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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building <br />Item # 37 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />November 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Anchor Stone Christian Church: 2938 South Daimler Street <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Appeal No. 2023-07 Appealing Planning Commission Denial of CUP No. 2023-18 for <br />Anchor Stone Christian Church to Allow a Proposed Assembly Use at 2938 South <br />Daimler Street <br />Legal notice published in the OC Reporter on November 8, 2023 and notices mailed on <br />November 9, 2023. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution denying Appeal Application No. 2023-07 and upholding the <br />determination of the Planning Commission to deny Conditional Use Permit No. 2023-18. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DENYING APPEAL NO. 2023-07 AND UPHOLDING THE <br />DETERMINATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DENY CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT NO. 2023-18 TO ALLOW AN ASSEMBLY USE TO OPERATE AT 2938 SOUTH <br />DAIMLER STREET <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Steven Lee, representing Anchor Stone Christian Church (Applicant and Property <br />Owner), is requesting approval of Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2023-18 to allow <br />the operation of a church located at 2938 South Daimler Street. The property is located <br />within the Professional (P) zoning district and has a General Plan Land Use Designation <br />of Industrial/Flex-Medium (Flex-3). Pursuant to Section 41-313.5(n) of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code (SAMC), churches located in the P zoning district require approval of a <br />CUP. Moreover, pursuant to SAMC Section 41-638(a)(1), approval of a CUP is <br />contingent on all five of the specified findings of fact contained therein being satisfied. <br />Due to the inability to satisfy all five findings of fact required by the SAMC, among which <br />includes the subject property's General Plan land use designation of Industrial/Flex- <br />Medium (Flex-3) that does not allow community assembly uses such as the subject <br />