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Transit Zoning CodelProposed Development
<br /> May 2l, 2010
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<br /> Impact Report, adoption of the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, adoption of the CEC~A
<br /> Findings of Fact and the Statement of Gverriding Considerations, two zone changes, a General Plan
<br /> amendment and amendments to the Zoning ordinance, and approval of the proposed development
<br /> on Agency-owned properties.
<br /> Protect Location
<br /> The area encompassed by the Transit Zoning Code is located in the central urban core of Santa Ana
<br /> and comprises over 10o blocks and 45o acres. The subject area is generally bounded by First
<br /> Street, Flower Street, Civic Center Drive, Grand Avenue and Interstate 5 ~I-5} and includes the Civic
<br /> Center, Downtown, the Logan and Lacy neig~~borhoods, the First Street commercial corridor, and
<br /> industrial areas surrounding the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center ~SARTC}. The proposed
<br /> development in the Station District consists of the construction of a maximum of 22o residential units
<br /> and the potential addition of new public open space that could include a public park, a public tot lot,
<br /> and a community center building on 49 parcels currently owned by the City of Santa Ana
<br /> Redevelopment Agency Agency-owned parcels} and 20 parcels under consideration for potential
<br /> acquisition by the Agency. The proposed development is entirely located within the boundaries of
<br /> the Transit Zoning Code Exhibits 1 and 2}.
<br /> Most of the 45o acres are currently developed with a multitude of uses at varying intensities: from
<br /> single-family dwellings developed at a density of seven dwelling units per acre to large multi-family
<br /> developments at a density of over 10o dwellings per acre; from low intensity commercial and retail
<br /> strip centers to multi-story buildings in the Downtown and the Civic Center; and from civic and
<br /> institutional uses, such as churches and schools, to heavy industrial land uses.
<br /> The proposed Transit Zoning Code area is surrounded by single-family residential, office and
<br /> commercial uses, as well as the Santa Ana Freeway ~l-5} to the north; commercial and residential
<br /> uses to the east; institutional, educational, commercial, industrial and residential uses to the south;
<br /> and civic, residential and commercial ~~ses to the west.
<br /> The existing general plan land use designations for the proposed project consist of a wide range of
<br /> civic, commercial, industrial and residential land uses including LR-l, MR-15, RII-15, GC, IND, INS,
<br /> aS, DC and PAa. The existing zoning within the plan area also varies widely and includes GC, a,
<br /> C2, C3, C3-A, C5, P, R1, R2, R3, M1, M2, SD-3o, SD-3l, SD-4l and SD-l1 Exhibits 3 and 4}.
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<br /> P~ect Description
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<br /> The Transit Zoning Code ~TZC} was initially drafted as a component of the Santa Ana
<br /> Renaissance Specific Plan ~SARSP} that was initiated in April 2006. The SARSP was a
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<br /> comprehensive planning document that established goals, policy-initiatives, regulations and
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<br /> standards that would guide the physical and economic development within the plan area.
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