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2101 and 2109 E Santa Clara Avenue <br />April 2, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />community <br />Property Size <br />0.81-acres (35,400 square feet) <br />Existing Site Development <br />The subject sites contain two one-story, single-family <br />residences approximately 2,530 and 3,904 square feet in <br />size, with associated accessory structures. <br />Existing Site Uses <br />Single-family residences (2) <br />Proposed Building Size <br />3,975 square feet <br />Use Permissions <br />Allowed with an amendment application (zone change) and <br />conditional use permit (CUP). <br />Zoning Code Sections Affected <br />Uses <br />SAMC Section 41-424.5 <br />Operational Standards <br />SAMC Section 41-425-428 <br />The site is currently zoned as General Agricultural (Al), and the proposed project <br />includes an amendment application (zone change) to change the zoning classification to <br />Arterial Commercial (C5) in order to allow the proposed eating establishment and drive - <br />through operations. As part of the overall scope of work, the applicant is proposing to <br />demolish two residential structures and associated improvements on two legal lots <br />(2101 and 2109 E. Santa Clara Avenue), including the associated pool, asphalt <br />concrete paving, and vegetation, in order to construct a new 3,975-square-foot fast food <br />establishment for McDonald's with drive -through operations. <br />The eating establishment is proposed to be integrated within an existing commercial <br />center and would maintain reciprocal access. The establishment would be accessible via <br />three existing vehicle driveway approaches, two along Tustin Avenue and the third along <br />Santa Clara Avenue, with no new driveway/entries proposed as part the project. However, <br />the primary vehicular ingress and egress points and the proposed parking lot would <br />primarily be accessible from the existing driveway along Santa Clara Avenue. The drive - <br />through would be accessible from the existing driveway along Tustin Avenue, and vehicles <br />would travel west/southwest along the proposed drive -through. <br />As proposed, the establishment would include a dual drive -through lane, limited to the <br />ordering/menu board area and a bypass lane near the pick-up window. The two drive - <br />through lanes will be available for ordering, which will then merge into a single drive - <br />through lane for pick-up window services. The bypass lane will allow vehicles that have <br />already received their meals to bypass any queued vehicles and ultimately exit via a <br />proposed new driveway along Santa Clara Avenue. Each lane is proposed to have <br />vehicular stacking lanes exceeding the minimum required 80 feet from the center of the <br />pick-up window and 80 feet from the order point. <br />The applicant proposes various off -site and on -site improvements that include <br />improvements to the public right-of-way (i.e., sidewalks, curbs, street lighting, and access <br />drives), extensive landscaping (perimeter and parking lot), enhanced paving at the two <br />driveway entries, a parking lot with 32 parking stalls, a decorative trash enclosure, and <br />parking lot fixtures. Work would also include the removal of the western most driveway <br />along Santa Clara and replace it with sidewalk, and rebuild the eastern most existing <br />