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Zoning AdministratorRegular Meeting Agenda PacketJune 18, 2025COUNCIL CHAMBER20 Civic Center PlazaSanta Ana, CA10:30 AMCity Clerk’s OfficeLegal Counsel Ali Pezeshkpour,AICPActing ExecutiveDirector Ricardo Soto, AICPActing Planning ManagerSiri A. Champion, AICPZoning Administrator Gema ZapienActing Recording SecretaryIn compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this Meeting,contact Michael Ortiz, City ADA Program Coordinator, at (714) 6475624. Notification 48 hours prior to the Meeting will enablethe City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting. The City Council agenda and supportingdocumentation can be found onthe City’s website – www.santaana.org/citymeetings.CALL TO ORDERROLL CALLPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEPUBLIC COMMENTSBUSINESS CALENDARPublic Hearing:The Zoning Administrator's decision is final unless appealed within 10calendar days. Legal Notice was published in the Orange County Reporter on June 06,2025 and notices were mailed on said date.1.MINOR EXCEPTION NOS. 202501 AND 202502 FOR THE PROPERTYLOCATED AT 1200 NORTH TUSTIN AVENUE LOCATED WITHIN THEPROFESSIONAL (P) ZONING DISTRICT.Project Applicant: Selena Kelaher with EPD Solutions, Inc., representing OrangeCounty Employees Retirement System (OCERS) (“Applicant”) and 2223 WellingtonPlace Corporation (“Property Owner”)Proposed Project:Applicant is requesting approval of Minor ExceptionApplication No. 202501 to exceed the maximum allowable building height of 35 feet,by no more than twenty five percent (25%), for a total height of 43 feet and 9 inches.Additionally, Applicant is requesting approval of Minor Exception Application No. 202502 to allow a reduction in the number of required offstreet parking stalls, by no morethan twenty percent (20%). The Applicant is requesting approval of both applications forthe development of a new office building.Environmental Impact:The Zoning Administrator will consider a determination thatthe project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15302 (Class 2) of theCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Notice of Exemption, EnvironmentalReview No. 2024116, will be filed for this project.Recommended Action:1. Adopt a resolution approving Minor Exception No. 202501 (BuildingHeight Increase) as conditioned; and2. Adopt a resolution approving Minor Exception No. 202502 (OffStreetParking Reduction) as conditioned. ***END OF BUSINESS CALENDAR*** CLOSING COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT WRITTEN COMMENTS You are invited to submit a written comment in one of the following ways: Email PBAecomments@santaana.org and reference the topic in the subject line. Mail to Gema Zapien, Acting Recording Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza – M20, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Deadline to submit written comments is 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting.Comments received after the deadline may not be distributed to the Zoning Administrator but will be made part of the record. APPEAL INFORMATION The formal action by the Zoning Administrator shall become effective after the tenday appeal period. An appeal from the decision or requirement of the Zoning Administrator may be made by any interested party, individual, or group. The appeal must be filed with the Clerk of the Council, accompanied by the required filing fee, and a copy sent to the Planning Department, within ten days of the date of the Zoning Administrator’s action, by 5:00 p.m. If the final day to appeal falls on a City Hall observed holiday or a day when City hall is closed, the final day to appeal shall be extended to the next day City Hall is open for public business. Please note: Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or City Council at or before the hearing. Zoning Administrator 3 6/18/2025