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Tentative Parcel Map 2007-01 May 9, 2007 Page 2 the interior of five of the units to comply with Section 41-472.1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SANG), which limits the ancillary office use to 30 percent of the gross floor area of the unit. The applicant is also proposing to remodel the facades of all buildings by adding contemporary neo-classic features such as a new cornice line, accentuating the entrance to each unit with a trellis feature and fresh paint along each building base with accent color. In addition, utilities, equipment and appurtenances will be screened. The landscape throughout the site will be upgraded using the introduction of a new palm tree theme. These will be featured at primary entrances to the complex, the primary driveway and the corner of McFadden Avenue and Lyon Street. A new 10-foot landscape buffer adjacent to the railroad will also be provided. The parking lot and loading docks will be slurried, re-striped with 488 parking stalls and re-landscaped in compliance with SAMC. The landscape, parking, loading docks and utilities will continue to be utilized for common use and regulated by Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&RS) enforced by an association (Exhibits 3, 4, 5 and 6). Analysis of the Issues The proposed subdivision is consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's General Plan, which promote land uses that enhance the City's economic and fiscal viability. The project will enhance the physical appearance of the industrial park furthering the City's objective to create a business environment that is safe and attractive. The subdivision as proposed and conditioned conforms to the California Subdivision Map Act as well as the City's development standards established for the Light Industrial (M1) zoning district. The proposed subdivision will have no effect on the land uses as prescribed by the General Plan as the project will serve only to create air-space industrial condominiums for the purpose of sales and will not alter the use or the development intensity of the project site. On April 25, 2007 a public hearing was held on the project. At this meeting, the Zoning Administrator continued this item due to a need for additional information. The Zoning Administrator requested the applicant to show the location of gas and water utilities on the site plan, to correct the number of total units and to clarify Planning Note No. 14 of the site plan. In addition, staff requested that a condition be added to require the formation and maintenance of an Association. 32A-3