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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE, <br />NOVEMBER 17, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />UPDATES TO THE CITY'S SECOND <br />DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 3} <br />CITY MANA <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY <br />7009 il <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct staff to initiate the Zoning Code Update process for the Second Dwelling Unit Ordinance <br />as proposed. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana General Plan Housing Element calls for the production of housing <br />opportunities at different affordability levels, in order to increase housing choices and meet the <br />local and regional housing need. Second dwelling units, or "granny flats," are a valuable <br />resource, increasing housing choices and providing affordable housing. These second dwelling <br />units can provide housing for family members, students, the elderly, in -home health care <br />providers, the disabled, and others, at below market rate prices within existing neighborhoods. <br />In response to the enactment of State legislation (AB 1866), Santa Ana adopted its first Second <br />Dwelling Unit Ordinance in 2003 allowing administrative approval of second dwellings in <br />residential zones subject to specific development standards regulating height, setbacks, open <br />space and lot coverage. To further incentivize affordable housing opportunities, it is proposed <br />that the City of Santa' Ana's existing Second Dwelling Unit Ordinance be amended to streamline <br />the process by creating development standards that more directly address issues in our <br />community. Initial review of the ordinance suggests that amendment consider removing <br />prohibitions against constructing second units above garages and redefining the proximity to <br />public parks requirements. <br />A brief summary on the proposed changes to the City's Second Dwelling Unit Ordinance was <br />presented to the Development and Transportation Council Committee in early October 2015. It is <br />expected that the draft ordinance amendment to the Zoning Code will be completed no later than <br />January 2016. It is anticipated that these proposed changes will be presented to the Planning <br />Commission for their review and recommendation in March 2016, with a formal zoning ordinance <br />amendment request be forwarded to the City Council in April 2016 for consideration. <br />6513-1 <br />