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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br /> <br />~ <br />~~ <br />~ <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 28, 2005 <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />FILED BY REGENCY CENTERS FOR VARIANCE <br />NO. 2004-18 TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED <br />ON-SITE PARKING FOR FAMSA AT 419 EAST <br />FIRST STREET <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br /> <br />o Applicant's Request <br />o Staff Recommendation <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />Prepared by Lucy Linnaus <br /> <br /> <br />4t~~~ ~irector <br /> <br />~nning Manager <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Deny Variance No. 2004-18. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Request of Applicant <br /> <br />Regency Centers is requesting a variance from the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(SAMC) to reduce the required number of on-site parking stalls for the <br />proposed expansion of FAMSA, a retail establishment located in the Santa <br />Ana Downtown Plaza at 419 East First Street. <br /> <br />Property Description <br /> <br />The project site is an existing 100,305 square foot multi-tenant <br />commercial center. The center is an 8.27 acre, rectangular shaped parcel <br />of land that has street frontage on First, Spurgeon and Third Streets. <br />The center consists of six attached buildings in an L configuration that <br />face First and Spurgeon Streets, and two freestanding restaurant buildings <br />adjacent to First Street. The site is fully landscaped and has 509 on- <br />site parking spaces in two non-integrated parking areas. The parking area <br />on the front of the lot, facing First Street, serves the center's <br />customers as all buildings have their primary entrances oriented towards <br />this parking area. The parking at the rear of the lot, facing Third <br />Street, serves employees since the loading area, trash enclosures and <br />secondary entrances are located at the rear of the building. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />55A-3 <br />