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Amendment Application No. 2013 -04 <br />Tentative Tract Map No, 2013 -05 <br />Site Plan Review No. 2013 -04 <br />February 24, 2014 <br />Page 4 <br />On September 23, 2013, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt an <br />ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2013 -04 and Specific Development No. 86; <br />adopt a resolution approving Tentative Tract Map No. 2013 -05 (County Map No. 17546) as <br />conditioned; and adopt a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2013 -04 as conditioned by a <br />vote of 6:0 (Aiderete absent). <br />On November 4, 2013, the City Council adopted an ordinance approving this project on its first <br />reading. However, prior to the second reading for the project, a concern was raised regarding <br />potential adverse environmental effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality and water quality. <br />Subsequently, this project was continued on December 2, 2013 by City Council in order to allow staff <br />the ability to conduct additional analysis on the potential impacts to the environment. Based on staff s <br />research, it was determined that a Negative Declaration would be prepared for this project. <br />General Plan and Zoning Consistencv <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is Low Medium Density Residential, which allows <br />residential development up to 11 dwelling units per acre (LMR -11). Properties within the LMR -11 <br />areas are typically characterized by mobile home parks, a mixture of duplexes and single family <br />residences, or small lot subdivisions. The proposed project is consistent with the General Plan <br />land use designation. <br />The zoning for the site is General Agricultural (Al). The Al standards are not applicable to this <br />project as the applicant is seeking to develop pursuant to the density allowed by the LMR -11 land <br />use designation. In order to develop to the LMR -11 density, the applicant must receive approval of <br />a Specific Development (SD) zoning designation. The proposed project has been designed to be <br />consistent with the Specific Development (SD) zoning designation. <br />Project Analvsis <br />Amendment Application <br />Section 41 -593 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code establishes the regulations for the creation of <br />Specific Development (SD) zoning districts. The purpose of the specific development districts is to <br />protect the health, safety and general welfare of the city by encouraging the use of innovative <br />planning concepts and principles, promoting and enhancing the value of properties, and <br />encouraging orderly development for a planned residential project. The applicant is proposing to <br />rezone the subject site to an SD designation and construct a 28 -unit, single - family development. <br />The current Al zoning designation allows single - family dwelling at a density of one dwelling unit <br />per 6,000 square feet of lot area, which is equivalent to seven dwelling units per acre, while the <br />Low Medium Density (LMR -11) land use designation allows 11 dwelling units per acre. <br />75A -8 <br />