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 9 Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project (1901 E. Appeal Application No. 2023-03 (SWMSRCC) Pursuant to Section 41-645(a) of the SAMC, this appellant is requesting that the City Council overturn the Planning Commission's decision approving SPR No. 2023-01 and TTM No. 2023-03 and provides four main reasons to substantiate the request, including: (1) Requirement of a local workforce; (2) Training requirements to prevent community spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases; (3) CEQA compliance; and (4) Inconsistency with the City's General Plan. In addition, the City received a supplemental comment letter on August 17, 2023, from Mitchell M. Tsai, on behalf of the SWMSRCC. Staff notes that this letter is outside of the 10-day appeal period, as outlined in Section 41-645(b) of the SAMC. Therefore, the subsequent appeal items do not satisfy the requirements of SAMC Section 41-645 and should not be considered. Nonetheless, staff has prepared a comprehensive response on all appeal items received (original appeal letter and supplemental), which can be found in Exhibit 10. MEMU Site Plan Review Pursuant to Section 41-595.5 of the SAMC and sections 2.3 and 8.1 of the MEMU, approval of a Site Plan Review by the Planning Commission is require for any project wishing to develop per the MEMU standards. In accordance with Section 8.2 (Findings for Granting a MEMU Overlay Zone Site Plan Review Approval) an analysis of the project's compliance with the MEMU is provided in Table 4 below. Table 4: MEMU Findings for Site Plan Review Approval Finding Project Compliance That the proposed development plan The project will create a new mixed -use development within is consistent with and will further the close proximity to office buildings, Cabrillo Park, Mabury Park, objectives outlined in Section 1.2 for and less than two miles from Downtown Santa Ana, which the MEMU. provides additional opportunities to live, work, and play. The proposed project includes two distinct market -rate housing product types, including a townhouse development and mixed - use residential development. Each townhouse building will be three -stories in height, while the mixed -use building will be five - stories with ground floor commercial/retail and residential units on upper floors, wrapped around a 6.5-level parking structure. The height of the buildings will blend in with the heights of the nearby office buildings, which range from single -story, three- story and eight -story buildings. The project will be built to California Building Code standards, which include energy and water conservation measures and will improve pedestrian mobility by providing new sidewalks and parkways along Fourth Street and Parkcourt Place. In addition, the publically accessible linear park along Parkcourt Place will serve as a link to the Cabrillo Park to the north. Each residential unit will have storage opportunities for personal City Council 18 — 9 10/3/2023