75A - TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2009-01: 1013 S ELLIOT PLACE

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Appeal No. 2009-02 Tentative Parcel Map No. 2009-O1 October 12, 2009 Page 3 designation, there are both environmental and public health impacts associated with this subdivision and the project does not comply with numerous policies of the City's General Plan Land Use and Urban Design Elements. The project's unique location within a neighborhood that has historically included stables for live stock, specifically horses, has resulted in the proposed subdivision having an adverse impact on public health standards relating to the proximity of livestock to humans. Section 5-18 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires that no person shall keep livestock within 100 feet of any family residence with the exception of the home on the property. Negative health impacts including noxious odors and communicable diseases have been associated with the close proximity of humans to livestock. The approval of this subdivision request would further a non-conformity with this code requirement by reducing the lot size and street frontage to the point of becoming practically impossible for the proposed lots to maintain the 100-foot separation from the neighboring properties. Further, the proposed project would also impact public health and safety by increasing the impervious surface on the subject property substantially above the amount that would be created without the proposed subdivision. This increase in impervious surface area, through the installation of two separate driveways, will result in a greater amount of water run-off from the property. This increase in water run- off will negatively affect public health and safety by increasing the likelihood of flooding onto the street and adjoining properties as well as an increase in the amount of pollutants entering storm drains and sewers. This neighborhood, originally constructed in an unincorporated section of Orange County was built with a "rural" infrastructure and, as such, does not have traditional curb and gutter making it less able to accommodate increased runoff. In addition to the public health and safety concerns, the proposed subdivision is in conflict with several General Plan policies. Primary amongst these policies is Urban Design Element Policy 2.12, which states that development and subdivision patterns are to be compatible with existing patterns of development in and around the neighborhood. With an average lot size of 14,000 square feet and an average street frontage of 100.42 feet, the "Little Texas" neighborhood, in which this project is located, is one of the few remaining large lot subdivisions within the City. The proposed subdivision would result in two lots that would 75A-5