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For over three decades, the City of Santa Ana, private investors, business owners, various organizations, and community residents have worked together to revitalize and promote urban renewal in the downtown area while maintaining the historic and cultural traditions of the area. Santa Ana's Downtown area is becoming widely known as a dynamic urban center acclaimed for the arts, theaters, galleries, restaurants in the Artists Village, shopping along 4th Street, and live /work housing accommodations. The downtown area also boasts numerous art deco style historical buildings that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. TRANSIT ZONING CODE Though the YMCA site is not in the boundaries of the Transit Zoning Code, it is adjacent to the boundaries where the code impacts future development of the Downtown. In 2010, the City adopted Specific Development 84 (Transit Zoning Code), a comprehensive land use plan that incorporates approximately 450 acres extending from Grand Avenue to the City's downtown core. The Transit Zoning Code (TZC) is designed to provide the zoning necessary to support the long -term development of a successful transit program. The completed document can be viewed in its entirety at: http: / /www.ci.santa- ana.org /pba /planning /Transit Zoning Code.asp. The Transit Zoning Code encourages the development of transit- oriented development containing a mix of residential, commercial, and professional uses to achieve the City's and the region's goals of establishing housing adjacent to transit. The Transit Zoning Code area is primed for increased growth given its proximity to major transit systems and its adjacency to existing residential communities, creating amenity- enriched connections between the government center and rail station, and improving area -wide walkability. 2 I P a g Q 191 -10