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Resolution No. 2025-35
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<br />species. The surrounding area is already developed with professional offices, a charter
<br />high school, a medical office, and single-family residences, and the site itself contains no
<br />biological resources.
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<br />The Project would not result in significant environmental effects related to traffic,
<br />noise, air quality, water quality, or public services. Trip generation remains below Vehicle
<br />Miles Traveled (VMT) screening thresholds, worship services occur during off-peak
<br />evening hours, and a Parking Management Plan (PMP) will ensure orderly circulation and
<br />prevent queuing. Construction activities will comply with City noise regulations, and air
<br />quality modeling confirms that emissions remain well below South Coast Air Quality
<br />Management District thresholds. Water quality impacts will be avoided through standard
<br />stormwater compliance.
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<br />The site is not located on a hazardous materials property, within a State scenic
<br />highway corridor, or in an area subject to unusual circumstances, and no cumulative or
<br />historic-resource impacts have been identified. The Project also qualifies under CEQA
<br />Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities) for minor alterations to the
<br />existing basement structure. Based on these findings, staff has prepared Environmental
<br />Review No. 2023-20, and a Notice of Exemption will be filed for the Project.
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<br />Section 3. The Applicant shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold the City
<br />and/or any of its officials, officers, employees, agents, departments, agencies, authorized
<br />volunteers, and instrumentalities thereof, harmless from any and all claims, demands,
<br />lawsuits, writs of mandamus, referendum, and other proceedings (whether legal,
<br />equitable, declaratory, administrative or adjudicatory in nature), and alternative dispute
<br />resolution procedures (including, but not limited to arbitrations, mediations, and such
<br />other procedures), judgments, orders, and decisions (collectively “Actions”), brought
<br />against the City and/or any of its officials, officers, employees, agents, departments,
<br />agencies, and instrumentalities thereof, that challenge, attack, or seek to modify, set
<br />aside, void, or annul, any action of, or any permit or approval issued by the City and/or
<br />any of its officials, officers, employees, agents, departments, agencies, and
<br />instrumentalities thereof (including actions approved by the voters of the City) for or
<br />concerning the project, whether such Actions are brought under the Ralph M. Brown Act,
<br />California Environmental Quality Act, the Planning and Zoning Law, the Subdivision Map
<br />Act, Code of Civil Procedure sections 1085 or 1094.5, or any other federal, state or local
<br />constitution, statute, law, ordinance, charter, rule, regulation, or any decision of a court of
<br />competent jurisdiction. It is expressly agreed that the City shall have the right to approve
<br />the legal counsel providing the City’s defense, and that Applicant shall reimburse the City
<br />for any costs and expenses directly and necessarily incurred by the City in the course of
<br />the defense. City shall promptly notify the Applicant of any Action brought and City shall
<br />cooperate with Applicant in the defense of the Action.
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<br />Section 4. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana, after conducting
<br />the public hearing, hereby approves Variance No. 2025-02 to allow for a reduction in
<br />required setbacks, landscape area, and off-street parking requirements, as conditioned in
<br />Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated as though fully set forth herein. This decision
<br />is based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing, which includes, but is not
<br />limited to: the Request for Planning Commission Action dated December 8, 2025, and
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