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Ordinance No. NS -XXXX <br />Page 6 of 11 <br />have caused significant pollution onto disadvantaged <br />communities, including lead risk exposure, diesel particulate <br />matter from idling trucks, toxic release from facilities, traffic <br />impacts, noise pollution, vibration impacts, and airborne <br />particulate matter or fine inhalable particles of 2.5 (PM2.5) <br />microns or less in diameter. CalEnviroScreen reports higher <br />environmental effects from active facility cleanup sites, <br />hazardous waste facilities, and solid waste locations. <br />Cumulative health impacts in the area include asthma, <br />cardiovascular disease, and low birth weight, in this <br />overburdened disadvantaged community factored by <br />socioeconomic indicators of poverty, linguistic isolation, housing <br />burden, and education; and <br />•There is a recent surge in residential development activity in the <br />TZC that is exacerbating the irreconcilable land use conflicts <br />between residential and industrial land uses. Examples include <br />the Lacy Crossing residential development with over 100 <br />ownership units directly adjacent to existing industrial land uses, <br />for which the City receives regular complaints from residential <br />occupants of disturbances from noise, vibrations, odors, and <br />truck traffic; and the Rafferty mixed-use development with 218 <br />residential units, including 11 onsite units for very-low income <br />households, which is located less than one-fifth of a mile from <br />industrial land uses; and <br />•There is a marked increase in the pending and active <br />development applications for industrial land uses in the TZC, <br />including for contractor’s yards, construction debris storage <br />yards, manufacturing operations, expansion of existing industrial <br />businesses, and storage and warehousing operations, <br />stemming from shifting economic demands for goods and <br />services emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic; and <br />•The City Council approved a contract with Moore, Iacofan o, <br />Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) on October 17, 2023. To ensure the City’s <br />Zoning Code and General Plan are consistent, and to maintain <br />compliance with state law, comprehensive amendments to the <br />Zoning Code are required; and <br />•MIG and City staff have conducted extensive community <br />outreach, stakeholder interviews, and reviews of existing <br />zoning-related codes and policies in Santa Ana. These early <br />efforts have indicated that the irreconcilable land use conflicts <br />and land use inconsistencies in the TZC area are among the <br />top, most pressing topics that must be addressed as part of the