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Clarifications to the August 2021 Draft General Plan <br />November 1, 2021 <br />Encourage residential mixed -use development within the city's District Centers, Urban <br />Neighborhoods, and adjacent to high -quality transit. <br />- POLICY LU-2.8 CITY IMAGE <br />Encourage land uses, development projects, and public art installations that promote the city's <br />image as a cultural, governmental, and business -friendly regional center <br />Implementation Action 3.25 <br />- LU IA 3.25 Engage EJ communities. Work with community serving organizations, neighborhood <br />leaders, and residents to form an Ad Hoc Committee to develop ongoing EJ Community <br />Engagement programs for existing and new disadvantaged EJ communities, including <br />multilingual communication protocols. Host biannual or quarterly Roundtable meetings with <br />local stakeholders to guide and evaluate implementation of environmental justice policies. <br />Table LU-3, Density and Intensity Standards, page LU 17 <br />- The table was revised to clarify that density and intensity may be regulated by floor area ratio <br />(FAR) and/or dwelling units per acre (du/acre) for mixed use designations. <br />The table was revised to provide more specific maximum intensity and height standards for the <br />MainPlace (DC-2.1) and City Place (DC-2.54) development areas that align with the approved <br />zoning. <br />Footnote 2, Typical Maximum Height, was revised as follows to add additional language to <br />ensure that readers understand the City's intent to govern height through general plan policy <br />standards and zoning regulations: <br />Typical Maximum Height. The typical maximum heights identify the upper limit of a typical <br />building height within each density and intensity category, but the actual maximum standard <br />allowed on each site may be different than listed in this table. The allowable height of <br />development on any parcel is subject to the zoning standards (in Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code) and, if within a focus area, the focus area maximum height (starting on page <br />LU-26 of this element), both of which may further restrict the allowable height. Some properties <br />within a height district, as defined in Section 41-602 of the municipal code, within an adopted or <br />existing special planning area shown on Figure LU-2, or subject to Specific Development (SD) <br />standards allow heights above the typical maximum height depicted here. The general plan <br />height standard shall equal the zoning height standard where the allowable height in the zoning <br />standards differs from the typical maximum height shown in this table. This includes, but is not <br />limited to the following: Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay - subzone Village Center = 6 story max, <br />subzone Active Urban = no limit; Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan - subzone <br />Transit Node = 10 story max, subzone Neighborhood Transitional = 3 story max, subzone <br />Corridor = 4 story max; Transit Zoning Code - subzone Corridor = 3 story max. <br />- Revised Footnote 4, Exception Areas, to add the following language: <br />The 4th and Mortimer project designated UN-30 allows densities up to 50 du/ac. The Harbor <br />Corridor Specific Plan District Centers are limited to a max of 90 units per acre. <br />4 <br />