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WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana had identified the parcels listed in Attachment 1 <br />and Attachment 2 to this ordinance as parcels exempt from streamlined review pursuant <br />to Government Code sections 65912.114 or 65912.124 by adoption of Resolution No. <br />2023-037, Urgency Ordinance No. NS-3045 and Ordinance No. NS-3047; and <br />WHEREAS, the parcels identified in Attachment 3 to this ordinance, as previously <br />adopted and now updated, met all of the required environmental criteria as shown in <br />environmental criteria analysis provided in Attachment 3; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has permitted the parcels listed in Attachment 3, <br />100 percent affordable and mixed -income, respectively, to this ordinance that are not <br />otherwise eligible for development pursuant to AB 2011 streamlined review to be <br />developed pursuant to the requirements of AB 2011; and <br />WHEREAS, the parcels listed in Attachment 3 to this ordinance may be developed <br />at the residential density required by AB 2011 or the residential density set forth in the <br />City's General Plan, whichever is greater, as described in the site suitability analysis <br />included in Attachment 3; and <br />WHEREAS, exempting the parcels listed in the amended parcels list contained in <br />Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 to this ordinance will not result in a net loss of the total <br />potential residential density in the jurisdiction because there is a surplus of residential <br />capacity on the alternative parcels identified in Attachment 3 to offset the lost potential <br />units on the exempt parcels whereby there will not be a net loss in the potential residential <br />units permitted in the jurisdiction, as provided in the calculations found in Attachment 3; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, there will be no net loss of the potential residential density of housing <br />affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction because the parcels identified <br />and listed in Attachment 3 allow density meeting or exceeding that required by <br />Government Code Section 65583.2(c)(3) of 30 dwelling units per acre, the threshold <br />established and deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income <br />households for jurisdictions in a metropolitan county and AB 2011 affordability criteria will <br />apply to developments on the alternative sites; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's local inclusionary housing ordinance, known as the Affordable <br />Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance (AHOCO), will require eligible projects <br />citywide to set aside units as affordable to lower and moderate -income households for at <br />least 55 years as applicable by AB 2011; and <br />WHEREAS, development of the alternative parcels eligible for AB 2011 streamlined <br />review and listed in Attachment 3 will result in affirmatively furthering fair housing as <br />described in the affirmatively furthering fair housing analysis included Attachment 3 to this <br />ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, exempting the parcels in the amended parcels list contained in <br />Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 will prevent housing from being developed on sites that <br />Ordinance No. NS-3075 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />