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Home My WebLink About74-012RESOLUTION NO. 74-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA UPHOLDING THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 73-17 FILED BY THE EPM HUNT COMPANY BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby receives and files the Negative Declaration for CUP 73-17 and hereby finds that even though the proposed project may have a signi- ficant effect on the environment, the project is a lesser and included part of Conditional Use Permit 73-10 for which an Environmental Impact Report was approved by the City Council for this project on June 25, 1973. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That based upon the Findings of Fact of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana, and the Findings of Fact set forth herein, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby grant CUP 73-17 filed by the EPM Hunt Company, 4211 W. First Street, Santa Ana, California, to amend CUP 73-10 to allow sales and display of models for mobile homes within the mobile home park located at the aforesaid address, subject to the following conditions: 1. That development be approved according to the approved plot plan, except for minor modifications approved by the Planning Department. 2. That all conditions of the Building Department be met. 3. That a landscape plan be submitted to and approved by the Planning Department, including the provisions of Section 41-618 of the Zoning Ordinance (prior to the issuance of a building permit) and that said landscaping be implemented (prior to utility release) and be continuously maintained. 4. That all conditions of the Fire Department be met. 5. Comply with all conditions of CUP 73-10. 6. Sales on site shall be for a period of time not to exceed one year from the opening of the first models. An exten- sion of time not to exceed an additional six (6) months may be granted by the Planning Department. Sales on site shall not continue after all mobile home sites are leased. In no case shall more than one mobile home sale be permitted for each leasable site. No sales for off-site locations shall be permitted. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby makes the following findings of fact for CUP 73-17: 1. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 is necessary and desirable to provide a service facility which will contribute RESOLUTION NO. 74-12 PAGE TWO to the general well-being of the neighborhood and community. 2. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare of the persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property or improvements in the vicinity. 3. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 will comply with the regulations and conditions specified in Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code for such a use. 4. The granting of this CUP 73-17 will not adversely affect the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana. 5. The proposed mobile home park development is a lesser included part of another project for which an Environ- mental Impact Statement or Preliminary Environmental Description having previously been submitted, and said project and state- ment was approved by Council on June 25, 1973; and 6. The proposed use under CUP 73-10 and as amended by CUP 73-17 is in the C2 and A1 zoning districts as provided by City of Santa Ana's municipal zoning ordinances and codes; and 7. The proposed use provides for the sale and display ofmodels for mobile homes within a mobile home park develop- ment to be known as LAKE PARK SANTA ANA at 4211 W. First Street, in the City of Santa Ana; and 8. The proposed development will contain lots for 193 mobile homes on approximately 24 acres of land owned by the developers, EPM HUNT COMPANY, together with recreation facilities, parkways, common areas, storage and other features unique to developments by developers; and 9. The proposed mobile park development is surrounded on the north by vacant land and residential development, on the east by a well drilling contractor's yard, on the south by a mobile home park and vacant land, and on the west by single family residential land and trailer storage; and 10. The proposed development is located on First Street, which is a planned arterial highway; and 11. The proposed developers desire an all adult mobile home community designed to provide aesthetic excellence and to be environmentally acceptable and recognizable as an outstanding mobile home community; and 12. To accomplish the goals stated in 11 above, the RESOLUTION NO. 74-12 PAGE THREE developers desire to retain and maintain exclusive control of their land and the proposed development by an "In Park Sales Program"; and 13. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 contemplates this "In Park Sales Program" and potential tenants of the mobile home park will be given opportunity to select a new mobile home from 8 to 10 mobile home manufacturers whose mobile homes will be located in the development, and by such program, customers will be able to see exactly how a parti- cular home will look when constructed and placed in the park in its normal environment and setting. Customers will also be able to inquire into and see the types of porches, patios, awnings, skirtings, concrete, fencing, and landscaping required by the developer in the purchase and construction of the home; and 14. The proposed mobile home park development has many unique lot configurations requiring special consideration for installation and set up and these considerations require reversing floor plans, installation of special equipment, construction of special wall figurations, precise placement of homes, all within the exclusive knowledge of developers; and 15. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 providing for an "In Park Sales Program" has been used by developers successfully in a recent development located in Yorba Linda, California. In addition to being thoroughly familiar with the development of mobile home parks and sale of mobile homes, developers have been licensed by the State of California as Mobile Home Dealers (#TR484) and California Contractors License C-61 (#287637) pertaining to installation of mobile homes, bringing it entirely in compliance with SB 261 (1973) enacted by the legislature of the State of California and becoming effective January 1, 1974; and 16. The proposed mobile home park developers intend not only to develop the park, but also continue to own and operate the park indefinitely; and 17. The developers by being able to sell the mobile home to the new tenant and aid the tenant in the installation and set-up of his new home will also be able to provide a continuing service to the tenant, even after the initial development and sales program are completed; and 18. The proposed use under CUP 73-17 contemplates only the sale of 193 mobile homes. After the initial sales program is completed, developers will not maintain a sales staff or program at this development, however, developers and its staff will aid home owners in the resale of their home and will guarantee the right of the homeowner to sell RESOLUTION NO. 74-12 PAGE FOUR his own home in place and no charge will be made to the seller or to the buyer of the home unless developer renders substantial and material services to seller (all being within compliance of existing state laws); and 19. The proposed development and "In Park Sales Program" provides the potential home purchaser with an opportunity not unlike that afforded to the conventional home buyer and the developer and builders of conventional homes have repeatedly been given the right and opportunity to es- tablish a sales office and sales staff to sell homes at the site of the development. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 21 day of January , 1974. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) SS I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 21 day of January , 1974, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, NOES, ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Evans, Griset, Markel, Garthe, Ward COUNCII.3ffiN: Yamamoto COUNCILMEN: None ABSTAINED, COUNCILMEN: Patterson //~ A. WITHER~';-'~I'TY ATTORNEY