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Amend CUP No. 2001 -28 October 14, 2013 Page 2 Department. Among these is Condition No. 3, which requires that each unit remain owner occupied and not be made available for rent. The requested action consists of modifying the existing CUP to remove this condition in its entirety. The applicant does not propose removal of any other conditions, such as those limiting occupants to four per unit or the number of rooms that may be used for sleeping purposes. Proiect Backaround The Artist Village live /work lofts project site was constructed in three phases between 2002 and 2011. The original conditional use permit, CUP No. 2001 -28, covered all three phases. The project consisted of several Planning Division applications, including a variance (No. 2001 -09), tentative tract map (No. 16217), and the CUP that is the subject of this application. Other application items associated with the project include an alley abandonment, a disposition and development agreement, a parking agreement, an environmental mitigation agreement, and an affordable housing agreement. The overall development consists of 86 residential units as well as various surface parking lots that were constructed in several phases. The developments feature two -story townhomes occupying the first and second levels, and single -floor "flat" units on the third level. Square footages for the units range from 1,500 to 2,800 square feet. The units were designed and constructed to provided front entrances facing the street where possible and along landscaped areas for non - street frontages (Exhibit 3). Condition of approval No. 4 requires that covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC &Rs) be provided and approved for the project prior to the issuance of any permits. This condition also specified the minimum contents of the CC &Rs required by the City, such as use restrictions, project maintenance, prohibitions against hazardous materials or activities, and terms and content. In December 2010, the applicant revised the CC &Rs to reflect the removal of the rental restriction (Condition No. 3) from the project site and that reflect the establishment of the new Santa Ana Lofts Maintenance Corporation homeowner association (Exhibit 4). The applicant is now applying to modify the existing CUP to ensure that the contents of the CC &Rs and the conditions of approval remain consistent. General Plan and Zoning Consistency The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DC). District Centers are designed to serve as anchors to the City's commercial corridors, and to accommodate major development activity. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The parcel is located within the Transit Zone Downtown (SD -84) zoning district and has a use suffix of Downtown Zone (DT). The Downtown Zone suffix allows for live /work projects, making the current use consistent with the zoning code. 31A-4