|
;Q a dt _1,V 1 N A A a Harkci Mixed Use Transit Condor Plan
<br />LAND USE PLAN AND
<br />DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
<br />Vision: A Place for People
<br />Harbor Boulevard is a place for people. Life is abundant and flourishing
<br />everywhere within the corridor. Families, couples, and individuals live here.
<br />People work at service and professional businesses along the corridor. Many
<br />residents and visitors stop along Harbor Boulevard to shop for items they need
<br />and want, eat at great restaurants, learn and enrich themselves in new cultural
<br />spaces, worship in religious buildings, and relax and exercise in new open
<br />spaces.
<br />Harbor Boulevard connects people 0 places. The boulevard is redesigned into
<br />a street where people find it safe and enjoyable to walk, ride their bike, take
<br />a bus, or drive their car. New rapid bus and streetcar services connect people
<br />with local and regional job centers, downtown Santa Ana, and other shopping
<br />and recreation destinations,
<br />Harbor Boulevard is a gateway to Sane Ana, with marquee uses, builtlings,
<br />and street resign that strengthen the community's sense of identity and
<br />City's image as a center for arts and culture. Together, new designs, spaces,
<br />and improvements make the Harbor Corridor a healthier, more successful, and
<br />more livable place.
<br />Guiding Principles
<br />1. Expanded development opportunities that respond to transit investments
<br />2. A variety of safe and efficient travel choices
<br />3. Economic vitality and new opportunities for businesses and residents
<br />4. A sense of place
<br />5. Community health and wellness
<br />The overall purpose of this Specific Plan is to generate momentum, expand
<br />options, and provide comprehensive direction for the improvement and
<br />development of the Harbor Corridor, as directed by an overall vision, guiding
<br />principles, a land use plan, and development standards.
<br />Land Use Plan
<br />The land use plan regulates the Specific Plan area through the application of
<br />four land use districts: Transit Notle, Corridor. Neighborhood Transitional, and
<br />Open Space. Each district has its own development standards and preferred
<br />building and frontage types.
<br />Figure 3 -1 displays the land use plan and its relationship to the Bravo! bus
<br />rapid transit (BRT) stops. Table 3 -1 identifies the acreage for each district
<br />alongside the maximum capacity for housing units and nonresidential building
<br />square footage.
<br />The maximum capacity reflects one possible scenario if the project builds out
<br />to its full potential based on allowable development standards. In and of itself,
<br />this plan is not a development project. It is expected that change would occur
<br />incrementally according to the desire and ability of individual property owners
<br />to develop their properties based on the new standards.
<br />Based on trends and existing conditions, residential development is more likely
<br />to build out at levels somewhere between current conditions and maximum
<br />capacity (see Table 3 -1). However, for the purposes ofconducting the required
<br />environmental assessment, the City evaluated the maximum buildout capacity,
<br />of Potential by Land Use Districts
<br />125 507 -2,02
<br />108 1,130 -2,4
<br />Neighborhood 15 89 -178
<br />Transitional
<br />Transit Node (TN)
<br />The Transit Node district is intended to provide standards for high intensity,
<br />transit - supportive mixed -use development with a locus on creating pedestrian
<br />activity at the street level. This district offers the most significant opportunities
<br />to respond to the regional and local transit investments, with direct access to
<br />three existing BRT stations and proximity to one or more future fixed guideway
<br />stations.
<br />The Transit Node districts are further broken down into the North (N) and South
<br />(S) zones. The North Transit Node, comprised of the properties surrounding
<br />the BRT station at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue, will provide
<br />for the most intense development with buildings allowed up to 10 stories. The
<br />North Transit Node will have an emphasis on mixed -use development with
<br />ground fiber commercial, entertainment, and hotel uses. The South Transit
<br />Node, comprised of the properties surrounding the BRT stations at Harbor
<br />Boulevard and Tat Street, and Harbor Boulevard and McFadden Avenue,
<br />allow for buildings up to six stories with an emphasis on mixed -use residential
<br />development,
<br />Corridor(CDR)
<br />The Corridor district is applied to properties along Harbor Boulevard between
<br />BRT stations and is intended to provide housing options and neighborhood
<br />serving uses within walking distance of a transit node. Building types include
<br />lined block, stacked flats, courtyard housing, live -work, rowhouses, and
<br />tuck -under units. Mixed use and non- residential projects are centered on key
<br />intersections, and residential and public/quasi- public uses infill at mid -black
<br />locations.
<br />Neighborhood Transitional (NT)
<br />The Neighborhood Transitional district provides standards for development that
<br />acts as a transition between the single - family neighborhoods to the north and
<br />south of 1st and 5th Streets and the Corridor and Transit Node districts.
<br />Designated for the lowest scale and the lowest intensity of uses in the Harbor
<br />Corridor Plan, development in this district is limited to residential, live -work, or
<br />neighborhood- serving commercial uses. These uses may combine commercial
<br />on the ground floor with residential above or in freestanding single -use buildings
<br />on the same site at between two and three stories in height.
<br />Open Space (OS)
<br />The Open Space district identifies areas reserved for community parks and
<br />other open spaces. Allowable structures in this district are limited to those
<br />necessary to support the specific open space and recreation purposes, such
<br />as sport -court enclosures, multipurpose buildings, and trails. Additional open
<br />space will be required as new development occurs and will be located within
<br />or close to the Specific Plan area.
<br />September 2014 +�UIC R7W DRAFT 3 -1
<br />
|