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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building/ <br />Item # 23 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />April 2, 2024 <br />TOPIC: 2101 and 2109 E Santa Clara Avenue <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Amendment Application (Zone Change) No. 2024-01 to Amend the Zoning Map District <br />Designation for the Properties Located at 2101 and 2109 E. Santa Clara Avenue <br />Published in the OC Reporter on March 20, 2024. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1. Approve the introduction and first reading of an ordinance approving Amendment <br />Application (Zone Change) No. 2024-01. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 2024- <br />01 AMENDING THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2101 AND <br />2109 E. SANTA CLARA AVENUE (APN: 396-261-26 AND 396-261-38) FROM <br />GENERAL AGRICULTURAL (Al) TO ARTERIAL COMMERCIAL (C5) <br />2. Approve and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and <br />Reporting Program (SCH No. 2024010298), Environmental Review No. 2023-16, <br />prepared for the project, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act <br />(CEQA). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Donald Ellis with Stream Realty Partners (applicant), representing SRP Stater Bros, <br />LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company (property owner), is requesting approval of <br />Amendment Application (Zone Change) No. 2024-01, to facilitate construction of a fast <br />food eating establishment with drive -through operations (McDonald's) at 2101 and 2109 <br />E. Santa Clara Avenue. The site is currently zoned as General Agricultural (Al), and the <br />amendment application would allow a change to the zoning classification to Arterial <br />Commercial (C5), in order to allow the proposed eating establishment and drive -through <br />operations. Staff is recommending approval of the amendment application as the <br />proposed project will enhance underutilized lots and provide additional services to <br />