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Amendment Application No. 2013 -01 November 25, 2013 Page 2 The sites are surrounded by a public school to the north, a mixture of single- family residential and a public school to the east, and commercial uses to the west and south (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). Project Description The City of Santa Ana proposes to change the zoning designation of nine parcels from Single - Family Residence (R1) and Two - Family Residence (R2) to Arterial Commercial (C5). This "clean -up" action will create consistency between the properties' zoning designations and General Plan Land Use designation of General Commercial and will create consistency between the zoning and the commercial land uses that occupy the majority of properties that comprise the entire project site. Proiect Background From 1957 through 1970, four separate variances were approved (VA No. 57 -889, VA No. 63 -1801, VA No. 70 -7 and VA No. 70 -42) to allow a variety of commercial uses on these Single - Family Residence (R1) and Two - Family Residence (R2) zoned parcels, as shown in Table 2. Table 2 Address Variance No. Proposed use Zoning 1729 North Grand Avenue VA 57 -889 Animal Hospital R2 1735 -1745 North Grand Avenue VA 53 -1801 Enlar a school and construct office building R1 1801 North Grand Avenue VA 70 -7 Auto and tire sales and service R1 1821 North Grand Avenue VA 70 -42 Restaurant/Pie shop R1 The existing R1 and R2 zoning designations on the subject properties have been in place since at least 1959. At that time, the properties had a General Plan Land Use designation of Low Density Residential (LR7), In 1998, the City Council, as part of its comprehensive update to the General Plan Land Use Element, changed the properties' land use designation to General Commercial (GC). At that time, the zoning designations of the subject properties were not changed to be consistent with the new General Plan Land Use designations; however, this is consistent with other properties citywide whose zoning designations were left inconsistent with their new land use designations. From time to time, the City receives applications for or interest from developers in projects on properties whose zoning designations are inconsistent with the land use designations. In such cases, the City takes the lead to initiate "clean -up" actions to facilitate development on such properties that are consistent with their land use designations. Most recently, the City initiated Amendment Application No. 2013 -3 for the Kia Suzuki Depot dealership located at 909 North Grand Avenue, whose zoning was Multiple - Family Residence (R3) but whose General Plan Land Use designation was General Commercial (GC). 75B -4