Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street) January 16, 2024 Page 7 Proposed Amendment: The proposed number of students will not increase. The number of student enrollment will remain at a maximum of 870 students. This enrollment cap will remain in the SD document. Industrial Uses Issue: The current list of permitted uses in SD-82 contains various industrial uses, which are no longer consistent with the General Plan land use designation and the designated focus area. The Flex-1.5 land use designation encourages industrial uses that do not produce significant air pollutants including office -industrial flex spaces, small-scale clean manufacturing, research and development, among other uses. Moreover, the focus area is intended to transition a group of auto -oriented neighborhoods and institutions into a series of transit -oriented neighborhoods that support and benefit from future streetcar stops. Proposed Amendment: The proposed amendment will update the list of permissible uses per zone to establish consistency with the Flex-1.5 General Plan land use designation and the focus area. Amendment Application Currently, the site to the south of 601 N. Fairview Street is zoned SD-82, and the proposed rezoning intends to align the subject site with the existing development to the south. Within the SD-82 regulations, permissible uses encompass industrial, school, and church uses. Expanding the SD-82 boundaries will accommodate additional administrative office use at 601 N. Fairview Street. This zoning adjustment aims to repurpose the existing industrial building, historically serving as an auto -repair business, into an administrative office space. Under the current M1 zoning, only up to 30% of the gross floor area can be allocated for administrative office use. The proposed rezoning, coupled with amendments to the SD- 82 regulations, seeks to enable the existing building's operation as an administrative office without constraint, limited to Parcel 4. More importantly, the rezoning is not anticipated to exacerbate traffic flow, parking demands, or noise impacts. As detailed in Table 3, the proposed rezoning is projected to address and mitigate any potential adverse effects on the surrounding community. General Plan Consistency The proposed zoning amendment advances the vision for the subject site's General Plan Focus Area and will bring the site into alignment and compliance with the General Plan through reducing and eliminating traditional heavy industrial and noxious uses currently allowable on the properties. The property is located in the West Santa Ana Boulevard Focus Area and is designated as Industrial/Flex-Low (Flex-1.5). This Focus Area envisions a mixed -use corridor with a goal of transitioning out existing auto - City Council 26 — 7 1/16/2024