19C - CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

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Attachment 1 TABLE C PAGE 15 OF 22 ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT HOUSING ELEMENT 1MPLEMDVTA77ON JURISDICTION: CITY Of SANTA ANA R£IORTINC PERIOD: 1011 Ns ofPNORN 04*6* Re4PA S0kA /ACJ sotys IleN#AW to facilitate workforce housing projects Division business groups and stakeholders to Economic Develop. monitor and affect leglslatlon to promote workforce housing • Work with local employers In Santa Ana to • Additionally, when selling homes purchased develop a public-private pilot program to address and rehabilitated through the City's workforce housing needs federally funded Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the City gives priority to households that work or live In Santa Ana 30. Specific Development Zone Continue to Implement and amend specific PBA, In 2011, one application was submitted to Ongoing zoning designations applied to District Center Planning Division utilize a specific development zone to allow areas to facilitate residential development for residential opportunities (The MET at South Coast). In 2011, the Global Empire mixed use project (3,500 SF commercial & 3 residential units) was constructed In the Commercial Residential zone district 31. Adaptive Reuse Seek opportunities for adaptive reuse of PBA, • The City continues to seek and encourage Ongoing structures with historic merit that can be converted to quality residential and mixed use Planning Division opportunities for adaptive reuse of historic projects structures 32. Multiple-Bedroom Incentive Program • Implement programs to Increase opportunities to PBA, • In 2009, the City acquired, rehabilitated Ongoing build new family rental housing (See Program Planning Division and reconfigured the Minnie/Wilshire 25), including rental housingfor large families apartments to provide more 3-bedroom units to accommodate large families. • If developers proposing multifamily rental In 2011, the average number of bedrooms housing on redesignated sites do not Incorporate for the 110 apartments units planned for a reasonable percentage of three or more bedroom units, the City will propose to its City construction was 2.44 bedrooms per unit. Council an Incentive process to explicitly Half of these new apartments, or 54 units, facilitate such projects provided other standards Include 3 bedrooms per unit are satisfied 33. Parking Study • Conduct parking study and, depending on PRA, • Research continues to be collected to End of 2010 findings, the City will propose a new program to Planning Division Identify parking ratio requirements for mitigate parking constraints along with multiple family developments In urban residential/m&ed use standards adopted settings, and resulting conditions. In June pursuant to Program 18 and 19 that facilitate 2010, the Transit Zoning Code established and encourage new housing. a 2 parking spaces /1 unit (0.15 /units for guest) requirement Parking standards for CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT 19C-20