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Variance No. 2008-13 <br />Site Plan Review No. 2008-04 <br />May 27, 2008 <br />Page 3 <br />front area of a parked car unless located in their entirety at least <br />four feet above surface level. However, this section allows parking lot <br />lights and tree wells to encroach into parking stalls provided they <br />extend no greater than 18 inches into a front corner of a parking stall. <br />The applicant is requesting that the structural columns be considered <br />appurtenances similar to parking lot lighting and tree wells and <br />therefore be allowed to encroach into the parking stalls. The largest <br />columns, which are three feet wide and two feet deep, will be located <br />between parking stalls and will encroach a maximum of 18 inches in width <br />and 12 inches in depth. The encroachment will occur in the front corner <br />of parking stalls and, according to the parking structure engineer, will <br />be consistent with the industry standard for parking structures. When <br />considering that automobiles generally have curved front ends and the <br />average vehicle width is six feet, seven inches, vehicles will still be <br />able to be completely parked within the parking stalls (Exhibit 7). <br />Site Plan Review approval is also required for the project. Section 41- <br />593.5(c) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires a review by the <br />Planning Commission of all plans within a specific development plan area <br />to ensure the project is in conformity with the Specific Plan. The <br />review also ensures that the buildings, structures and grounds are in <br />keeping with the neighborhood and will not be detrimental to the <br />development of the specific development area. After analyzing the <br />project, staff has found that the project is in substantial compliance <br />with all applicable development standards for the One Broadway Plaza <br />Specific Development zoning district (SD-75) Although the subterranean <br />level of the structure has been removed that reduces the size of the <br />structure from nine levels to eight, the parking structure will still <br />contain the 2,463 parking spaces required by the SD-75 zoning document. <br />Based on the above analysis, staff recommends that the Planning Commission <br />approve Variance No. 2008-13 and Site Plan Review No. 2008-04 as <br />conditioned. <br />31 A-4 <br />