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City of Santa Ana Project Description <br />• Multi - family residential uses adjacent to the south. <br />• Single - family residential uses adjacent to the east. <br />Existing General Plan and Zoning <br />The site is designated by the City's General Plan for Professional & Administrative Office (PAO) land <br />uses with a floor -area -ratio (FAR) of 0.5. The PAO General Plan land use designation with an FAR of <br />0.5 applies to areas where professional and /or administrative offices are predominant and areas <br />intended for lower - intensity office and professional service uses that are compatible with residential <br />neighborhoods. <br />The existing zoning for the site is P (Professional), which provides for a variety of uses that are <br />subject to a CUP (per municipal code section 41- 313.5), including extended care facilities, trade and <br />professional schools, gymnasiums, and recreational uses. The purpose of the P zoning is to permit <br />professional, business /service, medical, and administrative uses where no merchandise is sold. The <br />current P zoning allows for the proposed project with the approval of a CUP. Uses subject to a CUP <br />within the P zoning district include hospitals, trade and professional schools, and extended care <br />facilities. The existing General Plan land use and zoning designations are shown on Figure 2 -4. <br />Project Background <br />The proposed project site was previously developed with hospital and medical buildings. A search of <br />the site's history indicates that the site was utilized by Riverview Hospital from 1964 to 1985, at <br />which time the site became the Santa Ana Hospital and Medical Center until it was demolished in <br />2011. <br />The project applicant, Orangewood Children's Foundation (Foundation), was founded over 30 years <br />ago as a 501(c)3 nonprofit for the purpose of developing a facility to shelter Orange County children <br />who are victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. In 1985, the Foundation completed <br />development of the Orangewood Children's Home, which is located in the City of Orange. This <br />facility provides housing for minors, an onsite K -12 school and preschool, medical facilities, <br />recreational facilities, a Child Abuse Services Team, and a Family Visitation Center. In addition to <br />supporting the operation of the Children's Home, the Foundation currently provides a wide range of <br />programs, activities, and education to Orange County foster children. <br />Through operation of these programs the Foundation has realized that barely half of all teens in the <br />Orange County foster care system are graduating from high school. As a result, the Foundation has <br />identified a residential high school as a solution to this existing community issue and thus proposes <br />this project. The purpose of the Academy is to meet the educational needs of foster youth by <br />providing these young people with high- quality secondary education and a firm base of support. In <br />addition, it will provide Orange County foster teens and at -risk youth with a solid foundation for life, <br />instilling in them the skills and confidence needed to live healthy and productive lives that <br />ultimately break the cycle of abuse. <br />The Academy Charter High School June 2012 <br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration 2 z 1CF 00914.11 <br />31 B -55 <br />