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Resolution No. 2019-xx Page 1 of 10 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-xx A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2018-06 AMENDING THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO DISTRICT CENTER FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2525 NORTH MAIN STREET WHEREAS, Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 (commencing with Section 65300) of the Government Code requires the City to prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the City; and WHEREAS, on February 2, 1998, the City of Santa Ana adopted the Land Use Element of the General Plan, which has since been amended from time to time; and WHEREAS, AC 2525 Main, LLC (“Applicant”) seeks to develop The Addington, a Multi-Family Residential Project (“proposed Project”), originally proposed as a 496-unit multi-family project on a 5.93-acre site at 2525 North Main Street in Santa Ana, California (“Project Site”); WHEREAS, during the entitlement and environmental review process, and in response to comments and concerns raised by the public and the City’s elected officials, the Applicant has proposed several modifications to the original proposal; and WHEREAS, the Project as currently proposed now entails (1) demolition of the existing 81,172 square foot vacant two-story office building and 442-space surface parking lot on the Project Site; (2) redevelopment of the 5.93-acre site with 444,534 square feet of total development, including 277,281 square feet of residential buildings that would provide 256 for-rent multi-family residential units and a 167,253 square foot central parking structure and a 292 space surface level parking lot with residential and commercial parking; (3) approval of Development Agreement No. 2018-01 between the City of Santa Ana (“City”) and Applicant; (4) approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, which would change the Project Site’s existing land use designation of Professional & Administration Office (PAO) to District Center (DC); and (5) approval of Amendment Application No. 2018-10, which would change the zoning of the Project Site from Professional (P) to Specific Development No. 93 (SD-93) designation; and WHEREAS, the requested General Plan Amendment would change the General Plan land use designation of the property from Professional and Administrative Office (PAO) to District Center (DC) and to update text portions of the City’s Land Use Element to reflect this change in order to allow for development of the multi-family housing Project; and EXHIBIT 3 2-617