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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 6, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2018-01 TO AMEND <br />CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 OF <br />THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE — CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA, APPLICANT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2) <br />CITY M <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />r-T"j10T00WW <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2018-01. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />At its regular meeting on January 22, 2018, the Planning Commission by a vote of 6:0 (Nguyen <br />absent) recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendment No. 2018-01 to amend certain sections of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC) to allow churches in the Professional (P) and South Main Street Commercial (C- <br />SM) zoning districts. The Planning Commission recommended adoption of the proposed zoning <br />ordinance amendment with no changes as outlined in the attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br />The City is proposing to amend Chapter 41 of the SAMC to allow churches and accessory church <br />buildings as a conditionally permitted use in the Professional (P) and South Main Street <br />Commercial zoning ,districts (C -SM). This modification will make the P and C -SM zones <br />consistent with the Al, R1, R2, R3, R4 and C5 zones, which allow churches and accessory <br />church buildings with a Conditional Use Permit. Further it will treat churches similar to other <br />assembly uses allowed in the P and C -SM zones, making the zoning code consistent with <br />Federal Laws. Finally, the proposed amendments will update and bring the City's zoning code into <br />compliance with the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), which protects <br />churches and other religious institutions from unduly burdensome, unreasonable or <br />discriminatory zoning or other land use regulations. <br />7513-1 <br />