Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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the Overlay Zone would be limited to residential, live/work, or office uses, limited to three stories in height. The Neighborhood Transitional district would remain as a low -intensity neighborhood as it is intended in the General Plan, and act as a transition between the single-family residential to the north and adjacent Village Center district and high -intensity Active Urban district to the south. The Neighborhood Transitional district development will be designed to provide an appropriate interface with the adjacent single-family residential area to the north by incorporating high levels of landscaping and design features. Village Center. Existing land uses in the Village Center district consist of office buildings one to four stories in height, and minor retail, auto -related retail, and motel uses. Land uses that would be permitted within this District under the Overlay Zone include commercial, office, and residential uses. The area would remain as a mid -rise building environment with heights between four and six stories. The Village Center is intended to serve as the focal point and central gathering place within the Overlay Zone, with an emphasis on creating a vibrant, attractive, and highly - interconnected pedestrian environment. The Village Center will provide open spaces, niches, and areas for gatherings and activities along streets, paseos, and interconnecting walkways that link the Village Center to adjacent districts and nearby public parks north of the district. Active Urban: Existing development in the Active Urban district includes primarily office, with minor retail/commercial, auto -related retail, and a motel and care/rehab facility. Land uses that would be permitted within this district under the Overlay Zone include commercial, office, residential, and entertainment uses (all uses that would occur in Village Center, plus entertainment uses). Pursuant to the General Plan, the Active Urban district is intended as the location for well -designed high-rise mixed -use developments in a highly urbanized environment. Developments will be designed to showcase an amenity -enhanced environment that provides numerous open space opportunities for the enjoyment of residents, employees, and visitors, and to promote pedestrian connections between this District and the Village Center as well as Cabrillo Park located north of the Overlay Zone. The Office District: Existing development in the Office District consists almost entirely of office uses, with minor retail/commercial, and a care/rehab facility. Land uses and intensity standards that would be permitted within this district under the Overlay Zone would continue pursuant to the existing Zoning Code. Provided that the above objectives and development standards are implemented into the design of individual projects, land use impacts to the Office District and adjacent communities would be less than significant. The land use character of the area would change from a largely office - oriented district to a mixed -use area with development divided into a series of districts and scaled in a variety of intensities. Because the Overlay Zone would not adversely affect existing land uses, impacts to established communities within and adjacent to the Overlay Zone were determined to be less than significant. Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana Technical Memorandum August 2023 City Council 18 — 591 10/3/2023