2010-025 - Create the Urban Neighborhood Land Use Designation

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LAND USE ELEMENT rr ,r t ~. ~ ~ r _. ~~, .-..-..- S.. _.... A...~~~~5 Commercial Rfo#easians~- 'I'he Land Use Plan identifies three land use designations that encourage a variery ofofl-ice_ retail and commercial enterprises to serve the community. The ProFessiona VAdministrative Office (PAO) designation applies to those areas where professional and/or administrative offices are predominant, or where such development is being encouraged. Land included in this designation. is found primarily near the Civic Center, and along the First Street. and "Tustin Avenue Corridors in close proximity to freeways. `T'here are other smaller I'AO areas in the City such as along North Broadway and along portions of east and west Seventeenth Street. A total of 633.f)C~~acres is included in this land use designation. The floor area ratio intensity standard applicable to this land use designation ranges from 0.5 to 1.0. The Professional and Administrative Office areas are intended w provide a unique environment for office development in those areas of the City where office uses are the predominant land use. The purpose for maintaining and supporting these areas exclusively for of6cc and uffice-related uses is to encourage major employment centers at locations which significantly lessen the impact to the City's local street sysrem. "The First Street/Tustin Avenue ofTicc corridorbecwecn the SancaAna (I-5) and Costa Mesa (SR-55) Freeways serves this purpose. In addition, the orderly, well-maintained quality of existing development supports a continuation of these areas as Functional ofiicc/cmploymcnt centers. The Professional and Administrative OfI-ice designation includes a range of Floor area ratios to difTerentiate development intensity and character in relation to adjacent land uses. "I'he areas with a FAR of O.5 are not major office centers, but rather have an established character of lower intensity garden office and professional service uses. "These areas arc typically adjacent to low density residential neighborhoods, or are converted residential office uses. Office development along Easc Fourth Street, between Grand Avenue and the Santa Ana Freeway, is typical of this low-rise office character. The PAO area located adjacent to the Civic Center contains a range of office development intensity which supports the City's functional role as the government center of the County. "hhe types of uses typically located in the PAO district include the following- Professional and administrative ofticcs/office parks; Service activities such as copy centers, courier services, travel agencies, and restaurants when such uses are an integral component ofa planned office development-, and Professional uses such as accountants, attorneys, doctors, engineers, and insurance brokers. A-20 Resolution No. 20'10-025 Page 63 of 107 CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN