Item 22 - Transit Zoning Code Amendments Resolution

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ZOA No. 2024-02 & AA No. 2024-03 (Transit Zoning Code Amendments) April 1, 2025 Page 16 Planninq Commission Public Hearinq — February 24, 2025 On February 24, 2025, the Santa Ana Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to consider recommending ZOA No. 2024-02, AA No. 2024-03, and resolution to make findings and adopt Addendum to TZC SD-84 Final EIR. Upon hearing all testimony, the Commission closed the public hearing, held discussion, provided direction to staff, and continued the item to a special meeting scheduled for March 6, 2025. The Commission requested that staff conduct and provide certain deliverables for their further consideration of the proposed amendments, in order to render a recommendation to the City Council on the proposed TZC amendments. The three requested actions for staff were as follows: 1) Conduct an additional community meeting collectively, with interested parties in attendance at the hearing, including residents, businesses, and property owners, to facilitate further input on the proposed amendments; 2) Prepare a financial analysis to address potential impacts to the City as a result of adopting the proposed amendments; and 3) Provide a legal briefing related to potential challenges that may result from adoption of the proposed amendments. Additional Community Meetinq — March 3, 2025 Staff held a community meeting with interested parties, including business owners, property owners, residents, and others, on Monday, March 3, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) First Floor Conference Room (1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd.) to garner additional feedback about the proposed changes. The summary of the March 3, 2025 TZC (SD-84) Community Meeting can be found in Exhibit 1 of Exhibit 7 (March 6, 2025 Special Planning Commission Supplemental Staff Report and Exhibits), which is attached to this staff report. As a result of the input received at that community meeting, combined with the prior analysis of the proposed amendments as outlined in the February 24, 2025, Planning Commission staff report, staff proposed clarifying edits as well as text edits to the Ordinance presented to the Planning Commission on February 24, 2025 that can be found in Exhibit 7. Specifically, the clarifications address typographical errors as well as the emergent themes from the March 3rd community meeting related to hours of operation and clarifying that nonconforming and "legal" nonconforming are one and the same term for the purposes of implementing the TZC. The summary of the March 3, 2025 TZC (SD- 84) Community Meeting can be found in Exhibit 1 of Exhibit 7 (March 6, 2025 Special Planning Commission Supplemental Staff Report and Exhibits), which is attached to this staff report.