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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />WWK lI&eX*67in[urlE 3L7�ilTil��iIT�c77 i- <br />JULY 20, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2016-03 TO UPDATE THE <br />HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE AND <br />ADAPTIVE REUSE ORDINANCE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 31 <br />Hassan Haghani, AICP & <br />Prepared by Melanie McCann, AICP <br />' T <br />Exe tive Director <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• <br />Applicant's Request <br />• <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />-v yYActing PI ning Ma ager <br />Recommend that the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance <br />approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2015 -03. <br />Request of Applicant <br />The City of Santa Ana is requesting to update the existing Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) <br />and Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (ARO) to make it much more predictable for applicants and to <br />increase affordable housing production in conjunction with new market rate housing development. <br />Proiect Description <br />The Housing Element of the General Plan identifies the long range plans for housing throughout the <br />city. The Housing Opportunity Ordinance was established to implement a component of the Housing <br />Element by playing an active role in the provision of affordable housing within the City of Santa Ana. <br />The ordinance update proposes to modify the requirements related to Historic Adaptive <br />Reusefretrofitting of existing buildings; revise the "alternatives" to construction of new affordable <br />housing units on -site; and clarify the options and procedures available to applicants in meeting the <br />HOO. <br />Proiect Background <br />On November 28, 2011, the City Council adopted the Housing Opportunity Ordinance that applied to <br />proposals for five or more housing units. Residential projects are required to provide fifteen percent <br />of the total number of units as affordable, whether the project is for sale or rental. The existing <br />ordinance applies to those developments requesting a zoning amendment from a non - residential to <br />a residential zone (including City - initiated re- zones), an increase in density, a conversion to the <br />residential provision of an overlay zone, or conversion of apartments to condominiums. <br />F011iG3`r1 <br />y 1 <br />J <br />