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LS 11.2.15 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -38 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING VARIANCE NO. <br />2015 -09, AS CONDITIONED, TO A REDUCTION IN <br />REQUIRED PARKING AT 1330 EAST SEVENTEENTH <br />STREET <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares as follows: <br />A. Applicant is requesting approval of Variance No. 2015 -09 to allow for a 21 <br />percent reduction in required parking at 1330 East Seventeenth Street. <br />B. Pursuant to Article XV of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), the <br />number of parking spaces required for each use shall be determined <br />separately. <br />C. Variance No. 2015 -09 came before the Planning Commission on <br />November 9, 2015, for a duly noticed public hearing. Variance No. 2015- <br />09 would allow a parking variance of 118 spaces or a 21 percent reduction <br />in required parking as part of the construction of two commercial buildings <br />to be located at 1330 East Seventeenth Street. <br />D. The Planning Commission determines that for Variance No. 2015 -09 the <br />following findings, which must be established pursuant to Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code Section 41 -638 in order to grant a variance from the <br />provision of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, have been established: <br />1. That because of special circumstances applicable to the subject <br />property, including size, shape, topography, location, or surroundings, <br />the strict application of the zoning ordinance is found to deprive the <br />subject property of privileges not otherwise at variance with the intent <br />and purpose of the provision of this chapter. <br />The project site has a special circumstance related to its <br />location and surroundings. The proposed structures are <br />located within a built out development site on Seventeenth <br />Street and Grand avenue that is surrounded by commercial <br />and residential uses. Due to its location, there is no feasible <br />option for providing additional parking for the new uses. In <br />addition, the parking analysis prepared by Kunzman <br />Associates, Inc. has determined that sufficient parking will be <br />Resolution No. 2015 -38 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />31 B -28 <br />