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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY MICHELLE COULTER <br />FOR VARIANCE NO. 2016 -04 FOR A REDUCTION IN <br />REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE SANTA ANA ARTS <br />COLLECTIVE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT LOCATED <br />AT 1666 NORTH MAIN STREET {STRATEGIC PLAN <br />NOS. 3,2; 3, 5; 5, 3; 5,4) <br />Prepared by Ali Pezeshkpour <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />• As Recommended <br />• As Amended <br />• Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• Applicant's Request <br />• Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />.._._._._._ Exe ZvelDirector Planning Manager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2016 -04 as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Michelle Coulter with Meta Housing Corporation, representing Santa Ana Arts Collective, LP, is <br />requesting approval of a variance from the provisions of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance contained <br />in Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Section 41 -1652 to allow a reduction in the number of <br />required parking spaces for a 58 -unit affordable residential housing and commercial adaptive reuse <br />project. Projects requesting relief from development standards such as parking require approval of <br />a variance pursuant to SAMC Section 41 -638. <br />Proeect Location and Site Description <br />Meta Housing is proposing to renovate and convert an existing five -story office building into <br />residential, community, and commercial space within the existing structure and in three new <br />detached structures proposed on the project site. A total of 58 residential units are proposed at the <br />project. All units are intended to provide affordable housing to artists and their families. The <br />project site contains 1.11 acres and is located on the south side of Seventeenth Street between <br />Main and Sycamore streets. In addition to the five -story office building, the site also contains a <br />gated entry, landscape planters, and 145 parking spaces located in a surface lot (27 stalls) and <br />underground parking structure (118 stalls). Surrounding land uses include commercial uses in all <br />directions (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is General Commercial (GC), which allows for <br />commercial and office uses. General Commercial districts are primarily located on commercial <br />corridors and major arterial roadways in the City. They provide accessible commercial <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31 D -3 <br />