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Local 11 Comments RE.Village Santa Ana Specific Plan September 8,2025 Page 11 of 17 FIGURE 5:VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN EXCERPT(SP-6,P.741 PermitType • .ht Notes/ReferenceLUC=Land Use Certificate • alklse permit Includes extended stay,executive suites,and guest suites.Commercial, Hotel Ps day spa,and foodfalcohol service are Permitted incidental to the hotel u se_ Rooftop amenities,including dining are also permitted. 1. THE CITY'S GENERAL ZONING DISTRICTS DO NOT ALLOW BY-RIGHT HOTELS,AND REQUIRE CUPS FOR EXTENDED-STAY HOTELS FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS The City lists various zones under its Zoning Code.27 Generally,the Zoning Code defines a hotel/motel as more than five (5) guest rooms,28 with hotels containing kitchens considered long- term stay business hotels (referred to herein as"extended-stay"),29 and hotels used as a primary residence considered as transient/residential hotels.30 As shown in the table below,hotels are either not permitted("N") or require a conditional use permit("CUP").Additionally, CUPS are 27 See City,Zoning documents,https://www.santa-ana.org/zoning-documents/. 28 See SAMC§41-77 (emphasis added): "A hotel/motel is any building,or portion of a building,other than a care home,which is designed,occupied,used or intended to be used,rented or hired out as temporary or overnight accommodations for tourists or transients.Such hotel/motel shall contain more than�ve a)guest rooms.A hotel/motel that contains a kitchen(as defined in section 310.7(3)of the California Building Code) in guest rooms shall be deemed to be a long-term stay business hotel.A hotel/motel that meets the criteria of section 41-139 of this Code shall be deemed to be a transient/residential hotel.") 29 See SAMC§41-54(emphasis added): "A long-term stay business hotel is a hotel/motel which is designed and operated to primarily accommodate business travelers whose guest stays vary in general from one 1 week to a month or more.Any hotel/motel that contains a kitchen in guest rooms shall be considered a long- term stay business hotel.No long-term stay business hotel may be established in the city after lulu 1,2001 except as permitted by a SP C�pecific Plan)or SD (Specific Development)district and then only as a conditional use. Long-term stay business hotels shall not include transient/residential hotels.")see also SAMC§41-103.5 (same). 31 See SAMC§41-139 (emphasis added): "A transient/residential hotel differs from a hotel/motel in that, while guests at a hotel/motel have another,primary residence,the guests at a transient/residential hotel utilize it as their primary residence(for purposes of this section the term"primary residence"shall have the same definition as under California Health&Safety Code section 50519(b)(1)).Any hotel/motel that rents, lets or otherwise provides for compensation,twenty-five (25)per cent or more of the total number of rooms therein to any person,firm,partnership,corporation,association,or other business entity for occupancy which exceeds twenty-eight(28)consecutive days or twenty-eight(28)days in any 60-day consecutive period shall be deemed to be a transient/residential hotel.No transient/residential hotel may be established in the city after June 7 1999 unless: [¶] (1) It was existing on June 7,1999;and [¶(2)It is permitted by a SP (Specific Plan)or SD(S is Development)district and then only as a conditional use.");see also SAMC§41- 161.5 (same).