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<br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> JANUARY 4, 2011 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> DENSITY BONUS APPLICATION NO. 2010-02 ? As Amended <br /> TO ALLOW A FIVE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL El Ordinance on 151 Reading <br /> ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br /> DEVELOPMENT AT 2034 AND 2038 NORTH ? Implementing Resolution <br /> BUSH STREET - ORANGE HOUSING ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND C & C <br /> DEVELOPMENT, APPLICANT <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> FILE NUMBER <br /> C TY MANAGER <br /> <br /> <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Receive and file the staff report approving Density Bonus Application No. 2010-02. <br /> <br /> 2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached Density Bonus <br /> agreement with Santa Ana WBBB, L.P., subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the <br /> City Manager and City Attorney for the development of five affordable rental units. <br /> <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br /> On December 13, 2010, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving deviations from <br /> the Two-Family Residence (R2) development standards contained in Section 41-246 et seq. of the <br /> Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) as allowed by SAMC Section 41-1606 and the State of <br /> California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable housing <br /> production by a vote of 4:2 (Acosta, Walters opposed; Turner absent) to allow a five-unit <br /> residential development at 2034 and 2038 North Bush located in the Two Family Residential (R2) <br /> zoning district. The Planning Commission made no changes to the recommended action outlined <br /> in the attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br /> <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> <br /> Density Bonus Agreement <br /> <br /> The State density bonus law was created to encourage the production of quality affordable <br /> housing by allowing cities to approve qualified projects that would have units, or densities, in <br /> excess of cities' statutory density caps established under General Plans and zoning. Under this <br /> article, developers wishing to construct projects that meet the requirement for a specified <br /> percentage of affordable housing units may request to enter into a Density Bonus Agreement with <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 39A-1 <br />