Item 37 - Appeal No. 2023-07 Denial of CUP No. 2023-18 Anchor Stone Christian Church: 2938 S. Daimler Street

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Anchor Stone Christian Church: 2938 S. Daimler Street November 21, 2023 Page 7 The Industrial/Flex designation is intended to provide context -appropriate development in areas with existing industrial uses. When adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods, this designation can provide a buffer between homes and traditional industrial uses. When adjacent to urban - scale mixed -use development, this designation is more free to emphasize significant employment opportunities. Industrial/Flex allows for clean industrial uses that do not produce significant air pollutants, noise, or other nuisances typically associated with industrial uses, including office -industrial flex spaces, small-scale clean manufacturing, research and development and multilevel corporate offices, commercial retail, artist galleries, craft maker spaces, and live - work units'. Adaptive reuse of buildings to accommodate live -work units is encouraged. Standalone residential is not permitted. Building form and height should reflect the existing context and, if inside a Focus Area, communicate the envisioned character for the area. Based on the land use designation and development policies and allowable uses within the Flex-3 designation, the subject site is not suitable for the operation of community assembly, nor does it list community assembly -type uses as permissible under the land use designation. Conversely, land use designations such as General Commercial (GC) and its accompanying zoning districts allow for "retail and service establishments; recreational, cultural, and entertainment uses; business and professional offices; and vocational schools," among which "recreational, cultural, and entertainment uses" provide for community assembly such as religious facilities. General Plan Focus Area Designation In addition, the subject site is part of one of the five Focus Areas adopted by the General Plan also known as 55 Freeway and Dyer Road Focus Area. The various land use designations within each Focus Area work together to ensure consistency and diversity of land uses achieving development policies to balance developing goals and land use consistencies within the City. The five Focus Areas were identified by the General Plan Advisory Committee and refined through a seven-year community engagement process as the areas of the City most suitable for new development. The five Focus Areas are geographically distributed throughout the City, and each allows the City to meet its diverse needs. The purpose and intent, specific objectives, and custom land uses for each focus area were defined to facilitate new types of urban development and further embody the City's core values. The General Plan Land Use Element describes the purpose and intent of the 55 Freeway and Dyer Road Focus Area as follows: Table LU-A-1 in the Santa Ana General Plan Land Use Element does not permit live -work units in the Flex-3 designation within the 55 Freeway and Dyer Road Focus Area