2004-021 - Increase Floor Area Ratio of the One Broadway Plaza District Center

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LAND USE ELEMENT ~< . To encourage lot consolidation for optimal site d.ign. the floor area ratio can be calculated on an area wide basis for contiguous parce18 which are fØ1 of a large<, muIti-structUte project. To qualify for an area wide floor area raUo<calculation, a project must be integrated In design and function, and the owner/developer must record deed reatrictlona Umiting the project area to the legally eIJowed ftoor area ratio. . Land Us. DesIgnations The Santa Ana Land Use Plan includes 10 land use designations. These designations Indicate the types and IntønsIty of development to be allowed on the property which they cover. Generally. the designation also reIIeds the predominant development character of the area. Aa Ie typical In older. urbanized communi11e8 IIœ Santa AnI. the.. .. 8Om8 ... whet8 8Jdsting development doe8not compJet8Iy I8Iect the land u. d88ignaIion d the Land Use Plan. Where these occur the pIOp8Itie8 81'8 deemed legal conforming and may continue untl such time .. the property has been .cant for twelve months or more. Each I8nd use de8lgnation and 8 brief de8crlptIon are discussed below. Residential The Land U8. Plan provid.. for three di8tinct residential land use designations. ResIdential development is also pennitted in twò other designations: District Center and Re8tentiIIIIndustrial. The Santa Ana Land Use Plan includes the foJIowing residentl8lland use designalons: . The Low DensIty Rø.sitM)tJaJ (LR..7) ~ applies to those areas of the City which are developed with lower density resfdentlalland uses. The allowable ~ development intene" it 7 units per acte. DeveloPØl8Pt In this cstegaly Is chamdeñZ8d primarily by singJe-fømily homes. This de8Ignation spplJes to a large proportion of the City (6.653 scree) representirtg 37 perœnt of the Citfs total land area. . The Low-MedJum Density Residential (LMR-11) des1gnaIIon applies to those sections of the City which are developed witt residential uses at permitted densities of up to 11 unite per acra. The land area Included In this designation Is approximately 443 8Cr8I. The grut majority of the land designated 88 low-Medium Density Residential is located In the westerly portion of the City, north and south of First Street. Properties with this designation are typically characterized by mobile Resolution No. 2004-021 Page 18 of 44 ~ II ......"