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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 6.0 <br />Senior Shared Housing_ Programs: This local program is designed to alleviate housing <br />shortages for the elderly by matching seniors with extra rooms with seniors who either do not desire <br />to, or who for medical reasons cannot, live alone. <br />TABLE 6-1 <br />SUMMARY OF LAND USE ELEMENT POLICIES <br />RELATED TO POPULATION AND HOUSING <br />Policy <br />Number <br />Policy Language <br />1.1 <br />Promote medium density housing in and around the downtown area. <br />1.2 <br />Support high density residential development within the City's District Centers as part of a master - <br />planned mixed use development. <br />1.3 <br />Support development of single-family residential lots on a minimum area of at least 6,000 square <br />feet. <br />1.4 <br />Maintain and foster a variety of housing types in the City. <br />3.4 <br />Continue proactive Building and Health and Safety Code enforcement programs and activities. <br />3.5 <br />Encourage new development and/or additions to existing development that are compatible in scale, <br />and consistent with the architectural style and character of the neighborhood. <br />5.1 <br />Promote development that has a net community benefit and enhances the quality of life. <br />5.2 <br />Protect the community from incompatible land uses. <br />5.4 <br />Support land uses that are consistent with the Land Use Plan of the Land Use Element. <br />5.5 <br />Encourage development that is compatible with, and supportive of, surrounding land uses. <br />6.1 <br />Support legislative and regulatory changes to the law concerning safe occupancy standards. <br />6.2 <br />Support reducing the number of units in multiple -family developments by allowing the property <br />owner to combine two or more units into a larger unit. <br />Source: Land Use Element Santa Ana General Plan City of Santa Ana (Adopted February 2, 1998). <br />TABLE 6-2 <br />SUMMARY OF HOUSING ELEMENT POLICIES RELATED TO <br />POPULATION AND HOUSING <br />Policy <br />Number <br />Policy Language <br />1.1 <br />Promote and encourage the rehabilitation of owner -occupied and rental housing units. <br />2.1 <br />Facilitate the preservation of housing through reinvestment in private property. <br />2.2 <br />Utilize code enforcement resources to assist in neighborhood preservation efforts citywide. <br />2.3 <br />Discourage the intrusion of incompatible land uses into residential neighborhoods. <br />3.1 <br />Develop strategies to preserve historically significant residential structures in the community. <br />4.1 <br />Target areas in the City for the creation of new housing units and opportunities for all segments of <br />the community. <br />5.1 <br />Facilitate the preservation of government subsidized housing. <br />6.2 <br />Encourage a balance of land uses that promote livable communities. <br />Source: Housing Element (City of Santa Ana Planning Department, December 18, 2000). <br />F: IPROJ-ENVIGrand eirlNew Text - GrandlSection 6.0 -new. doe Page 6-7 <br />