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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pba <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 4, 2025 <br />TOPIC: ADU Ordinance Amendments (Citywide) Second Reading <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Second Reading of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-03 – An Ordinance of the <br />City Council of the City of Santa Ana Amending Article II (Use Districts) of Chapter 41 <br />(Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) <br />First Reading January 21, 2025 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of 7-0. <br />Published in the OC Reporter on January 23, 2025. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Conduct a second reading and adopt Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-03 <br />amending Article II (Use Districts) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code related to accessory dwelling units to be in compliance with changes to state law <br />enacted under Senate Bill 1211 and make other minor clarifying changes. <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-3076 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE II (USE DISTRICTS) OF CHAPTER 41 <br />(ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY <br />DWELLING UNITS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHANGES TO STATE LAW <br />ENACTED UNDER SENATE BILL 1211 AND MAKE OTHER MINOR CLARIFYING <br />CHANGES <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the January 21, 2025, meeting, the City Council conducted the first reading of Zoning <br />Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-03, a zoning ordinance amending Article II (Use <br />Districts) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to accessory <br />dwelling units (ADUs) to be in compliance with changes to State ADU law enacted <br />under Senate Bill 1211 that took effect January 1, 2025. The ordinance, approved 7:0, <br />requires a second reading. <br />No changes to the ordinance were made by the City Council. A copy of the ordinance <br />for second reading is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.