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Resolution No. 2025-19 <br />Page 1 of 13 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-19 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THREE (3) <br />CONCESSIONS AND A WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF A <br />DEVELOPMENT STANDARD PURSUANT TO STATE <br />DENSITY BONUS LAW TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN DENSITY <br />BONUS AGREEMENT NO. 2025-03 TO ALLOW A FIFTEEN- <br />UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE <br />PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2130 EAST FOURTH STREET <br />(APN: 400-091-23) <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares as follows: <br />A. Donald Verleur (“Applicant”), with Olive Crest (“Property Owner”), is <br />requesting approval of Density Bonus Application (DBA) No. 2025-03 to <br />allow the construction of a fifteen-unit multi-family residential development, <br />including three units proposed as affordable to very low-income households <br />earning less than 30-50 percent of the area median income (AMI), at the <br />property located at 2130 East Fourth Street (“Project”). <br />B. California Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (HCA), amending <br />the Permit Streamlining Act and the Housing Accountability Act, became <br />effective on January 1, 2020, and established a statewide "housing <br />emergency" until January 1, 2025. <br />C. On January 1, 2022, the HCA was extended until January 1, 2030, with the <br />passage of Senate Bill 8. <br />D. The proposed development is being submitted as a Senate Bill No. 330 (SB <br />330) application. In consultation with City Staff, the Applicant has selected <br />the Village Center district zoning designation within the Metro East Use <br />Overly Zone (MEMU) as the proposed zoning for the Project. <br />E. As an SB 330 project, the Project is not subject to the Site Plan Review <br />requirements pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 8.1 of the MEMU. The Project <br />will be developed pursuant to the underlying District Center-Medium High <br />(DC-3) General Plan land use designation. <br />F. The MEMU was adopted in 2007 to encourage mixed-use residential and <br />commercial development. The overlay district was later expanded in 2018. <br />The regulating plan, which establishes land uses and development