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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. 2010-04 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 2010-03 TO <br />ALLOW A FIVE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT <br />435 AND 437 SOUTH BIRCH STREET <br />Prepared by Lucy Linnaus <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />? Applicant's Request <br />? Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Executive Director Planning Man er <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving deviations from the Specific Development No. 40 (SD-40) <br />zoning district as allowed by Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-1606 and the State of <br />California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable housing <br />production. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2010-03 as conditioned. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Todd Cottle with Orange Housing Development Corporation and C & C Development, DBA Santa Ana <br />WBBB, L.P. (Developer) is requesting approval of deviations from the development standards <br />contained within the Specific Development No. 40 (SD40) zone as allowed by SAMC Section 41-1606 <br />and the State of California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable <br />housing production. In order to allow this project, the applicant is also requesting site plan approval to <br />allow a five-unit residential project located at 435 and 437 South Birch Street. <br />Property Description <br />The project site is located midblock on Birch Street, between Chestnut Avenue and Camille Street. <br />The site is composed of two, flat, rectangular, vacant parcels that total 14,000 square feet in size and <br />will be consolidated via a voluntary lot merger. The zoning designation for the parcels is Project Area 2 <br />of Specific Development No. 40, 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, west and south, and a mix of single- <br />family and multi-family to the east (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />[I* <br />39C-3