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AA No. 2017=02, CUP No..2017-29,,&_'VAR:No.,2017-07 January 22,.2018 Page 7 and single-family dwellings. The proposed'Fiotel and restaurant uses are compatible with the surrounding land uses. Furthermore, theproposed commercial uses have been situated along Main Street and closer to'the 1-5 Freeway further away from the professional offices and residential uses, thus minimizing impacts to any sensitive nearby' land uses. 2. Is the proposed project consistent with the. General Plan and development intensity? The underlying General Plan land use.designation for the entire site is District Center, -This area .serves as an anchor to the Main :Street commercial corridor.and the Museum District. According to the General Plan, the M_ useum District is envisioned as a major of ice/cultural. center focused around the Bower's Museum and the 'Discovery •Cube.I The. hotel .is in character with the Museum District, a cultural center -that receives visitors from Santa Ana and the greater Southern California metropolitan area. The project is also.consistent with the development intensity of the General Plan, it has a floor area ratio of 0.91, while.the Museum District allows a maximum floor area ratio of 1.5. The project supports several General Plan goals and policies, including Goals 2: and 3 of the. Economic Development Element and Goals 1, 2 and 4.of.the Land Use Element. The'hote( will increase Santa Ana's contribution Jo. the hospitality and tourism .sector .of the regional economy and will be subject to the City's Hotel Visitors' Tax therefore; generating revenue for the City. The site 'is located off an arterial street and is easily accessible to from'the I-5 Freeway, making it a prominent site and"building within Santa Ana. The development .will rehabilitate a property that is underutilized and will increase:capital'investment in the area. Two historic structures will :be retained and reused as a restaurant,• preserving them as .architectural resources to the City.. 3. Will the hotel and/or granting of variances ,be 'detrimental ,to the health, safety or ,general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity? The proposed hotel will not be detrimental to persons residing or working in the area. Conditions of approval have been added to require a parking management. plan for the access control gatesand public art for 'the benefit of the community. In regards to off-street parking, RK Ehginee'Nng Group, Inc. prepared a shared parking study (updated January 16, 2018) for the project utilizing the Urban Land Institute (ULI) shared parking methodology (Exhibit 16). The study was updated to reflect the parking standards applicable to historic structures that were adopted by Zoning Ordinance Amendment No: '2016-03 and went into effect on October 19, 2017. The shared parking analysis supports the proposed reduction in required parking because the hotel and restaurant uses are considered complementary. Based on the ULI shared parking methodology, the study found that the peak.parking demand will be 110 parking spaces and is therefore not expected to exceed the 75A-11