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South Coast Technology Center Project
<br />CEQA Exemption 15183
<br />Surrounding uses adjacent to the Project Site include office, commercial, government, and
<br />recreational uses. To the north of the Project Site, across from West Lake Center Drive, is the
<br />Calvary Chapel Private School Program support facility and athletic fields. Surface parking, a
<br />parking structure, and the Greenville Banning Channel bound the Project Site to the east. To the
<br />south of the Project Site are office buildings, surface parking lots, and a U.S. Postal Service
<br />facility. Freight rail tracks bound the Project Site to the west.
<br />2.3 General Plan Designation and Zoning
<br />According to the General Plan Update Land Use Element Figure LU-1, Land Use Map, the Project
<br />Site is designated Industrial (IND).2 The Industrial designation provides space for activities such
<br />as light and heavy manufacturing, warehousing, processing, and distribution as well as
<br />commercial uses ancillary to industrial activities. According to the General Plan Update Land Use
<br />Element Table LU-3, Density and Intensity Standards, the Industrial designation generally allows
<br />a maximum 0.45 floor -area -ratio (FAR) with a typical maximum building height of 35 feet.
<br />However, Table LU-3 provides a specific exception for the Lake Center Development, defined by
<br />Specific Development Plan Number 58 (SD-58), that allows intensities up to 0.72 FAR (see
<br />Footnote 4 of General Plan Update Land Use Element Table LU-3). Similarly, regarding height,
<br />Table LU-3 Footnote 2 explains that the actual maximum standard allowed on each site may be
<br />different than listed in Table LU-3 and that the allowable height of development on any parcel is
<br />subject to the zoning standards.
<br />Based on the City of Santa Ana Zoning Map (Zoning Map), the Project Site is zoned SD-58.
<br />According to Ordinance No. NS-2089, permitted uses in the SD-58 District are professional and
<br />business offices providing personal and professional services including employment agencies,
<br />medical insurance, real estate, travel, trade contractors, architects, engineers, finance, research
<br />and development, and other similar use. The SD-58 District also allows commercial/retail uses,
<br />including service commercial uses such as daycare centers, banks and other financial institution,
<br />delicatessens, food stores, newsstands, automobile support facilities, health and exercise centers
<br />and other similar uses, office and computer equipment, copy centers and other similar uses, office
<br />and computer equipment, postal centers, restaurants, travel services, and other similar uses. The
<br />SD-58 District permits a maximum FAR of 0.72 and a maximum height of 200 feet for the Project
<br />Site.
<br />2.4 Project Characteristics
<br />The Project proposes to demolish the Lake Center Office Park, including the three existing
<br />buildings, a parking structure, and parking lots to construct three new Class A industrial buildings
<br />for office, manufacturing, and/or warehouse use. The three existing buildings within the Lake
<br />Center Office Park that would be demolished are located on the eastern portion of the Project
<br />Site and total 178,026 square feet. The total site area of 689,310 square feet (15.8 net acres)
<br />across the Project Site would be divided into two lot areas containing three buildings. Two new
<br />buildings (Buildings 2 and 3) would be constructed to replace the Lake Center Office Park and
<br />one new building (Building 1) would be constructed on the vacant field to the west of Susan Street;
<br />refer to Figure 3, Conceptual Site Plan. The three proposed Class A buildings would result in a
<br />total building square footage of 313,244 square feet. Each building would have a truck dock and
<br />a potential mezzanine located opposite the truck dock. A total of 497 parking stalls would be
<br />provided for the Project. The characteristics of each building are as follows:
<br />2 City of Santa Ana, Golden City Beyond, Santa Ana General Plan Land Use Element, Figure LU-1, Land Use Map,
<br />April 2022.
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