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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 28, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY GEORGE BEHNAM <br />FOR VARIANCE NO. 2016 -02 TO ALLOW A <br />REDUCTION IN STREET FRONTAGE FOR A <br />NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 5105 WEST <br />FIRST STREET {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,21 <br />Prepared by Vince Fregoso <br />Execu e,kector <br />iILyawtr r s �rshl <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />13 <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 />Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2016 -02 as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Planning Manager <br />Mr. George Behnam, on behalf of Henry and Nam Huynh, is requesting approval of a variance from <br />the required street frontage standard in order to allow the construction of a new two -story, 7,664 - <br />square -foot commercial building at 5105 West First Street. Specifically, the applicant Is requesting <br />relief from Section 41 -384 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), which requires all projects <br />within a commercial zoning district to have a minimum street frontage of 120 feet. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The Huynh commercial building is proposed to be constructed on a .49 acre, rectangular shaped <br />parcel of land located at 5105 West First Street, which is situated one parcel east of Euclid Street. <br />The parcel currently contains a 3,400- square foot structure occupied by a manufacturing use that will <br />be demolished to accommodate the new building. Land uses surrounding the project site include <br />multi - family residential to the north, south and east, and an AT &T data center and commercial uses to <br />the west and south (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is General Commercial (GC). This land use <br />designation is developed with commercial uses that generate revenue for the City and support the <br />various land uses throughout the City. The parcel is located within the General Commercial (C2) <br />zoning district. The C2 zoning district allows commercial, retail and office uses such as the ones <br />proposed for this project, making the proposed use consistent with the zoning designation. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31 E -3 <br />