Item 24 - Third Extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-04

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E. Section 41 -595.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code ("SAMC") requires a review by the Planning Commission of all plans within a zoning district classification combined with an OZ suffix where the applicant wants to apply the overlay zone, to ensure the project is in conformity with the overlay zone plan. F. The zoning designation for the subject property is proposed to be Metro East Mixed -Use (MEMO) Overlay Zone (OZ-1) in the Active Urban land use district. G. The Planning Commission determines that the following findings, which must be established in order to grant this Site Plan Review pursuant to SAMC Section 41-595.5, have been established for Site Plan Review No. 2020-04 to allow construction of the proposed project: 1. That the proposed development plan is consistent with and will further the objectives outlined in Section 1.2 for the MEMU overlay district. The development will activate a vacant and underutilized 8-acre site in the MEMU Overlay Zone. The project will create a new mixed -use development within close proximity to office buildings, Cabrillo Park, Mabury Park, and less than two miles from Downtown Santa Ana providing opportunities to live, work, and recreate. Each building will be five -stories of residential units wrapped around a seven -level parking structure. The height of the buildings will blend in with the heights of the nearby office buildings which range from single -story, three-story and eight -story buildings and will create an interface with the Santa Ana (1-5) Freeway. The project will be built to California Building Code standards, which include energy and water conservation measures and will improve pedestrian mobility by providing new sidewalks, and parkways along Fourth Street and Parkcourt Place. In addition, the publically accessible linear park will serve as a link to the meandering trail along Mabury Street and to Mabury Park to the north. Each building has a centrally located bike room, and there is a rideshare pick-up/drop-off in the middle of the project site. Additionally, the project is within walking distance of the OCTA route 463 bus stop at Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive. The commercial space has been designed with retail floor heights of 20 feet with storefronts that will be visible from Fourth Street. In addition, the commercial space links directly to an on -site public plaza at the corner of Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive which will include outdoor dining opportunities, decorative hardscape, specimen trees and plantings, umbrellas, seating and lawn games. Resolution No. 2020-38 Page 2 of 9