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Ten -Day Report Describing Measures Taken to Alleviate the Conditions which Led to the <br />Adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. NS-3064 (Transit Zoning Code Moratorium <br />Extension) <br />April 1, 2025 <br />Page 4 <br />Currently, City staff has an internal process established that continues to track and <br />monitor incoming notices of compliance or notices of violations from outside regulatory <br />agencies issued to a particular business/operator. City Code Enforcement activities and <br />implementation of the City's Noxious Uses Ordinance continue being monitored at these <br />facilities. Code Enforcement data show enforcement activity within the TZC, where at the <br />time of adoption of the moratorium, 16 active open cases were issued Notice of Violations <br />and administrative citations for the following types of violations: illegal storage, land use, <br />zoning, property and landscape maintenance, unpermitted work, business license, and <br />certificate of occupancy. Such violations include issues of odors, dust, traffic, noise, <br />vibrations, and other documented impacts. Recent code enforcement complaints on <br />properties in the Logan neighborhood involve complaints for recurring unpermitted work and <br />land use violations that involve large commercial vehicles blocking street access and <br />impacting nearby residents. In the past 12 months, the Code Enforcement Division <br />conducted investigations at over 35 commercial and industrial properties within the TZC. <br />These investigations led to administrative citations, ongoing enforcement actions, and onsite <br />meetings with business owners. <br />The City of Santa Ana Code Enforcement Division is currently addressing 21 open code <br />enforcement violations or compliance reviews specifically involving industrial businesses <br />within the TZC area. This activity demonstrates the City's direct involvement in overseeing <br />these businesses to mitigate potential environmental and public health risks. <br />Review of Records and Activities of External Agencies <br />To broaden the analysis beyond the City's local land use impacts, City staff have received <br />public records requested of compliance status, violation records, and violation status of <br />outside regulatory agencies, and have contacted staff from external regulatory agencies <br />such as the South Coast Air Quality Monitoring District (SCAQMD), Santa Ana Regional <br />Quality Water Control Board (SARQWCB), the Department of Toxic Substances Control <br />(DTSC), Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA), California Environmental Reporting <br />System (CERS), and others responsible for issuing regulatory permits for industrial uses <br />in the TZC. Specifically, these agencies are responsible for permit issuance, compliance <br />activities, and/or monitoring hazardous clean-up sites, or other industrial facility -related <br />activities and have received current data requests for sites located within the TZC zoning <br />district. <br />Data from outside regulatory agencies assist City staff in further understanding activities <br />between external regulatory agencies and industrial businesses that may place additional <br />impacts on public health, safety, and welfare in affected neighborhoods adjacent to industrial <br />businesses in the TZC. This information would enable City staff to understand the correlation <br />and environmental burdens that may be attributed to permitted activities for industrial <br />