by resolution extends the date on which a MEMU Site Plan Review becomes void for a period or periods not exceeding three years. As a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the California Legislature approved AB 1561, which extended entitlements that were effective prior to March 4, 2020, and that were set to expire before December 31, 2021. Due to the various dates of approval and expiration on November 9, 2020 and November 9, 2022, AB 1561 does not apply to the subject entitlement. Therefore, an extension by the City Council pursuant to Section 8.4 of the MEMU Overlay Zone is being requested by the applicant. Due to difficulties stemming from the global COVID-10 pandemic in securing funding, labor, and construction materials, the applicant has been unable to move forward with the development and is requesting an extension for the Site Plan Review.