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VTTM No. 2025-02 and DBA No. 2025-02 – Santa Ana 9 Townhomes (125 and 205 S.
<br />Harbor Blvd.)
<br />June 3, 2025
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<br />Item Information
<br />Use Permissions Multi-Family Residential (permitted under Harbor Mixed Use
<br />Transit Corridor Plan, as part of SB 330 request)
<br />Zoning Code Sections Affected
<br />Uses Article XVI.I (Density Bonus); Corridor subzone within
<br />the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan (SP-2);
<br />and Chapter 34 (Subdivisions)
<br />Project Description
<br />The project includes the construction of a new residential development consisting of 36
<br />townhouse units and 9,567 square feet of open space (common and private combined).
<br />Additionally, the applicant is proposing to merge the properties at 125 and 205 S. Harbor
<br />Boulevard through an administrative lot merger process. The development will consist of
<br />four residential buildings that are three-stories in height and will provide onsite bicycle
<br />parking. The units will include private balconies, with some offering ground floor patios. The
<br />units have been designed with families in mind, offering 13 four-bedroom units and 23 three-
<br />bedroom units, and of the three-bedroom units, three are designed as live/work units. Every
<br />unit will contain a two-car garage at ground level (tuck-under building design) with
<br />residential units above, and the project site will contain ten guest parking spaces, for a
<br />total of 82 parking spaces, exceeding the requirements of SP-2. However, to proactively
<br />address parking management policies, staff is recommending conditions of approval
<br />similar to those for other residential infill projects that would incorporate parking
<br />management practices in the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) that will
<br />be recorded against the property.
<br />Of the total units in the development, four units are proposed to be affordable to moderate-
<br />income households earning 80-120 percent of the AMI, which is currently set at $154,800,
<br />adjusted for a four-person household size, as published by the California Department of
<br />Housing and Community Development (HCD). The affordable units will be two (2) three-
<br />bedroom, three-bath units and two (2) four-bedroom, four-bath units. The proposed
<br />affordable units will be 1,352 and 1,610 square feet in size and will contain full kitchens,
<br />bedrooms, bathrooms, and open/common (living) areas.
<br />Approximately 7,616 square feet or approximately 12 percent (12%) of the total site area
<br />will be open space provided through private exterior ground-level porches/front yards and
<br />upper decks distributed throughout the site. The remainder of the open space will be
<br />provided as a 1,951-square-foot common open courtyard within the site’s interior. The
<br />design and layout of the proposed common open space would function as a passive outdoor
<br />area, providing functional amenities to residents (e.g., picnic tables, BBQ, etc.). The open
<br />space would feature a shade trellis, hardscaping materials, trees, vines, and shrubs. The
<br />proposed landscaping includes, but is not limited to, pink trumpet, purple orchid, tulip, sweet
<br />bay, African sumac, southern magnolia, fern pine, Brisbane box, and crape myrtle trees, as
<br />well as a variety of shrubs. Lastly, each unit will also contain decks/private balconies for the
<br />use of each unit’s owners.
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<br />City Council 19 – 3 6/3/2025
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