Item 22 - Public Hearing Ordinance Second Reading - General Plan Amendment, Zoo Overflow Parking Rezone

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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Built -Up Land by the FMMP, which is defined as land that is occupied by structures with a building density of at least 1 unit to 1.5 acres, or approximately six structures to a 10-acre parcel. The Williamson Act, codified in 1965 as the California Land Conversation Act, allows local governments to enter into contracts with private landowners, offering tax incentives in exchange for an agreement that the land will remain undeveloped or related open space use only for a period of 10 years. Additionally, according to the Williamson Act map for Orange County FMMP, the project site is not under a Williamson Act Contract and there are no Williamson Act lands in the vicinity." CEQA requires the evaluation of forest and timber resources where those resources are present; however, the project site is located within a commercial area of Santa Ana and there is no forest land as described in Public Resources Code Section 12220(g), timberland as defined by Public Resources Code Section 4526, or property zoned for Timberland Production as defined by Government Code Section 51104(g) on the site or in its vicinity. Would the project: a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to nonagricultural use? No impact. There is currently no Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland) within the City, including the project site. Therefore, impacts related to Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland) would not occur. b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act Contract? Less than significant impact. There is currently no land in the City under a Williamson Act Contract. 16 According to the Zoning Ordinance, the project site is zoned All, although it currently operates as an overflow parking lot for the zoo. The proposed project would continue this use, and includes a proposed rezoning to C2 to ensure alignment between the ongoing use of the site and the underlying zoning. As such, the proposed project would not conflict with zoning. While the proposed project would change existing zoning that allows for agricultural use, the proposed project would not impact an existing agricultural use nor would it have any impact on a Williamson Act Contract. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant. City of Santa Ana. 2021. Final Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report, Chapter 8 - Impacts Found Not to Be Significant. Website: https://general-plan-santa-ana-ca.proudcity.com/documents/chapter-8-impacts-found-not-to-be- significant/. Accessed July 7, 2025. Ibid. FCS 25 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx