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Santa Ana General Plan Update <br />CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement <br />Of Overriding Considerations -13- October 2021 <br /> Enhance opportunities for corporate offices. <br /> Attract economic activity into the city from surrounding communities. <br /> Protect industrial and office employment base. <br /> Maintain hotel and commercial uses. <br />The overall scale and experience of the focus area along the freeway and city boundary will reflect <br />an urban intensity and design, with inspiring building forms and public spaces. At the southeastern <br />edge, the District Center land use designation will facilitate large residential mixed-use <br />developments in structures that incorporate high-density housing, hotels, and complementary <br />expansions of commercial uses. Adjacent to the 55 freeway, the Industrial/Flex land use <br />designation will promote large-scale office-industrial flex spaces, multilevel corporate offices, and <br />research and development uses. <br />The node surrounding the freeway interchange will remain as currently planned for General <br />Commercial uses, with new improvements introducing development and spaces that complement <br />the existing examples and elements. <br />South Bristol Street Focus Area <br />The South Bristol Street focus area represents Santa Ana’s southern gateway and is a part of the <br />South Coast Metro area. Between Sunflower and Alton Avenues, the District Center land use <br />designation will create opportunities to transform auto-oriented shopping plazas to walkable, bike- <br />friendly, and transit-friendly urban villages that incorporate a mix of high intensity office and <br />residential living with experiential commercial uses. The objectives of this focus area are: <br /> Capitalize on the success of the South Coast Metro area. <br /> Introduce mixed-use urban villages and encourage experiential commercial uses that are <br />more walkable, bike friendly, and transit oriented. <br /> Provide for mixed-use opportunities while protecting adjacent, established, low-density <br />neighborhoods. <br />Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue, the form and intensity will scale down but <br />remain distinctly urban in nature. The redevelopment of the auto-oriented commercial plazas will <br />result in the construction of landmark buildings and structures set in and around spaces <br />accessible to future occupants and the general public. The corridor north of Alton Avenue is <br />planned with the Urban Neighborhood land use designation, allowing for commercial and <br />residential projects, frequently in a mixed-use format, to develop in accordance with market <br />fluctuations. The buildings and spaces in this part of the focus area will be sensitive to the <br />surrounding low-density neighborhoods but will still emphasize the creation of active and <br />attractive urban spaces.