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Planning and Building Agency <br />Item # 1 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />March 24, 2025 <br />Topic: Site Plan Review No. 2025-01, Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 2025-01, and <br />Density Bonus Agreement No. 2025-01 — MLC Holdings, Inc./Meritage Homes at 2020 <br />East First Street <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2025-01, as conditioned; <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 2025-01 (County Map <br />No. 19337), as conditioned; and <br />3. Adopt a resolution approving a concession in development standards as memorialized <br />in Density Bonus Agreement No. 2025-01, as conditioned. <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Louisa Feletto, with MLC Holdings, Inc./Meritage Homes, representing property owner Paul <br />Miszkowicz with 2020 E First, LLC, is requesting approval of Site Plan Review Application <br />(SPR) No. 2025-01, Vesting Tentative Tract Map (VTTM) No. 2025-01 (County Map No. <br />19337) for condominium purposes, and Density Bonus Application (DBA) No. 2025-01 to <br />allow the construction of a multi -family residential development, which includes eighty <br />townhome units and six duplexes (eighty-six total units), at the property located at 2020 East <br />First Street. Pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 8.1 the Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay Zone <br />(MEMU), in order to exercise the option to develop a multi -family residential project under <br />the MEMU, an SPR application needs to be approved by the Planning Commission. <br />Specifically, the applicant is requesting the SPR to facilitate the redevelopment of the site <br />and activate the Active Urban (AU) district of the MEMU. In addition, pursuant to Section 34- <br />127, approval of a VTTM application is required for projects proposing to create four or more <br />parcels. <br />The development will include five units designated for very low-income households earning <br />30-50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI). As proposed, the project will utilize one <br />concession to deviate from MEMU development standards through the density bonus <br />agreement pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65915 through 65918 and <br />