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AA No. 2017-02, CUP January 22, 2018 Page 2 Executive Summary No. 2017-29, & VAR No. 2017-07 .Net Development Compahy, ,representing the Jahangiri Family Trust and the.City:of Santa Ana, is requesting approval of'sev'eral erititlements'to allow construction of a Hampton Inn by Hilton hotel at 2115, 2123, and 2129 North Main Street. Specifically, the applicant is requesting approval of an Amendment Application (zone change) to change the property's zoning designation from Professional (P) to Community -Commercial-Museum District (C1 -MD), a conditional use .permit' (CUP) for the hotel, and variances to allow reductions in required off-street parking and front -yard setback, increased wall height in the front -yard, and four major building identification signs. ;Staff isrecommending approval of the applicant's request due to the irregular site configuration and because the project has been designed to minimize impacts on surrounding properties. The project also includes use oftwo historic properties. The historic -property at 2115 North Main Street (the MacFarlane House) will .be rehabilitated 'for' -use 'as an eating ,establishment. In .addition, the historic property at 2056 North Bush Street (the Melton'House)`Will be relocated to Main Street adjacent to the hotel for use as.an eating establishment. ?he .Historio Resources Commission will review. the proposed relocation 'and physical modifications.at.the January=25, 2018 meeting. At the December 11,2017 Planning.Commission meeting, the Commission continuedthe iter to the next.regular meeting and requested more information on: 1. The'impacts of displaced parking; specifically :the loss'of 93 public:parking.spaces; 2. The southbound Main Street left -turn movement into, the property; and 3. Any additional security conditions/measures needed for the project. In -response, the applicant has prepared letters with responses to comments received and provided an updated -Shared Parking Study and Traffic Impact Study. Staff has reviewed the information and verified the accuracy of the shared parking and .traffic analyses (Exhibits 1446). Further, since the December .Planning Commission meeting, the applicant: has .made two changes to the site plan: The wall between the two historic structures will now be setback 8.5 feet from the ,front. property line. • Two additional parking spaces were added 'bringing the total number of proposed parking spaces to 1.28. 75A-6