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<br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2755 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF AND ADDING <br />ARTICLE XII TO CHAPTER 34 AND ADDING ARTICLE <br />XVIII TO CHAPTER 41 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT AND <br />CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL <br />COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. The City of Santa Ana has seen a large increase in the number of <br />nonresidential (commercial and industrial) properties that are seeking to <br />convert to condominiums (common interest developments). <br /> <br />B. These applications being processed, in general, relate to properties that <br />otherwise could not obtain a tentative parcel or subdivision map because <br />in one or more instances they fail to comply with the provisions of a state <br />statute or city ordinance. <br /> <br />C. The unregulated division of large industrial and commercial structures <br />within the city into small, individual condominiums is contrary to the goals <br />and policies of the city's general plan, because the city needs to preserve <br />and enhance the ability of large and growing commercial and industrial <br />employers to remain in Santa Ana. <br /> <br />D. The unregulated division of large industrial and commercial developments <br />within the city into small, individual condominiums is contrary to the goals <br />and policies of the city's general plan because it replaces a single party <br />responsible to prevent neglect and blight of the common spaces of such <br />developments with an association. <br /> <br />E. Pursuant to CEQA, the City of Santa Ana has adopted Categorical <br />Exemption No. 2007-74 for the adoption of this ordinance. <br /> <br />F. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein <br />are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of <br />the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing <br />provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as <br />constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2755 <br />Page 1 of 10 <br />