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JAA <br />LAN D U SE E_EM EN T <br />Reduce residential overcrowding to pramote publ is health and safety. <br />Policy 6.1 Support legislative and regulatory changes to laws and codes <br />concerning safe occupancy standards <br />Policy6.2 Support reducing the number of units in multiple - family <br />developments by allowing the property owner to combine two or <br />more units into a larger unit. <br />Policy 6.3 Prohibit new dev elopment and buiIdingalterationswhich can read iIy <br />be converted to improper occupancy. <br />Policy 6.4 Target educational programs concerning overcrowding to tenants, <br />owners, and property managers <br />Policy 6.5 Promote heal th and safety programs wh i ch add ressthe occupancy of <br />housing unitsand overcrowding. <br />LAND USE PLAN <br />The Land Use Plan iscomprised of three componentsthat direct and regulate <br />land use in Santa Ana. Theseindudea Land Use Map, development intensity <br />standards, and adopted Specific Plans These key components establish a <br />framework for land use and development in the City. The Land Use Plan <br />i ndi catesthelocation, types, and extent of de/dopmentand land usesthroughout <br />Santa Ana. It conslstsof a map which desgnatesland use categoriesand their <br />relative location, aswel I asdevelopment intensity standardsfor each category. The <br />Land Use PI an isfurther supported by Specific Planswhi ch correlateto the Land <br />Use Plan. <br />DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY STANDAIUS <br />As required by State law, the Land Use Element also establishes standards for <br />development intensity. These standards ensure that the types of development <br />permitted under each land usedesgnation arewell understood by the property <br />owner, decison- makers, developer, and thegeneral public. Development intensity <br />refersto the size or degree of development possl ble withi n a particular land use <br />category. <br />T hedevel opment i ntenslty standard used for nonres dential development isfloor <br />area ratio, which i sthe rati o of the bui I di ng'sfl oor area to the total area of the I of <br />on which the building is located. The development intensity standard for <br />residential de velopmentsis "unitsperacre"which isameasireofthenumberof <br />unitsallowed for each acreof land - with theexception of Metro East District <br />Center, Transit Village District Center, Downtown District Center, Harbor <br />Corridor District Center, and Urban Neighborhood areas To encourage a <br />14 <br />CITY 0 F SANTA ANA GEN ETAL RAN <br />