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Extension of Moratorium on the Approval, Commencement, Establishment, Relocation, <br />or Expansion of Industrial Uses in Specific Development No. 84 <br />May 21, 2024 <br />Page 4 <br />4 <br />2 <br />7 <br />9 <br />DISCUSSION <br />Background <br />Review of City Department Activities <br />Immediately following the adoption of the Moratorium, staff conducted an interagency <br />meeting, which included representatives from multiple City departments. These <br />departments include the Planning Division, Building Safety Division, Code Enforcement <br />Division, Business License, and Information Technology. Moreover, engagement with <br />additional agencies such as the Police Department, Public Works Agency, and the <br />Community Development Agency’s Economic Development Division has produced <br />critical information illustrating the extent to which industrial activities are intertwined with <br />residential land uses in the TZC area, specifically and most concentrated in the Logan <br />and Lacy neighborhoods. <br />Data based on Business License and Economic Development records indicate that the <br />application of the Moratorium affects more than 130 industrial businesses in the TZC. Of <br />these, over one-dozen have active applications for permits, the majority of which are to <br />legalize unpermitted work on industrial properties and address ongoing Code <br />Enforcement Division notices of violation. <br />City staff continue to gather, review, and analyze information regarding affected <br />industrial businesses within the TZC. Specific data and reporting pertains to applications <br />submitted by industrial businesses for permits, entitlements, certificates of occupancy, <br />business licenses, and other relevant records immediately prior to and following the <br />adoption of the Urgency Interim Ordinance and currently under review by City staff. <br />Requests for information on calls for service and incident activities responded to by <br />public safety departments of the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) and the Orange <br />County Fire Authority (OCFA) are being reviewed by City staff to understand and <br />validate public safety concerns or impacts shared by neighbors in disadvantaged <br />communities with actual calls and emergencies reported. <br />Initial reports from the SAPD show calls for service in the TZC totaling 18,510 calls <br />between March 2023 and April 2024. These calls for service included patrol checks, car <br />stops, disturbances, alarm activation, trespassing, and many more types of calls for <br />service. Of the 18,510 calls for service, 1,909 incidents reported were related to <br />collisions, impounded vehicles, hit and run collisions, domestic violence, and Santa Ana <br />municipal code violations. Similarly, data from OCFA shows 62 calls for service in 2022 <br />and 66 calls for service for 2023 for a combined 128 calls for service for both 2022 and <br />2023 for advanced life support-related emergencies. Specifically, 29 of the service calls <br />responded to by OCFA in 2022 were related to health stemming from respiratory <br />concerns to chest pain and cardiac arrest, along with long-term diabetic issues and <br />chest pains. In 2023, there was nearly a seven percent (7%) increase in the number of <br />health-related calls OCFA responded to related to health issues.