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City of Santa Ana Project Description of the parking lot containing 29 delineated spaces. Large areas of the site are covered with buildings, cement, asphalt, and gravel, with portions of the site containing koi ponds, scattered trees, and other ornamental landscaping. The site has exterior lighting and is bound on three sides by an approximately 6-foot-high block wall. Figure 2-3 shows the existing conditions of the project site. As shown, the project site is located within an urban and fully developed area that is surrounded by single-family and multiple-family residential uses, a child care facility, and other religious facilities (Figure 2-2). Adjacent land uses include: • The New Spirit Baptist Church and single-family homes to the north. • A multi-family residential complex across South Sullivan Street to the west. • Lao Evangelical Church adjacent to the south. • Single-fancily residential uses along South Golden West Avenue, adjacent to the east. Existing General Plan and Zoning The project site is designated by the City's General Plan as low density residential (LR 7.0), which generally allows for a maximum of seven single-family residential dwelling units per acre. The project site is zoned R1 (Single Family Residential), which generally provides for single-family residential uses, plus opportunities for a variety of other uses subject to a CUP (per municipal code section 41-232.5), including churches and accessory church buildings. The existing General Plan land use and zoning designations are shown on Figure 2-4. Proposed Project Description of the Proposed Project Project Facilities and Design Elements The proposed project includes the development and operation of a new two-level meditation center on the 1.46-acre project site. As shown on Figure 2.5, the proposed meditation center would encompass a large portion of the project site. The 115 onsite parking spaces would be provided on the eastern portion of the site behind the building and at grade below the building structure. The project's components are listed in Table 2-2. The project meditation center would be developed as a podium structure over the parking facilities. The two-story building would be 35 feet high and its towers would be up to 48 feet high. The appearance of the building would be visually integrated into the surroundings by using roofs of varying height on the project structures and by providing covered walkways to link different areas onsite. The building layout and design is intended to create an environment that is conducive to Buddhist teachings and meditation. The architectural style, design, and decoration of the project is traditional Vietnamese, incorporating posts, lintels, open courtyards, "sky wells," verandas, and hallways to connect different areas of the meditation center. The slanted terra cotta clay tile roofs have slightly curved eaves that extend beyond the building walls, and are proposed to be the same shape of the multi-storied roof structures that top the towers and shade structures onsite. Vietnamese The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center June 2013 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 2.2 ICF 00215.12 31 C-41