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The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (1561 W. Sunflower Avenue) August 11, 2025 Page 3 Item Information Existing Zoning Designation Specific Development No. 48 (SD-48) Proposed Zoning Designation Specific Plan No. 6 (SP-6) Surrounding Land Use North Multi-family communities of Versailles on the Lake and Saint Albans East Commercial Center / Related Bristol Specific Plan (SP-5) West Village Creek condominium community in the City of Costa Mesa South South Coast Plaza in the City of Costa Mesa Property Size 17.2 acres Existing Site Development The Project Site is currently developed with the South Coast Plaza Village commercial center, which consists of approximately 164,049 square feet of retail shops, restaurants, offices, and a cinema building. Other improvements include surface parking and landscaping. Use Permissions Mixed-use urban villages permissible by the DC-5 General Plan land use designation. Municipal Code Section Sections Affected Development Standards Appendix A, Table LU-A-1 (Interim Development Standards) of the General Plan Land Use Element. Entitlements Sections 34-12, 41-592, and 41-667 of the SAMC. DISCUSSION Project Description The Project proposes to redevelop the Project Site with a mixed-use urban village on six parcels. The Project would permit up to 1,583 residential units (encompassing approximately 1,850,000 square feet of building space) with a projected population of 3,659 individuals (at a 95.9 percent occupancy rate), 80,000 square feet of commercial space, 300,000 square feet of office space, and 13.8 acres of public and private outdoor and recreation space (of which 7.5 acres will be publicly accessible open space). These uses would occupy mixed-use, residential, and commercial buildings varying in height from one to 25 stories. The Project’s focal point is a central commercial area that would include a variety of commercial uses, such as restaurants, a market, and retail uses, with additional commercial uses extending through the ground floor of adjacent residential buildings creating an urban village design. The Project would provide parking to accommodate residents and visitors by a combination of underground parking, above- ground structure parking, and on-street parking adjacent to the commercial uses. Should the Project be approved, construction of the Project would be implemented in five phases to account for market conditions and to ensure that access, public facilities, and infrastructure connections are appropriately installed to serve the Project. These phases may overlap and completion of the Project may take up to 20 years, depending on market factors. As the requested entitlements would establish a specific plan, individual Project