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Transit Zoning Code Urgency Interim Ordinance (Moratorium) <br />April 16, 2024 <br />Page 6 <br />4 <br />1 <br />8 <br />7 <br />followed up with external regulatory agencies issuing permits to operate this facility, and <br />quickly, staff observed the limitations from regulatory agencies and their <br />compartmentalized processes to investigate and act on enforcement measures. <br />Since 2022, the City has enhanced community services by restructuring its Planning <br />Division to contain a Neighborhood Initiatives and Environmental Services (NIES) <br />section, which oversees, among other functions, environmental justice efforts in Santa <br />Ana and regional coordination to address such issues. Despite this restructuring, it is <br />now well documented that the NIES section’s coordination with external regulatory <br />agencies has not resulted in a favorable outcome in enforcement by responsible <br />external agencies such as South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), <br />California Department of Consumer Affairs Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (CFB), and <br />Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) in many of these investigations. In response, the <br />City has adopted new regulations such as a Noxious Uses Ordinance (Ordinance No. <br />NS-3044, adopted June 20, 2023), which amends Zoning Ordinance No. 2023-01 that <br />includes: a notification requirement to the City by the property owner to obtain a permit <br />from a regulatory public agency; a requirement of a 1,000 linear foot distance buffer <br />measured from the outermost boundary of the subject property; and a conditional use <br />permit requirement from a regulatory public agency to handle, store, emit, or discharge <br />particulate materials, exhaust emissions, or regulated compounds, or chemicals near a <br />public park, school (K-12), or property zoned for residential purposes. <br />City staff have also researched commercial real estate acquisition data and current for <br />sale properties to identify any trends that could potentially generate an increase in the <br />application of the City’s Noxious Uses Ordinance for proposed or expanded industrial <br />uses. From September 2022 to date, seven properties, primarily industrial businesses, <br />sold and three of those businesses (800-808 E. Washington Avenue, 1045 Fuller Street, <br />and 923 N. Logan Street) are located in the Logan neighborhood. Currently, two large <br />properties are in the market for multifamily and land types located in the TZC. <br />Environmental Justice (EJ)/Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) Profile: Logan and <br />Lacy neighborhood impacts <br />A demographic profile of the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods combined represent a <br />population of 5,907, which encompass 1,564 households, a median household income <br />of $56,864, average household size is nearly four persons, median age is 27 years, per- <br />capita income is $23,495, and 74% comprise renter-occupied units based on <br />demographic forecasts for 2023. Nearly 25% of the population is under 14 years of age <br />and 14% are 55 years of age and older. Nearly 3% of the population attended up to 12th <br />grade with no diploma, over 31% are high school graduates, and nearly 97% of the <br />working population over 16 years of age are employed. <br />This data illustrates that the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods are within the second and <br />third highest scored census tracts in Santa Ana, each with a composite score of 90% or