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project and the comparable San Diego Affordable Housing <br />Parking Study indicate that a surplus of parking spaces will be <br />provided for the project. As a result, the parking variance will <br />allow the applicant the ability to use the property in a manner <br />that is consistent with the surrounding land uses without <br />detrimentally affecting the area. <br />2. That the granting of a variance is necessary for the preservation and <br />enjoyment of one or more substantial property rights. <br />The granting of the variance is necessary for the preservation <br />and enjoyment of substantial property rights. The granting of <br />the parking variance will preserve the property owner's ability <br />to convert the building to a use that will contribute to the <br />community by providing family-oriented affordable housing <br />and ground -floor commercial uses. The site that is the subject <br />of this application has remained underutilized in recent years. <br />The granting of the variance will allow a new type of use, a <br />mixed-use, arts- and family-oriented affordable housing <br />project, to establish itself in Santa Ana. <br />3. That the granting of a variance will not be materially detrimental to <br />the public welfare or injurious to surrounding property. <br />The granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the <br />public or surrounding properties. As demonstrated in the <br />parking analysis for the project, the site will have sufficient <br />parking to accommodate the various uses proposed as part of <br />the adaptive reuse project. Therefore, the reduction in parking <br />will not be detrimental to the surrounding community as it will <br />not result in parking impacts affecting adjacent commercial or <br />residential neighborhoods. Further, the granting of the <br />variance will allow the property owner to redevelop the site, <br />contributing to the vitality and success of the Main Street <br />corridor, which has emerged as an arts and educational <br />corridor in recent years. Finally, conditions have been placed <br />to ensure that the site be in compliance with all other <br />development standards applicable to the property. <br />4. That the granting of a variance will not adversely affect the General <br />Plan of the City. <br />The project will not adversely affect the General Plan as the <br />proposed adaptive reuse project use is consistent with Goals <br />1 and 2 of the Land Use Element of the General Plan. <br />These goals encourage uses such as the Santa Ana Arts <br />Collective that promote a balance of land uses to address <br />Resolution No. 2016-23 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />