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LAN D U SE E_EA EN T <br />and employment center are likely to result in continued development <br />pressure. <br />The City is the fifth largest Orange County city in terms of land area, <br />consisting of 27.3 square miles Of this total, 58 percent is devoted to <br />residential development, 15 percent to commercial uses, 14 percent to <br />industrial, 11 percent to public and institutional uses, and two percent to <br />publicparkland and open space. TheCity'soverall distribution of land use <br />and development reflects its maturity as a commercial, employment, and <br />governmental center. <br />• H istori Cal Iy, over 6,000 acres of land in Santa Ana was i Ind uded in one <br />Merged Redevelopment Project Area. Further, an 11,790 -acre area has been <br />designated as Catifornia E nterpri se Z one and that designation expired on <br />December 13, 2013. The Enterprise Zone provided businesses with tax <br />i ncentivesi ntended to promote bus nessdevelopment and growth, i in addition <br />to creating jobs The City has been permitted to continue to process <br />Enterprise Zone vouchers for edsting oompaniesuntil December 31, 2014. <br />• The City of Santa Ana hasadopted a number of specific plansto provide <br />greater direction, and consistently high quality development standardsfor <br />projectsi n theseareas These sped fi c planswereestabl ished for thoseareasof <br />the Citywhi ch would benefit from a oomprehensivedevelopment scheme not <br />otherwise possible under existing land us; regulations <br />Santa Ana is served by five freeways the Santa Ana Freeway (1 -5), the <br />Garden Grove Freeway (SR-22), the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55), the San <br />Diego Freeway (1 -405), and the Orange Freeway (SR-57). Planned freeway <br />enhancernentsand other regional transit i mprovementswi I I further enhance <br />accessi bi I ity to theCi ty. T he Ci ty'soentral Iocati on i in relation to the regi onal <br />transportation network contributes to its continued growth and economic <br />vitality. <br />DEMOGRAPHIC CHAMCT gSnCS <br />SantaAnaisthelargel City in TofulIy understand the City' slanduseandde velopmenttrends�thedemographic <br />Orange County intemsof and sod oeconomiccharacteristicsof the community must be considered. Key <br />population and ranks52 nd in the demographic trends Iikelyto affect future land use and developmenti Ind udethe <br />U nited States <br />Census2000 following: <br />• TheCityexperienoedadramatici increase inpopulation growth from 1970to <br />1990 i in spite of its "bui It -out" character. D uri ng thi sti me peri od, the City's <br />populati on nearl y doubled whi Iethe County's popul ati on i increased by only <br />25 percent. <br />• TheCity' spopuIationasof Jan uary1 ,2009isesti mated by the Cad ifornia <br />Department of R nance to be 355,662 persons A000rdi ng to 2006 Orange <br />County Projections, it is anti dpated to grow to 371,203 persons by the year <br />{� A 8 2015, based on growth trends <br />6 CITY OF SANTA ANA GEN EZAL PLAN <br />