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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XXX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT <br />NO. 2025-01 TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE <br />DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1801 <br />EAST CHESTNUT AVENUE AND RECOGNIZED AS <br />ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 402-212-01 FROM OPEN <br />SPACE (OS) TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC) <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. The Planning and Building Agency (PBA) and Public Works Agency (PWA) <br />have requested approval of a change in the General Plan land use <br />designation of 1801 East Chestnut Avenue (APN 402-212-01) ("Property") <br />from Open Space (OS) to General Commercial (GC), updating text portions <br />and exhibits of the City's General Plan to reflect this change, as well as <br />Amendment Application No. 2025-02 rezoning the Property from General <br />Agriculture (A-1) to General Commercial (C-2) in orderto adequately update <br />City records and capture the changes needed in relationship with Zoo <br />Overflow Parking Improvements, as more fully described in the City's Staff <br />Report dated March 3, 2026, at said Property ("Project"). <br />B. Historically, the proposed Project's site has functioned as an overflow <br />parking facility for the Santa Ana Zoo. <br />C. In 2018, the adoption of the Zoo Facilities Master Plan (ZFMP) formally <br />established the existing overflow parking area as a planned site for <br />infrastructure improvements. <br />D. On February 9, 2026, the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana <br />held a duly noticed public hearing and voted to recommend that the City <br />Council adopt a resolution approving GPA No. 2025-01. <br />E. On March 3, 2026 the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider all testimony, written and oral, related to <br />GPA No. 2025-01, at which time all persons wishing to testify were heard, <br />the Project was fully considered, and all other legal prerequisites to the <br />adoption of this resolution occurred. <br />Section 2. The General Plan Amendment consists of amendments to the Land <br />Use Element and text updates throughout the General Plan, as shown in Exhibit A, <br />attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. <br />Resolution No. 2026-XXX <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />