80A - JOINT PH - TRANSIT ZONING CODE, FINAL EIR, SPECIFIC PLAN ETC. - ORIGINAL PACKET PROVIDED TO COUNCIL

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Chapter 4 Statement of Overriding ConsIderatlons identif ling strategic areas for infll, pedestrian friendly ens -irony e ts, and focusing housing and employment gro wth in transit - accessible locations through transit -- oriented developments EIR, Section 4.7 [Land Use], and W17 P, pp. 90-91). The RCP includes similar strategies, such as establishment of mixed -use clusters and other transit oriented d e-%,rel opment around transit stations and along transit corridors (RCP, pp. 15-17). f, Development o the Transit Zoning Code x% 1 result in fe wer traffic impacts than the No Project Reasonabl y Foreseeable Development (Table 5-3). This result is consistent x th and furthers the implementation strategies detailed in the California Resources Board Climate Change Scoping Plan (Scoping Plan). AB 32 directed the California jUr Resources Board I to develop a Scoping Plan with actions to reach the target. The Sco piq P ry's proposed strategies for local governments include a greenhouse gas (GHG) r measure of "inffll, affordable and transit- oriented housing de- velopment and the land use changes neeessairy to increase such evelopmcnt." (ScopiqPlan, Vol . I , C -7 6 . g. The 'Transit Zoning Code plays a critical role in achieving targets under SI 375, California's Sustainable Communities and Ctimate Protection Act. The ARB S'copi Plan cites the key role of S13 375 in implementing AB 32, noting SB 375 "reflects the importance of achieving significant additional reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from changed land use patterns and improved transportation to help achieve the goals of AB 32,'> (Scoping Plan, p. 7. The role of Deal governments is also recognized in reaching SF 375 targets. "Local Governments have the ability t directly influence both the siting and design of new residential and commercial developments in a va y that reduces greenhouse gases associated -with. vehicle travel, as w ll as energy, water, and waste. . . . Enhanced public transit scr %rice combined with incentives for land use development that proATides a better market for public t•anslt�fl play an important role in helping to reach regional targets." (Scopiq Pan, p. . The AB 32 implementation strategy for SB 375 includes the following measure: "Enhanced public transit seiiTice combined pith incentives for land use development that provides a better market for public transit will play an important role in helping to reach regional targets." (Seophl , p. 48 . h, The Cite of Santa Ana currentl y has a shortage of rental units appropriately sized to accoiYmiodat families. As stated in the Gig's 2006 -2014 Mousing Element, Nrhile multiple -famil y Dousing comprises % of all housing stock x6thin the Cite, only % of mtn tiple fi n-�Iy and single-family rental units have three or more bedrooms. It is estimated that 5% of all families who rent have fie or more members. This translates into a shortage of 12,000 large fam-Hy rental units. The Developer Project contains. 77 wo- bedroom units and 68 thre -- bedroon-1 units. In additive, the Merc y House project x% ill prop ,ride one three -- bedroom and fie txvo- bedroorn units. *I`hese units are ppropriatel y sized to meet Santa Ana's identified demographic needs. i. The City* currentl y suffers from a shortage of af'f'ordable housing. As set forth in the City "s certified Housing Element (2006-2014), the Cite of Santa tea's share of the Regional I �o��sing Needs Allocation (RI-IN for 2006 -2014 3,393 units of new residential construction, 694 of hick are to be affordable to very to w income households, 574 of which are to be affordable to low income households, and 665 to be affordable to M oderate income households EIR, Section 4.9). State law mandates that in order to satisfy its RHNA requirement the City create opportunities for new housing, particularly affordable housing, through the application of zoning which allmvs for increased densit y. The existing density allox %ired under the current zoning N1.4thin the area covered by the 'Transit Zoning Code is 15 dwefling units per acre, though there are. projects xxithin the area that were constructed prior to the establishment of the current zoning that exceed the 15 dwelling units per acre. The State Department of Housing ing and Community Deg ,relopi ent (I-ICD) requires that cities provide zoiiing that allows for residential construction at a iiiinimum density of Transit Zoning Code SD El R Findings of Fay t t t meat of Overriding Considerations