Item 24 - Amendment Application No. 2026-02 for the Santa Clara Avenue

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Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 4 of 6 In addition, the proposed zoning amendment is exempt from further environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (the “Common Sense Exemption”), as it can be seen with certainty that the action will not result in a significant effect on the environment. The zone change is administrative and policy-implementing in nature, serves to maintain consistency between the Zoning Code and the General Plan pursuant to Government Code Section 65860, and does not, by itself, enable or approve physica l development. Any future development would be subject to separate discretionary review and project-level CEQA analysis, as applicable. Therefore, the environmental effects of the proposed action have already been adequately analyzed in the 2022 General Pl an EIR, and no further environmental review is required. A Notice of Determination and Notice of Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2026 -05, will be filed for the Project Section 4. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana, after conducting the public hearing, hereby approves Amendment Application No. 202 6-02 to change the zoning designation of the properties located at 2101 and 2109 E ast Santa Clara Avenue (APN: 396-261-26 and 396-261-38) from A1 to C5. This decision is based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing, which includes, but is not limited to: the Request for Planning Commission Action dated February 2 3, 2026, the Request for Council Action dated April 7, 2026, and exhibits attached hereto; and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 5. An amended Sectional District Map, showing the above described changes in use district designation, is hereby approved and attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein. Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. ADOPTED this day of , 2026. Valerie Amezcua Mayor