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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT <br />2020 W. El Camino Avenue, Suite 500 <br />Sacramento, CA 95833 <br />(916) 263-2911 / FAX (916) 263-7453 <br />www.hcd.ca.gov <br />April 27, 2023 <br />Ali Pezeshkpour, Planning Manager <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Planning Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Dear Ali Pezeshkpour: <br />RE: 1212 E Fourth Street Application – Letter of Technical Assistance <br />The purpose of this letter is to provide technical assistance to the City of Santa Ana (City) <br />regarding the application for a proposed housing project to be located at 1212 E Fourth <br />Street (Project). The California Department of Housing and Community Development <br />(HCD) received a request for technical assistance regarding the subject Project, and the <br />determination of application completion and consistency pursuant to the Permit <br />Streamlining Act (PSA) (Gov. Code, § 65920 et seq.), the Housing Accountability Act <br />(HAA) (Gov. Code, § 65589.5), and the State Density Bonus Law (SDBL) (Gov. Code, § <br />65915 et seq.). Additionally, the request asks if the Project will be subject to the City’s <br />recently amended inclusionary zoning ordinance, named the Affordable Housing <br />Opportunity and Creation Ordinance (AHOCO). <br />HCD understands that the proposed Project will create a total of 14 units, including one <br />unit dedicated to very low-income (VLI) households. The Project site has a general <br />plan land-use designation of Urban Neighborhood-Medium, allowing residential <br />densities of up to 40 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). The site is zoned Transit Zoning <br />Code (TZC) / Corridor Zone (CDR). The Project’s zoning classification is “Multi-Family <br />Dwellings.”1 Under the SDBL, the Project’s base density is 12 units (0.287 acres x 40 <br />du/ac, rounded up per Gov. Code, § 65915, subd. (q)). The applicant is providing eight <br />percent VLI units (one unit) to earn a 27.5-percent density bonus (four units). While <br />entitled to four units, the applicant has chosen to incorporate only two bonus units. The <br />Project seeks concessions and development standard waivers pursuant to the SDBL. <br />1 Transit Zoning Code (TZC), Section 41-2007, Table 2A – Use Standards. <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 23 – 137 10/17/2023