2012-007 - Reduction in the Front Yard Setback for the Property Located at 1302 East Fourteenth Street

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E. The Council finds that the City's general plan is designed, as it must be, to accommodate a wide range of competing interests - including those of developers, neighborhoods and homeowners, prospective homebuyers, environmentalists, current and prospective business owners, jobseekers, taxpayers, and providers and recipients of all types of city-provided services - and to present a clear and comprehensive set of principles to guide development decisions- The City's general plan sets forth these guiding principles. Once in place, it is the province of this Council to examine the specifics of a proposed project to determine whether it would be in harmony with the policies stated in the general plan- F_ The City Council has weighed and balanced the general plan's policies, both new and old, and has determined that based upon this balancing that General Plan Amendment No. 2011-03 is consistent with the purpose of the general plan. G_ Applicant is requesting approval of Variance No. 2011-09 to allow a reduction in the front yard setback for a new single family residence at 1302 East Fourteenth Street. H. On January 23, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing and voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2011-09 as conditioned herewith in Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference. I. On March 5, 2012, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a duly noticed public hearing and at that time considered all testimony, written and oral, related to Variance No. 2011-09. J_ Variance No. 2011-09 has been filed with the City of Santa Ana seeking to reduce the required front yard setback for single family residences. Section 41-603 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires that, ".-.where forty (40) percent or more of the lots any block... are developed with building, the required front yard for any new building or alteration to an existing building shall be not less than the arithmetical average of the front yard..-" The prevailing average front yard setback along East Fourteenth Street is 29 feet. As proposed, the new single family residence will provide a 24.4 foot setback along Fourteenth Street_ K. Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-638 authorizes the Planning Commission to grant a variance upon making certain findings- 1. That because of special circumstances applicable to the subject property, including size, shape, topography, location or surroundings, the strict application of the zoning ordinance is found to deprive the subject property of privileges not otherwise at variance with the intent and purpose of provisions of this Chapter.