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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 13, 2010 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY ORANGE HOUSING <br />DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND C & C <br />DEVELOPMENT FOR DENSITY BONUS APPLICATION <br />NO. 2010-03 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 2010-02 TO <br />ALLOW A FIVE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT <br />217 AND 219 SOUTH BIRCH STREET <br />Prepared by Lucy Linnaus <br />Executive Director <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />? Applicant's Request <br />? Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Planning Manager <br />Adopt a resolution approving deviations from the Specific Development No. 40 (SD-40) zoning <br />district, as allowed by Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-1606 and the State of California <br />Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable housing production. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2010-02 as conditioned. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Todd Cottle with Orange Housing Development Corporation and C & C Development, DBA Santa <br />Ana WBBB, L.P. (Developer) is requesting approval of deviations from the development standards <br />contained within the Specific Development No. 40 (SD-40) zone as allowed by SAMC Section 41- <br />1606 and the State of California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to <br />affordable housing production. In order to allow this project, the applicant is also requesting site plan <br />approval to allow a five-unit residential project located at 217 and 219 South Birch Street. <br />Property Description <br />The project site is located at the northeast corner of Birch and Pine Streets. The site is composed of <br />two, flat, rectangular, vacant parcels that total 13,922 square feet in size. The two parcels will be <br />consolidated via a voluntary lot merger. The zoning designation for the parcels is Project Area 1 of <br />Specific Development No. 40 for Heninger Park (SD-40), with a General Plan land use designation of <br />Low Density Residential (LR) which allows a maximum density of seven dwelling units per acre. <br />Surrounding land uses include multi-family dwellings to the north, a mix of single-family dwellings and <br />commercial uses to the east, multi-family dwellings to the south and single-family and multi-family <br />residential uses to the west (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />5 <br />39B-3