Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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Appeal Application Fourth Street) October 3, 2023 Page 7 Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project (1901 E. development, which function as a passive outdoor space and provide functional amenities to residents. Lastly, the project also includes 47,810 square feet (1.10 acres) of publicly accessible open space via the town center plaza and paseos along Fourth Street, Cabrillo Park Drive, and Parkcourt Place. The town center plaza will include outdoor dining opportunities, decorative hardscape, specimen trees and plantings, umbrellas, seating, and lawn games. The paseo along the east property line of Parcel 1 will include a dog park and the paseos along Fourth Street, Cabrillo Park Drive, and Parkcourt Pace will include enhanced pavement, seating, and other street furniture. Off -Site Improvements Offsite improvements include a new signalized intersection and crosswalks at Cabrillo Park Drive and Parkcourt Place; this traffic signal is an existing requirement stemming from the entitlement of the adjacent Central Pointe mixed -use project. An exclusive westbound right -turn lane at Cabrillo Park Drive and Fourth Street will also be constructed. Pedestrian circulation would be provided via existing public sidewalks along Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive, which will connect to the project site and to Cabrillo Park to the north of the site. The project will protect the existing sidewalk along project frontage, and if necessary, repair or reconstruct sidewalks along the project frontage. Affordable Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance Compliance The City's inclusionary housing ordinance, known as the Affordable Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance (AHOCO) (SAMC Sec. 41-1900 et seq.), applies to housing projects proposing five or more units that are also requesting an increase in allowable density or are located in certain sections of the City that were "up -zoned" to allow additional residential development after November 28, 2011, including residential overlay districts. As the proposed project is located within the MEMU and is seeking to develop a project per its standards, the project is subject to the AHOCO requirements of the production of affordable housing or payment of in -lieu fees. Pursuant to Section 41- 1904(c) of the SAMC, the applicant has selected the option to pay in -lieu fees. Based on available figures for the project, the project will contribute an estimated $8,043,600 in in -lieu fees, which must be spent on production of affordable housing in the City of Santa Ana. Table 3 below illustrates the calculation methodology. Table 3: AHOCO In -Lieu Fee Calculation Estimated Habitable Sq. Ft. In -Lieu Fee Per Habitable Sq. Final Estimated Total Ft. (Habitable Sq. Ft. Multiplied by In -Lieu Fee Parcel 1 = 386,314 sq. ft. $ 15.00 per sq. ft. $5,794,710 Parcel 2 = 149,926 sq. ft. $2,248,890 Total: $8,043,600 City Council 18 — 7 10/3/2023