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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT <br />INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br />Environmental Issues <br />2.11 Land Use and Planning <br />Would the project: <br />a) Physically divide an established <br />community? <br />b) Cause a significant environmental impact <br />due to a conflict with any land use plan, <br />policy, or regulation adopted for the <br />purpose of avoiding or mitigating an <br />environmental effect? <br />Environmental Evaluation <br />Setting <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Potentially Impact with Less than <br />Significant Mitigation Significant <br />Impact Incorporated Impact No Impact <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />® <br />❑ <br />According to the City's General Plan Land Use Map, the project site is currently designated as OS <br />(Exhibit 2).54 Permitted uses under the OS land use designation include recreational and green <br />spaces, including parks, commercial open space; and public facilities such as water channels and rail <br />infrastructure.55 <br />The proposed project would include a GPA change the land use designation from the existing OS to <br />GC (Exhibit 3). The GC designation allows for retail and service establishments; recreational, cultural, <br />and entertainment uses; business and professional offices; vocational schools; and parking facilities. <br />These uses are designed to be along arterial corridors and support the development and continued <br />operation of recreational, cultural, entertainment, employment, and educational opportunities near <br />established residential neighborhoods. This designation allows for a typical maximum height of 35 <br />feet and a maximum intensity of 0.5 FAR for GC, 1.0 FAR for GC-1, and 1.5 FAR for GC-1.5.56 <br />The project site is currently zoned Al by the City Zoning Ordinance (Exhibit 4), which permits farming <br />(of crop agriculture and horticulture, grazing, small animal farms, and similar types), parks and <br />recreational buildings of public or quasi -public use (golf courses, country clubs and other similar <br />uses), accessory buildings, temporary sale stands for agricultural goods, and single-family residences <br />54 City of Santa Ana. 2022. Land Use Element. April 2022. Website: https://www.santa-ana.org/documents/general-plan- <br />land-use-element/. Accessed May 6, 2025 <br />55 Ibid. <br />56 Ibid. <br />FCS 71 <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx <br />