Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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AA No. 2023-04 and ZOA No. 2023-03 for Vista Heritage Charter School at 601 North Fairview Street December 11, 2023 Page 7 REQUIREMENT ISSUE AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT institutions into a series of transit -oriented neighborhoods that support and benefit from future streetcar stops. Proposed Amendment: The proposed amendment will update the list of permissible uses per zone to establish consistency with the Flex-1.5 General Plan land use designation and the focus area. Amendment Application Currently, the site to the south of 601 N. Fairview Street is zoned SD-82, and the proposed rezoning intends to align the subject site with the existing development to the south. Within the SD-82 regulations, permissible uses encompass industrial, school, and church uses. Expanding the SD-82 boundaries will accommodate additional administrative office use at 601 N. Fairview Street. This zoning adjustment aims to repurpose the existing industrial building, historically serving as an auto -repair business, into an administrative office space. Under the current M1 zoning, only up to thirty percent of the gross floor area can be allocated for administrative office use. The proposed rezoning, coupled with amendments to the SD-82 regulations, seeks to enable the existing building's operation as an administrative office without constraint, limited to Parcel 4. More importantly, the rezoning is not anticipated to exacerbate traffic flow, parking demands, or noise impacts. As detailed in Table 3, the proposed rezoning is projected to address and mitigate any potential adverse effects on the surrounding community. General Plan Consistency The approval of the subject project will be consistent with the General Plan land use designation and the designated focus area. The subject site is located within the Industrial/Flex-Low (Flex-1.5) General Plan land use designation. The Flex-1.5 land use designation encourages a myriad of industrial uses that do not produce significant air pollutants including office -industrial flex spaces, small-scale clean manufacturing, research and development, among other uses. Furthermore, the site is located within one of the five focus areas as prescribed by the General Plan. Specifically, the site is located within the West Santa Ana Boulevard Focus Area. The focus area is intended to transition a group of auto -oriented neighborhoods and institutions into a series of transit -oriented neighborhoods that support and benefit from future streetcar stops. In order to accomplish the goals of the General Plan, the focus area promotes infill development while respecting established neighborhoods and providing buffers from industrial to residential neighborhoods. The proposed project will create a buffer from industrial uses to City Council 26 — 299 1/16/2024