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Zuniga, Diana From: Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:59 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Hearing SD-84 Moratorium Extension Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. The March 3rd Train Station meeting brought together residents and businesses ... and made clear that many residents do not support an unjustified land grab which will benefit gentrifying developers -- and will harm many good businesses and their employees. Developers will bring in thousands of additional residents - and traffic - into high density multi-story units ... right between 2 historic single-family neighborhoods. We need a balanced approach that targets"bad actor"businesses which degrade both business and residential neighborhoods. -- Residents don't want to unnecessarily shut down clean industrial businesses and eliminate jobs. The draft regulations only came out in mid-January-- Leaving little time and opportunity for stakeholders to understand, discuss and collaborate on such a complicated and consequential set of regulations ... regulations which will encompass hundreds of businesses, properties and over 1,000 jobs. Critical details need to be addressed - such as the inaccurate and subjective classification of"noxious" businesses. There are devastating consequences for labeling a business as "noxious"—as the City has already done without sufficient justification. The City should focus on: Addressing the primary nuisance and "noxious" businesses -- 90% of the businesses do not cause any problems for the City or neighborhoods—yet they are being lumped in with the problem causing operators. Clarification of regulations --This re-zoning is every bit as significant to this area as the re-zoning is in the ongoing General Plan Update --but it has not received equivalent outreach, community input, and collaboration. Consider removing the M-2 overlay -- but allowing the M-1 Light Industrial to remain ... as was done in the County of Los Angeles "Green"rezoning. At the Train Station meeting and at the Planning Commission -- residents recommended that the M-1 zone remain and that the M-2 zone designation be eliminated. We strongly urge the Council to extend the moratorium, as allowed by California law, and to engage in a process which seeks greater community understanding and collaboration, and which protects both neighborhoods and businesses. i