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303 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2415 <br /> <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE CONSTRUCTION <br />OF DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES IN THE CENTRAL <br />BUSINESS-ARTIST VILLAGE (C3-A) ZONE <br /> <br /> The City Council of the City of Santa Ana finds, determines and declares as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> 1. Provisions of Article III, Division 14.5, of Chapter 41 of Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code ("Code") that regulate uses and conditionally permitted uses in the C3-A (Central <br />Business -Artist Village) zoning district, specifically sections 41-402 and 41-403 of the <br />Code, need review, study and possible revision in order to respond to recent concerns <br />relating to the potential construction of new drive-through facilities in the Artist Village. <br />Because the demand for vehicular serving amenities such as vehicular ckive-throughs <br />were not anticipated when the C3-A zoning district was created, such provisions fail to <br />fully take into account the potential impacts of the addition of drive-through facilities on <br />the urban character of the Artist Village and fail to address the needs of the City and its <br />residents today and in the future. <br /> <br /> 2. Given these concerns, the City Council has requested that a review be <br />undertaken of the current provisions of Article III of Chapter 41 of the Code as it relates <br />to drive-through facilities in the Artist Village. <br /> <br /> 3. The Council has expressed concerns that an increase in the number of drive- <br />through facilities as currently permitted under the Code could negatively affect the <br />creation of a successful pedestrian-oriented area. Drive-through facilities are by their <br />nature oriented to vehicular traffic and are more appropriately situated on arterial streets. <br /> <br /> 4. The predominant development pattern of the Downtown and, specifically, of <br />the Artist Village, is urban in character with full lot coverage, narrow streets, wide <br />sidewalks and centralized, off-site public parking. The City Council desires to enhance <br />this urban character through increased density and the attraction of businesses which <br />encourage both daytime and evening activity. The attractiveness of the Artist Village to <br />pedestrians will be compromised if additional facilities are constructed which relate more <br />to passing vehicles than to the walking public. <br /> <br /> 5. The City Council has considered all of the written and oral testimony offered <br />concerning whether to adopt this ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />