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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING ONE (1) <br />CONCESSION PURSUANT TO STATE DENSITY BONUS <br />LAW TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN DENSITY <br />BONUS AGREEMENT NO. 2025-01 TO ALLOW AN <br />EIGHTY-SIX UNIT MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENT <br />FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2020 EAST <br />FIRST STREET (APN: 402-191-03) <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares as follows: <br />A. Louisa Feletto, with MLC Holdings, Inc./Meritage Homes ("Applicant"), <br />representing property owner Paul Miszkowicz with 2020 E First, LLC <br />("Property Owner"), is requesting approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map <br />No. 2025-01 (VTTM-2025-01), Density Bonus Application No. 2025-01 <br />(DBA-2025-01), and Site Plan Review Application No. 2025-01 (SP-2025- <br />01) to facilitate the construction of a multi -family residential development, <br />including eighty townhome units and six duplexes (eighty-six total units), for <br />the property located at 2020 East First Street ("Project"). <br />B. California Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (HCA), amending <br />the Permit Streamlining Act and the Housing Accountability Act, became <br />effective on January 1, 2020, and established a statewide "housing <br />emergency" until January 1, 2025. <br />C. On January 1, 2022, the HCA was extended until January 1, 2030, with the <br />passage of Senate Bill 8. <br />D. The proposed development is being submitted as a Senate Bill No. 330 (SB <br />330) application. <br />E. The Project site is located within the General Commercial (C2) zoning <br />district and within the Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay Zone (MEMU). The <br />MEMU was adopted in 2007 to encourage mixed -use residential and <br />commercial development. The overlay district was later expanded in 2018. <br />The regulating plan, which establishes land uses and development <br />standards, allows a variety of housing projects, including multi -family and <br />mixed -use residential communities, as well as live/work units. <br />Resolution No. 2025-XX <br />Page 1 of 10 <br />