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<br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 15 of 49 <br />and accent street trees in parkway strips along Santa Ana Boulevard, and in <br />sidewalk tree wells where on-street parking is provided. Parking is <br />accommodated on-street, in structures with liner buildings, and underground. <br /> <br />(2) Government Center (GC) Zone. <br />This area accommodates a wide variety of civic uses, including Federal, State, <br />and local government offices and services, libraries, museums, community <br />centers, and other civic assembly facilities and is identified, but not regulated, <br />by this Article. Refer to City requirements as identified in SAMC Chapter 41. <br />Building types vary according to their public purpose, are programmed by the <br />various government agencies for their specific sites, and therefore are not <br />coded by this Article the Transit Zoning Code (SD84A and SD84B). The <br />landscape style is urban, emphasizing shading street trees in sidewalk tree <br />wells, and in landscaped public plazas. <br /> <br />(3) Downtown (DT) Zone. <br />This zone is applied to the historical shopping district of Santa Ana, a vital, <br />pedestrian-oriented area that is defined by multi-story urban building types (flex <br />blocks, live-work, stacked dwellings, and courtyard housing in the Downtown <br />edges) accommodating a mixture of retail, office, light service, and residential <br />uses. The standards of this zone are intended to reinforce the form and <br />character represented by pre-World War II buildings and recognized as a <br />National Historic District, through restoration, rehabilitation, and context- <br />sensitive infill. The standards also facilitate the replacement or improvement of <br />post-war development that eliminated the pedestrian orientation of various <br />downtown blocks (for example, parking structures with no features of <br />pedestrian interest along their entire lengths). The landscape st yle is urban, <br />emphasizing shading and accent street trees in sidewalk tree wells. Parking is <br />accommodated on-street and may also be in structures with liner buildings, <br />underground, and within block centers in surface lots not visible from streets. <br /> <br />(4) Urban Center (UC) Zone. <br />This zone is applied to the area surrounding the Downtown, which serves as a <br />transitional area to the surrounding lower intensity neighborhoods and to other <br />areas where mixed-use and multi-unit residential buildings create a pedestrian- <br />oriented urban fabric. The zone provides for a variety of non -residential uses <br />and a mix of housing types at medium intensities and densities. Besides <br />accommodating community serving businesses, this zone may also serve the <br />daily convenience shopping and service needs of nearby residents. Building <br />types include mixed-use Flex Blocks, stacked flats, live-work, row- houses, and <br />courtyard housing. The landscape is urban, emphasizing shading street trees <br />in sidewalk tree wells. Parking is accommodated on -street and may also be in <br />structures with liner buildings and underground in areas adjacent to the DT <br />zone, and in surface lots away from street frontages. <br /> <br />(5) Corridor (CDR) Zone. <br />This zone is applied to properties fronting existing commercial corridors and <br />provides standards to improve pedestrian-orientation in a transit-supportive, <br />mixed-use area. Mixed-use flex block and live-work building types are at or   <br />Planning Commission 1 – 27 3/6/2025 <br />