11A - 2525 SECOND HEARING - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

General Plan Excerpt Per Comment Project Consistent accommodate various needs including single- and multiple -family housing, mobile homes, mixed/multiuse, and special needs housing. Also, as detailed previously, and in Section 4.4, Cultural/Historic Resources, the proposed project would not result in impacts to historic resources. To protect and stabilize residential neighborhoods, As described previously, the General Plan land use support the City's economic base, and provide housing map designates the surrounding areas to the northwest, for the local workforce, Santa Ana is developing new northeast, south of the Santa Ana 1-5 Freeway and residential neighborhoods in District Centers close to along Main Street north of Seventeenth Street as employment centers. These District Centers include the District Centers. Thus, the District Center land use Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone, MacArthur Place, designation of the site is consistent with the Downtown Santa Ana, City Place, and similar locations. surrounding District Center designations along Main [... ] These residential neighborhoods are intensely Street. In addition, the site is transit oriented with two urbanized, transit oriented, and explicitly designed to OCTA bus routes that provide service every 10-20 support a full array of housing needs in Santa Ana. minutes Monday through Friday and connects to the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and the Anaheim Regional Intermodal Center that provides rail service throughout Califomia. The City has identified areas for future development As described previously, the General Plan land use and mixed uses within its District Centers and transit map designates the surrounding areas to the northwest, corridors. [... ] The sites are specifically chosen to northeast, south of the Santa Ana 1-5 Freeway and create distinct and vibrant activity centers linked along Main Street north of Seventeenth Street as together with a variety of transportation options. District Centers. Thus, the District Center land use designation of the site is consistent with the surrounding District Center designations along Main Street. In addition, the site is within a transit corridor. Main Street provides direct access to two freeways and is transit oriented with two OCTA bus routes that provide service every 10-20 minutes Monday through Friday and connects to other regional transit services. In addition, the site is surrounded by sidewalks and adjacent to a regional bike trail. Thus, the project site is linked to surrounding mixed -uses and provides for a variety of transportation options. Policy HE-1.7: Historic Preservation. Support As described in Section 4.4, Cultural/Historic preservation and enhancement of residential structures, Resources, of the EIR, the proposed project would not properties, street designs, lot patterns, and other visible result in impacts to any historic resources, particularly reminders of neighborhoods that are considered local those within the Park Santiago neighborhood. historical or cultural resources. Comment 16: The comment states that the Project contemplates public access to the City's Santiago Park via the proposed development and creates a private -to -public access. The comment also states that the Project document's frequently reference the Project as a District Center, although it does not contemplate a mixed -use component, a requirement of any District Center development. The comment concludes for those reasons, the project would be inconsistent with and would violate the City's General Plan. 12 11A-120