32A - TRACT MAP - 1406 N HARBOR BLVD

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VTTM No. 2016-01 April 25, 2016 Page 3 requesting approval to subdivide the property to allow the sale of condominium units at market rates. In accordance with the HOO, the applicant has submitted an inclusionary housing plan to provide six units on the project site (SAMC Section 41-1900 et al.). Project Background In October 2014, the City Council adopted the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan, which replaced the North Harbor Specific Plan and allows for a greater amount of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects in the Specific Plan area. Following the Specific Plan's adoption, the applicant submitted plans for a residential community on the project site. After working with staff to comply with the provisions of the Harbor Plan, and after receiving feedback from the community about the scale of the proposed project, open space, and traffic and ingress/egress, the applicant revised the plans. The revisions resulted in an alternative, more contemporary architectural style to reduce the massing and height of the structures, additional open space areas at the rear and central portions of the project site, and enhancements to the Harbor Boulevard -facing units. The current proposal provides a courtyard -style, medium -density residential neighborhood to assist with blending in with current development patterns in the project vicinity. Project Analysis Tentative tract map requests are governed by Section 34-119 through 34-318 of the SAMC. Tentative tract map requests may be granted when it can be shown that the proposed project, as conditioned, and its design and improvements are consistent with the Urban Neighborhood land use designation of the General Plan and are otherwise consistent with all other elements of the General Plan and any applicable specific plans; that the proposed project, as conditioned, conforms to all applicable requirements of the zoning and subdivision codes as well as other applicable City ordinances; that the project site is physically suitable for the type and density of the proposed project; that the design and improvements of the proposed project will not cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish and wildlife or their habitat; that the design or improvements of the proposed project will not cause serious public health problems; and that the design or improvements of the proposed project will not conflict with easements necessary for public access through or use of the property within the proposed project. Based on a review of the tentative map by the Planning Division and Public Works Agency, the project has been designed to be in compliance with the applicable development standards found in Chapters 34 (Subdivision) and 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as well as the provisions of the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan (SP -2). Further, approval of the map will be consistent with the goals and policies identified in the City's General Plan. 32A-5