Item 32 - Second Reading of Uncodified Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-07

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 3 of 5 environmental criteria analysis provided in Attachment 3; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has permitted the parcels listed in Attachment 3, 100 percent affordable and mixed -income, respectively, to this ordinance that are not otherwise eligible for development pursuant to AB 2011 streamlined review to be developed pursuant to the requirements of AB 2011; and WHEREAS, the parcels listed in Attachment 3 to this ordinance may be developed at the residential density required by AB 2011 or the residential density set forth in the City’s General Plan, whichever is greater, as described in the site suitability analysis included in Attachment 3; and WHEREAS, exempting the parcels listed in the amended parcels list contained in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 to this ordinance will not result in a net loss of the total potential residential density in the jurisdiction because there is a surplus of residential capacity on the alternative parcels identified in Attachment 3 to offset the lost potential units on the exempt parcels whereby there will not be a net loss in the potential residential units permitted in the jurisdiction, as provided in the calculations found in Attachment 3; and WHEREAS, there will be no net loss of the potential residential density of housing affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction because the parcels identified and listed in Attachment 3 allow density meeting or exceeding that required by Government Code Section 65583.2(c)(3) of 30 dwelling units per acre, the threshold established and deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households for jurisdictions in a metropolitan county and AB 2011 affordability criteria will apply to developments on the alternative sites; and WHEREAS, the City’s local inclusionary housing ordinance, known as the Affordable Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance (AHOCO), will require eligible projects citywide to set aside units as affordable to lower and moderate -income households for at least 55 years as applicable by AB 2011; and WHEREAS, development of the alternative parcels eligible for AB 2011 streamlined review and listed in Attachment 3 will result in affirmatively furthering fair housing as described in the affirmatively furthering fair housing analysis included Attachment 3 to this ordinance; and WHEREAS, exempting the parcels in the amended parcels list contained in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 will prevent housing from being developed on sites that do not have the infrastructure needed to accommodate high-quality housing, will not comply with the land use plan and housing program that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) certified Housing Element is based upon, and will locate sensitive receptors in close proximity to uses that pose a hazard to health, in direct conflict with environmental justice goals and policies; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana, based upon the written findings required for exemption under AB 2011 and set forth above, exempts the parcels listed in the amended