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<br />Conditional Use Permit No. 2007-04 <br />April 9, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />to reduce the front yard setback and was designed to meet the parking <br />requirements for general office use. The applicant is proposing to <br />develop one additional parking stall to comply with the parking <br />requirements of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) since a bail bond use <br />requires five spaces per 1,000 square feet of area, while a general office <br />requires three spaces per 1,000 square feet of area. To accommodate the <br />additional stall, the applicant proposes to reduce the size a landscape <br />planter facing the alley to the minimum requirement of five feet and <br />eliminate a six-foot walkway since the handicap ramp can serve all users <br />as a walkway (Exhibits 3 and 4) . <br /> <br />Analysis of the Issues <br /> <br />The Santa Ana Municipal Code allows bail bond uses in the Professional (P) <br />zone district, subject to a conditional use permit. A conditional use <br />permit allows the City to impose conditions to mitigate any potential <br />unforeseen negative impacts associated with a bail bond use and its after <br />hours operations. <br /> <br />To ensure that the impacts to the community are kept to a minimum, section <br />41-323 of the SAMC establishes development standards for bail bond <br />establishments. These standards require them to be located within 2,000 <br />feet of a jail facility and establish a separation of 150 feet from any <br />property zoned R1, R2 or R3. The proposed bail bond establishment meets <br />both criteria as it is located approximately 1,700 feet from the Orange <br />County Jail and is over 500 feet from a residential zone. <br /> <br />The Planning and Police Departments are proposing conditions of approval <br />to prevent the site from becoming an attractive nuisance and mitigate <br />any potential unforeseen problems. The Police Department's conditions <br />refer to business operations and physical improvements to improve employee <br />and customer safety, such as prohibiting exterior pay phones and <br />maintaining visibility to the establishment's interior from the street. <br />Since there are some non-conforming residential uses to the north of the <br />project, conditions of approval have been added to ensure that there is no <br />light intrusion and that a six-foot wall is maintained to separate the <br />commercial from the residential use. <br /> <br />The Police Department proposes a review of the project at 90 days, six <br />months, one year and annually thereafter to ensure that the business is in <br />compliance with conditions approved for the project. <br /> <br />31 B-3 <br />