2014-070 - Amending the Land Use Element and Urban Design Element of the General Plan

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LAND USE EEvI EN T interagency Development Review Committee (D RC) to ensureoonsistent and comprehensive appl i cation of City regulationsand policiesfor all projects • Redevelopment Plans The City will apply redevelopment toolsamociaded with the i mpl ementation of theadopted redevelopment plans asappropriate. T he Ci ty wi I I encourage the further development of industrial, commercial, and residential projects i n sui table locationsto strengthen the City'stax and employment base. • Special Studies In certain instances, a special study may be required to address a particular issue. I n these casss, a specific effort to identify staff resouroesneeded to conduct theappropriate i nvestigation and analysiswi I I be identified. • Zoning Code Reviem Thezoning codeservesasa primary tool used by the City to regulate development. The City wi I I develop a program to revise the Zoning Ordi nance to ensure that de/dopment regul ati onsand standardsare consistent with community needsand high quality development. The City will initiate appropriate changes to the ordinance to ensure, where appropriate, conformity between the Land Use Element and Zoning Map. LAND USE PLAN BUILDOUT As indicated previously the City of Santa Ana has been almost completely developed for many years As a result, any new development will necessarily consist of redevelopment and infill development on the remaining vacant and underutilized parcels Many parcelswith nonresidential land usedesignations will never be developed to the maxi mum intensity permitted under the General PI an. Table A -4 i Ind icates the de/el opment possi bl a under the bui Id -out of the Land Use Plan. The build -out for residential land uses considered two scenarios Effective bui I d -out for red denti ad devel opment i scalcuIated by addi ng the 16,893 units possi ble in the areas desi gmted as District Center to the existing 74,588 units presently found in the City per Census 2000. Theoretical build -out for residential devel opment consi dered the development possi ble if all of the areas designated as red dential were devel oped according to the permitted Land Use Plan intensities Since the Land Use Element does not contemplate the elimination of existing housing in the City, the effective build -out figure represents more real isti c estimate of future residential development. Asi ndicated in Tabl eA -4, threeof the non - residential land usedesignationshave a range i n FAR i ntensi ties, For the non-resi denti al land usedesignations� effective build -out considered the development possible under the lower range of FAR i ntensitieswhi letheoretical bui Id -out considered the upper FARrange. Typically, parking and landscaping requirementswill result insignificantly Iessfloor area for commercial and industrial developmentsthan thatwhich ispermitted under the General Plan. CITY OF SANTA ANA G EJ EFAL RAN A -33 _V4kA_