Item 28 - GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing

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GPA No. 2020-07, AA No. 2020-05 - Westview Housing January 19, 2021 Page 4 the multi -family buildings and the single-family homes. The closest home on Huron Drive will have a setback of 50 feet and the properties along 16t" Street will be 185 feet from the nearest building. The perimeter of the property will be planted with trees to screen the project. The project has contemporary architecture with a variety of materials including glass tile arches, wood veneer, batten board siding, art graphics, plaster, and a mix of warm and cool colors. On -site vehicular circulation is designed to provide access from Westminster Avenue (with right -turn in and right -turn out access) to the parking lot that is located behind the buildings. There is no access or egress along Huron, a local residential street. Additionally, the Public Works Agency obtained input from the neighborhood to the south regarding future street improvements. This included construction of a median on northbound Fairview Street which would remove the ability for a left-hand turn movement onto 16t" Street. The neighborhood opted to have the median at Fairview and 16t" Streets constructed in the future at a date uncertain and after the completion of Phase I of the Fairview Widening project. Parking Table 3: Parking Data Standard Rate Demand Project Difference Spaces Provided State Law 0.5/unit 44 spaces 136 spaces +92 spaces The Orchard 0.4/bedroom 91 spaces 136 spaces +45 space LADOT Parking 0.85/family unit 57 spaces 136 spaces +79 spaces Study 0.29/permanent supportive housing The project provides 136 off-street parking spaces (1.6 parking spaces per unit) with 42 of the spaces in a tandem configuration. The State's Housing Laws requires cities to approve reduced parking ratios at a rate of 0.5 spaces per unit for 100 percent affordable developments within one-half mile of a major transit stop. The project will be 100 percent affordable with major transit stops located at the intersection of Westminster Avenue and Fairview Street. Therefore, per State law, the project requires only 44 parking spaces, but an excess of 92 parking spaces is provided. In addition, the applicant's traffic and parking consultant Fehr & Peers prepared a parking study which documents that 136 parking spaces are adequate for the project. Fehr & Peers collected parking counts at The Orchard, another affordable housing project in Santa Ana managed by Mercy House and redeveloped by Community Development Partners. A parking rate of 0.40 spaces per bedroom was factored. When applying the