Item 26 - Final Extension of Moratorium for Industrial Uses in Specific Development No. 84

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Ordinance No. NS -XXXX Page 2 of 11 WHEREAS, on May 7, 2024, the City Council issued a report to the public pursuant to Section 65858(d) of the California Government Code, describing the City’s measures to alleviate conditions that led to the adoption of the Moratorium; and WHEREAS, on May 21, 2024, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. NS-3064 to extend the Moratorium for an additional ten (10) months and fifteen (15) days pursuant to the Government Code as necessary to provide sufficient time for staff to continue with data tracking and reporting, research appropriate regulations, and to coordinate with outside regulatory agencies and City departments to determine further, permanent action is necessary and to generate recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council; and WHEREAS, on April 1, 2025, the City Council issued a report to the public pursuant to Section 65858(d) of the California Government Code, describing the City’s measures to alleviate conditions that led to the adoption of the Moratorium; and WHEREAS, Santa Ana Charter Sections 415 and 417 also expressly authorize the City Council to enact urgency ordinances, which take effect immediately upon introduction, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, containing a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency; and WHEREAS, in unanimously adopting the Moratorium on April 16, 2024 and the extension of the Moratorium on May 21, 2024, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana established the following findings, all of which below remain true and applicable and necessary to support extending the Moratorium for one (1) year: •The TZC, located in the central core of Santa Ana, comprises approximately 450 acres, encompasses the Logan, Lacy, and Downtown neighborhoods, and was adopted by the City Council on June 7, 2010; and •Upon the initial adoption of the TZC in 2010, the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana was updated with new land use designations for the areas covered by the TZC to allow for new, mixed-use residential and commercial communities; and •The goals of the TZC are to provide a transit-supportive, pedestrian-oriented development framework to support the addition of new and enhancement of existing communities through transit infrastructure; to preserve and reinforce the existing character and pedestrian nature of the City by strengthening urban form through improved development and design standards; to encourage alternative modes of transportation; to provide zoning for the integration of new infill