Item 26 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Related Bristol Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (3600 S. Bristol St.) and Staff Resolution Modifying Parking Districts in the Surrounding Area October 1, 2024 Page 9 Commercial and Hotel Components The SP would allow for up to 350,000 square feet of commercial space for a variety of retail, eating establishment, service, and complementary uses designed to promote a high -quality, urban village. The SP proposes a use matrix that focuses the most intense commercial development in the southern portion of the site that is adjacent to South Coast Plaza and the adjacent, existing commercial and high-rise office uses in the area. Should uses and definitions transition over time, the SP contains flexibility that allows the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency to issue a use determination while maintaining consistency with the purposes and intent of the SP. To ensure a broad range of regional and local -serving commercial uses are provided for in the site, the SP proposes a variety of commercial space configurations. Commercial uses will be permissible in mixed -use residential and commercial buildings, as standalone commercial buildings in the southern heart of the Village Core area, or integrated as part of the proposed hotel. The commercial component of the SP will be parked at four (4) spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, a rate which is commensurate with commercial parking ratios for planned shopping centers. In addition to the 350,000 square feet of commercial space, the SP proposes a 250 room key hotel at the southern portion of the Village Core with full amenities, such as dining, conference, and business centers, rooftop amenities, and other features commensurate with high -quality hospitality uses. In the SP, the hotel would form one of two high-rises in the community, with the other being the senior continuum of care living units. As proposed, the hotel would contain 25 stories (285 feet maximum) and provide for 0.6 parking spaces per hotel room key, a rate that takes into account the site's proximity to John Wayne Airport and reduced demand for parking by individual guests but that is 0.5 spaces per room less than standard Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) requirements. Open Space A total of up to 13.1 acres, or almost one-third, of the project site are proposed as publicly accessible open space areas. These open space areas are envisioned in a variety of formats, including the Bristol Central Park (2.5 acres) in the northern portion of the site, the Bristol Green and Bristol Plaza (1.5 acres combined) in the Village Core (southern) portion of the site, and various paseos and green -links (9.1 acres), which are travel ways with generous landscaped areas for cyclists and pedestrians. Open space areas will be programmed for a variety of uses, such as active and passive recreation, amphitheaters and performances, farmers markets, kiosks, and other supportive uses designed to ensure long-term quality and use by Santa Ana residents, community organizations, and businesses.