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ZOA No. 2024-02 & AA No. 2024-03 (Transit Zoning Code Amendments) February 24, 2025 Page 10 3 3 6 7 Public Outreach Following City Council's extension of the SD-84 TZC Moratorium on May 21, 2024, the Planning and Building Agency has been developing proposed regulations for the TZC district, encompassing the Downtown, Lacy, and Logan neighborhoods. This effort includes updates to permitted uses (including the removal of industrial uses), operational standards, non-conforming use regulations (including a new amortization process), and reflects ongoing input from affected business owners, residents, community stakeholders, and industrial/commercial brokers gathered since July 2024, including a Community Information Meeting on October 22, 2024, and culminating in a series of meetings through February 20, 2025. The draft amendments to the TZC were released to the public on January 15, 2025, and were made available on the City’s Moratorium webpage. These amendments address the permitted uses table, nonconforming regulations, amortization, and operational standards, and are designed to prepare for the TZC Moratorium's expiration on April 15, 2025. Staff met with business owners and brokers on January 30, 2025, to discuss the draft regulations and met with the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods meeting on February 19, 2025, and again with a focus group of industrial businesses on February 20, 2025. Staff have continued to update the TZC (SD-84) Moratorium project webpage with additional updates, including the Study Session and Public Hearing Notice and recent Planning Commission’s Study Session PowerPoint presentation. City staff have also prepared two Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents to clarify information regarding the Moratorium, affected businesses, the proposed zoning amendments, legal concerns, community engagement, and opportunities to participate in the public hearing process. The first FAQ became available prior to the City’s project informational meeting on October 22, 2024, and the second FAQ is included with this staff report (Exhibit 5). Current Code and Proposed Amendments to Text, Figures and Maps Based upon the City Council’s actions and direction enacting the moratorium combined with the research and analysis of the issues herein, staff has prepared the proposed zoning ordinance (ZOA No. 2024-02) and zoning map (AA No. 2024-03) amendments. The proposed amendments would modify the list of land uses and permit types including the deletion of industrial land uses; amend nonconforming regulations including the addition of an amortization/termination of use process; amend and add operational standards for allowed uses and nonconforming uses; delete the Industrial Overlay (I-OZ) zone from text and maps; and delete the M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) suffixes from certain properties within the TZC boundary as designated on the City of Santa Ana Zoning Map.