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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building <br />Item # 30 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 19, 2024 <br />TOPIC: 4th and Mortimer Mixed-Use Development Project Located at 409 and 509 East <br />Fourth Street <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Third One-Year Extension of Site Plan Review No. 2020-03 and Variance No. 2020-06 <br />for the 4th and Mortimer Mixed-Use Development Project Located at 409 and 509 East <br />Fourth Street <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving a third and final one-year extension of Site Plan <br />Review No. 2020-03 and Variance No. 2020-06 to December 15, 2025. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING A THIRD ONE-YEAR EXTENSION <br />OF SITE PLAN REVIEW 2020-03 AND VARIANCE NO. 2020-06 FOR THE 4TH <br />AND MORTIMER MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 409 AND 509 <br />EAST FOURTH STREET <br />2. Determine that, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and <br />the CEQA Guidelines, the extension for this project is exempt pursuant to Section <br />15061(b)(3). This determination has been made as it has been determined that the <br />proposed action to extend the existing, approved entitlement does not have the <br />potential to cause a significant effect on the environment, as the existing, approved <br />entitlement has already been evaluated pursuant to CEQA. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 12, 2020, the Planning Commission unanimously approved Site Plan Review <br />No. 2020-03, for a development project over four stories in height, and Variance No. 2020- <br />06, to allow an increase in the allowable building size and massing, to facilitate the <br />construction of a new mixed-use residential and commercial development project located <br />at 409 and 509 East Fourth Street. On October 22, 2020, an appeal (Appeal No. 2020- <br />02) to the project was filed by Michael Lozeau with Lozeau Drury, LLP, on behalf of the <br />Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER). On December 1, 2020,