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Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-20 Variance No. 2006-13 September 14, 2009 Page 2 in 1995. The site remained vacant until 2000, when the parking lot was constructed without benefit of permits from the Planning and Building Agency. While stand-alone parking lots are conditionally permitted uses within this zone, the current improvements are not considered legal due to the lack of permits. The site is zoned Midtown Specific Plan/Bush Street Professional District (SP-3) with a corresponding land use designation of Professional and Administrative Office (PAO). Surrounding land uses include commercial and office to the north, single-family and multiple-family residential to the south, and commercial to the east and west (Exhibits 1 and 2). Project Description The applicant is proposing to legalize the existing parking lot for use as overflow parking for the building located at 1666 North Main Street. The lot, as proposed, will contain a total of 45 parking spaces. The parking lot will meet all City standards, including double striping, stall width, stall length and minimum back-up area, except for the required landscaped setbacks. Other improvements will be made to the site that include new landscaping and irrigation in the front yard planters, resurfacing of the parking lot and drainage in compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements for treating storm water runoff (Exhibit 3). Analysis of the Issues Conditional Use Permit Stand alone parking lots are conditionally permitted uses within the Bush Street Professional District of the Midtown Specific Plan (SP-3). The proposed parking is intended to provide additional guest parking spaces for the building located one block west of the site at 1666 North Main Street (Santa Ana Business Bank building), which was formerly owned by Caribou Industries, and is now owned by 5 Goodyear LLC. The parking lot will contribute to the general well being of the community by providing an additional overflow parking facility to individuals who work in the area, especially the 1666 North Main Street building. It will also contribute to the general well being of the area as the various hardscape and landscape improvements required for the property will improve the appearance of the site, which serves as an entry point into the French Court and French Park neighborhoods. 75D-6