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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 13 of 49 <br />2 <br />4 <br />5 <br />5 <br />2 <br />“Sec. 41-2005. Application for Discretionary Approvals <br />(a) Site Plan Review shall mean specific development plan and shall comply with <br />Sections 41-593.4 through 41-593.6. Sections 41-593.4 through 41-593.6 shall <br />only apply to structures over four (4) stories in height. <br />(b) Conditional use permits, variances and minor exceptions. Conditional use permits, <br />variances and minor exceptions shall be subject to Article V of this Chapter, except <br />for the permit thresholds for minor exceptions shall be as identified in Table 1B of <br />this Article. <br />(c) Effect of amendments to this Article on applications in progress shall apply as <br />follows: <br />(1)Discretionary Applications Submitted and Determined Complete. All <br />discretionary permit applications that are active and that have been determined <br />to be complete before the effective date of the Article or any amendment, shall <br />be processed in compliance with the requirements in effect when the <br />application was deemed complete, and pursuant to all requirements of Sections <br />41-2008 and 41-2009. <br />(2)Approved Projects Not Yet Under Construction. Any structure authorized by a <br />discretionary permit or approval of a land use as allowed by this Article for <br />which a Building Permit application has been submitted or a Building Permit <br />has been issued may be constructed in compliance with the permit or approval, <br />as long as construction is completed and the approved land use is established <br />before the expiration of the permit or, where applicable, before the expiration <br />of any approved time extension. <br />(3)Project Under Construction. A project for which a Building Permit has been <br />issued may be continued and completed in compliance with the plans and <br />specifications upon which the permit was issued.” <br />Section 8. Section 41-2006 (Zones Established) of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code is hereby amended, including the replacement of Figure 2.1, to read as <br />follows: <br />“Sec. 41-2006. Zones Established <br />(a) Purpose. This section establishes the zones applied to property within the plan <br />area by the Regulating Plan. The Regulating Plan divides the plan area into <br />separate zones that are based on a transect of intensity within the plan area that <br />ranges from the most urban types of development and land use to the least urban <br />types, with most zones providing for a significant mixture of land uses within them. <br />This approach differs from conventional zoning maps that typically divide cities into <br />zones that rigidly segregate residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional <br />uses into separate areas, and thereby require residents to drive for nearly all daily <br />activities. The use of zones based on development intensity (instead of land use