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REL:ar 9/10/81 RESOLUTION NO. 81-154 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REVERSING THE ACTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. 81-12, APPROVING SAID VARIANCE, AND GRANTING APPEAL NO. 451, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 510 FAIRHAVEN AVENUE WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly held before the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on September 8, 1981, on the action taken by the Planning Commission in denying Variance Application No. 81-12, which application seeks to waive minimum homesite area requirements, a portion of the required parking, trash enclosures and a common storage area for the development of a mobile home park (which application was modified by the applicant to seek only waiver of trash enclosure and common storage area requirements) at 510 Fair- haven Avenue in the A1 District. WHEREAS, prior to taking action on said Variance Application, this Council has reviewed and considered the Negative Declaration for the project, including Initial Study No. IS 81-46. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: 1. That based on such public hearing and the oral and documentary evidence submitted therein, the City Council does hereby reverse the action of the Planning Commission denying said Variance Application NO. 81-12, and does hereby approve said Variance and grant Appeal No. 451, insofar as the same pertains to waiver of trash enclosure and common storage area requirements. 2. That the City Council hereby adopts as its findings of fact for the approval of Variance No. 81-12, the following: (b) Special circumstances apply to the subject property which justify the waiver of requirements for trash enclosures and a common storage area, in that the project is designed for individual unit trash collection and storage in the same manner as conventional single family homes, and the strict application of such requirements would deprive the subject property of amenities such as open space without any corresponding benefit. (b) The granting of this variance is necessary to preserve the owner's right to develop his property in a manner consistent with the purpose and intent of the zoning regulations, in that requiring the installation of trash enclosures and a common storage area would impose an unreason- able burden on development of the property.