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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pb <br />Item # 22 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />April 1, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Transit Zoning Code Amendments <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Resolution to Make Findings and Adopt Addendum to the Transit Zoning Code <br />Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse Number No. 2006071100), Zoning <br />Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2024-02 and Amendment Application (AA) No. 2024- <br />03 Amending Certain Sections of Article XIX (The Transit Zoning Code, Specific <br />Development No. 84) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) <br />Addressing Industrial Land Uses, Nonconformities, and Operating Standards, and <br />Amending the City of Santa Ana Zoning Map to Remove the Light Industrial (M1) and <br />Heavy Industrial (M2) Suffixes from Certain Properties Within the SD-84 District <br />Boundary <br />Legal notice published in the OC Reporter on March 21, 2025 and mailed on same day. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1) Adopt a resolution to make findings pursuant to Public Resources Code and to <br />adopt the Addendum to the Transit Zoning Code Environmental Impact Report <br />(State Clearinghouse Number No. 2006071100). Pursuant to the California <br />Environment Quality Act (CEQA), and based on independent review and analysis, <br />and the administrative record as a whole, that, in exercising its independent <br />judgement, amend TZC SD-84 Final EIR with an addendum that the City Council <br />find that pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent <br />Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is required for the adoption of the proposed <br />Ordinances; and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, an addendum to <br />the Transit Zoning Code EIR was accordingly prepared. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO MAKE FINDINGS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC <br />RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21166 AND TO ADOPT THE ADDENDUM TO <br />THE TRANSIT ZONING CODE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (STATE <br />CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER NO. 2006071100) <br />2) Adopt an ordinance to approve Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2024-02 <br />amending certain sections of Article XIX (The Transit Zoning Code, Specific <br />Development No. 84 (SD-84)) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code including amendments to the regulations, overlay districts and maps in the <br />zoning district; modifying the authorized land uses and permit types; establishing <br />revised non-conforming use regulations, including the addition of an