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DBA 2010-04 and SPR 2010-03 <br />December 13, 2010 <br />Page 3 <br />Proiect Description <br />Santa Ana WBBB, L.P. is proposing to construct two 2-story buildings to create five apartments. <br />The proposed project is in compliance with the number of units allowed under the SD-40, project <br />area 2 district, but exceeds the maximum number of units allowed under the General Plan Land <br />Use designation of LR-7. The buildings will be arranged around a central courtyard, which will <br />provide the common open space for the project. The primary access to the two street level units <br />will be directly from the street, while access to the three units located on the second level will be <br />from the courtyard. The garages and guest parking will be accessed from an alley at the rear of <br />the property. A direct pedestrian connection from the courtyard to the alley will be provided for the <br />convenience of the tenants and guests. <br />The two street level units will be 1,614 square feet in size each and will have three bedrooms, two <br />full bathrooms and a two-car garage with two additional tandem parking spaces on the driveway. <br />Two units will be located above these units. Unit 3 will be 1,684 square feet in size and also have <br />three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. This unit will have access to a two-car garage and two <br />tandem parking spaces on the driveway to serve as additional parking for that unit. Unit 4 will be <br />1,480 square feet in size and will have two bedrooms and two bathrooms. This unit will have direct <br />access to a two-car tandem garage and one additional tandem parking space on the driveway. <br />Unit 5 will be located above the garages and is located at the rear of the courtyard. It will be 1,108 <br />square feet in size and have two bedrooms and two bathrooms. This unit will have access to a <br />two-car tandem garage and one additional parking space on the driveway. Each unit will have <br />private open space, which will exceed the minimum requirement, and private laundry facilities. <br />Perimeter block walls are proposed for privacy (Exhibits 3, 4 and 5). <br />The project has been designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. In order to <br />reduce the massing and to create architectural variety, each building will have slightly different <br />detailing. The walls will be painted in an off-white tone and accented by cornices in contrasting <br />color, and decorative vents. The windows will be recessed, multi-pane with decorative cast <br />concrete sills and wrought iron railing on the balconies. The primary entrance to four of the five <br />units will be through covered porches, while the entrance to the carriage unit located above the <br />garage will be via an open stair with wide sweeping curbed guardrails. The roof will be the in a <br />terra cotta color. To maintain architectural consistency, the residences will incorporate enhanced <br />architectural elements, including complete architectural treatments on all sides of each building <br />(Exhibits 6 and 7). <br />Density Bonus Law Background <br />The State density bonus law was created to encourage the production of quality affordable housing <br />by allowing cities to approve qualified projects that would have units, or densities, in excess of <br />cities' statutory density caps established under General Plans and zoning. The rationale here <br />being that baseline density, in part, establishes a property's market value. By allowing more units <br />39C-5