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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 45 of 47 <br />G. Following said analysis of the City Council points of discussion as iterated <br />above, City staff has prepared ZOA No. 2024-02 to amend and add certain <br />sections to Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), <br />Article XIX. The Transit Zoning Code/Specific Development (SD) No. 84 <br />Zoning District, including the deletion of industrial land uses; amend non- <br />conforming regulations including the addition of an amortization process; <br />amend and add operational standards for allowed uses and non-conforming <br />uses; and delete the Industrial Overlay (I-OZ) zone from text and maps from <br />certain properties within the SD84 Zoning District. <br /> <br />H. Amendments to Chapter 41 (Zoning) are necessary to ensure uniform and <br />legally consistent regulations as well as additions to enable the City to <br />implement a regulatory framework that protects the health, safety, and <br />welfare of the City. <br /> <br />I. The proposed amendments to the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) that <br />are the subject of this Ordinance support the objectives and policies of the <br />City’s General Plan and are required to ensure consistency in accordance <br />with Government Code Section 65860. <br /> <br />J. Specifically, these amendments to the SAMC timely address current <br />inconsistencies within an area of the City prioritized for addressing EJ. In <br />effect, the amendments are necessary to address numerous policies of the <br />General Plan that the current TZC is found to be inconsistent with, that <br />without such amendments, will continue the path of irreconcilable land use <br />patterns within the TZC. Specifically, these policies include Policy LU-1.1 <br />(Compatible Uses), Policy LU-2.4 (Cost and Benefit of Development), Policy <br />LU-3.8 (Sensitive Receptors), Policy LU-3.9 (Noxious, Hazardous, <br />Dangerous, and Polluting Uses), Policy LU-3.11 (Air Pollution Buffers), <br />Policy LU-4.3 (Sustainable Land Use Strategies), Policy LU-4.6 (Healthy <br />Living Conditions), Policy CM-3.2 (Healthy Neighborhoods), Policy EP-1.9 <br />(Avoid Conflict of Uses), Policy EP-3.3 (Mitigate Impacts), Policy CN-1.5 <br />(Sensitive Receptor Decisions), Policy CM-3.2 (Healthy Neighborhoods), <br />and Policy HE-5.5 (Community Development), which are targeted at <br />correcting past land use planning practices that have placed an unequitable <br />environmental and health burden on certain neighborhoods now termed <br />disadvantaged communities. The proposed amendments support these <br />goals and policies by: <br /> <br />1. Fostering the compatibility between residential and nonresidential land <br />uses within the TZC to enhance livability and promote healthier <br />lifestyles, and improve public health and quality of life; <br />2. Resolving the development of industrial land uses and sensitive <br />receptors being in close proximity to each other that pose health hazards <br />by eliminating an overlay zone that promulgated continuation of <br />industrial uses without recourse; <br />3. Improving the health of the existing and future residents of the TZC by <br />regulating the operations of noxious, hazardous, dangerous, and