Laserfiche WebLink
the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires that no person shall keep livestock <br />within 100 feet of any family residence with the exception of the home on <br />the property. Negative health impacts including noxious odors and <br />communicable diseases have been associated with the close proximity of <br />humans to livestock. The approval of this subdivision request would <br />further anon-conformity with this code requirement by reducing the lot <br />size and street frontage to the point of becoming practically impossible for <br />the proposed lots to maintain the 100-foot separation from the neighboring <br />properties. <br />J. Further, the proposed project would also impact public health and safety <br />by increasing the impervious surface of the subject property substantially <br />above the amount that would be created without the proposed <br />subdivision. This increase in impervious surface area, including the <br />doubling of the number of driveways, will result in a greater amount of <br />water run-off from the property. This increase in water run-off will <br />negatively affect public health and safety by increasing the likelihood of <br />flooding onto the street and adjoining properties. <br />K. In addition to the public health and safety concerns, the proposed <br />subdivision is in conflict with several General Plan policies. Primary <br />amongst these policies is Urban Design Element Policy 2.12, which states <br />that development and subdivision patterns are to be compatible with existing <br />patterns of development in and around the neighborhood. With an average <br />lot size of 14,000 square feet and an average street frontage of 100.42 feet, <br />the Little Texas Neighborhood is one of the few remaining large lot <br />subdivisions within the City. The proposed subdivision would result in two <br />lots that would be incompatible with the pattern of land division in the area <br />by being approximately one-half the size and street frontage of the average <br />lot in the neighborhood. The protection of this unique area is further <br />bolstered by both Urban Design Element Policy 2.8 and Land Use Element <br />Policy 4.1, which state that the character and uniqueness of existing <br />neighborhoods are to be protected from intrusive development. Approval of <br />this subdivision would result in the creation of two parcels which are not in <br />character with the existing neighborhood by being more than 3,000 square <br />feet smaller than the next smallest lot in the Neighborhood and providing <br />less than one-half the street frontage of the next smallest lot in the <br />Neighborhood. <br />L. The applicant has proposed to construct two, two-story, four bedroom, three <br />and a half bathroom residences which will both be 3,233 square feet. The <br />floor plans for the two homes will be mirror images of each other, with each <br />house having an attached, 724 square foot, three car garage for a total <br />building footprint of 3,957 square feet. The second story for each residence <br />has been oriented primarily over the residence with a second story setback <br />provided in the rear. The exterior of the two homes will also be similar in <br />Resolution No. 2009-060 <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />