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Sunshine Ordinance Update, Safe and Sane Fireworks Ordinance Update, and Zoning <br />Ordinance Update <br />January 16, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />Topic <br />Existing Regulations <br />Proposed Regulations <br />proposed amendment will provide <br />clarification, making the Sunshine <br />Ordinance applicable to projects <br />proposing a specific development <br />amendment. <br />Safe and Sane <br />Permits for the sale of safe and sane <br />Incorporate text to clarify that: <br />Fireworks Sales <br />fireworks are limited to nonprofit <br />1. Schools with affiliated organizations <br />organizations with their principal <br />and nonprofit organizations must be <br />meeting place within the City. <br />located within city limits to obtain a <br />permit to sell fireworks. <br />The ordinance lacks specificity and <br />2. Permits be limited to those benefitting <br />the edit is needed to clarify that the <br />the Santa Ana community and have <br />sale of safe and sane fireworks is <br />75% of their members residing within <br />limited to those who serve the Santa <br />city limits. <br />Ana community. <br />Wireless <br />Conditional use permits for major <br />Revise the SAMC to assign the <br />Communication <br />wireless communication facilities expire <br />Executive Director of Planning and <br />Facilities <br />after ten (10) years and must be <br />Building the authority to administratively <br />renewed by approval of a new <br />extend the original conditional use <br />conditional use permit by the Planning <br />permit subject to verification that the <br />Commission. <br />facility continues to comply with Chapter <br />41 and the original conditions of <br />Such a process unnecessarily delays <br />approval. <br />approvals and adds costs for <br />applicants. <br />Billboards <br />The separation between billboards is <br />Revise the SAMC to specify that the <br />1,000 feet. The separation between <br />minimum separation requirement <br />billboards is one -thousand (1,000) <br />applies to billboards located on the <br />feet. <br />same side of the freeway <br />The zoning code does not clarify <br />whether the distance applies to <br />billboards on the opposite or same side <br />of the freeway. <br />Hotels/Motels <br />The SAMC, Specific Plans, and <br />1. Establish standards for <br />Specific Developments currently permit <br />hotels/motels, <br />hotels/motels with approval of a <br />2. Add a definition for "full service <br />conditional use permit in specified <br />hotel," <br />locations. However, there are no <br />3. Permit full service hotels in specified <br />codified standards for hotels. <br />zones wherein commercial, mixed - <br />Furthermore, some locations are well <br />use, or professional office uses are <br />suited for full service hotels, which <br />principally permitted, and <br />should be permitted by right. <br />Establish standards for full service <br />hotels. <br />These regulations create uncertainty <br />for developers, a challenging process <br />