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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building <br />Item # 12 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />December 5, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Extension 4th and Mortimer Mixed-Use Development Project <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Second One-Year Extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-03 and Variance No. 2020- <br />06 for the 4th and Mortimer Mixed-Use Development Project Located at 409 and 509 <br />East Fourth Street <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving a one-year extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-03 <br />and Variance No. 2020-06 to December 15, 2024. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING A SECOND ONE-YEAR EXTENSION <br />OF SITE PLAN REVIEW 2020-03 AND VARIANCE NO. 2020-06 FOR THE 4TH <br />AND MORTIMER MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 409 AND <br />509 EAST FOURTH STREET <br />2. Determine that in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the extension for this project is exempt pursuant to <br />Section 15061(b)(3). This determination has been made as it has been determined <br />that the proposed action to extend the existing, approved entitlement does not have <br />the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment, as the existing, <br />approved entitlement has already been evaluated pursuant to CEQA. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />Background <br />On October 12, 2020, the Planning Commission unanimously approved Site Plan <br />Review No. 2020-03, for a development project over four stories in height, and Variance <br />No. 2020-06, to allow an increase in the allowable building size and massing, to <br />facilitate the construction of a new mixed-use residential and commercial development <br />project located at 409 and 509 East Fourth Street. On October 22, 2020, an appeal <br />(Appeal No. 2020-02) to the project was filed by Michael Lozeau with Lozeau Drury, <br />LLP, on behalf of the Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER). On <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 12 – 1 12/5/2023