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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> Planning Commission Action <br /> <br /> <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br /> DECEMBER 13, 2010 APPROVED <br /> TITLE: ? As Recommended <br /> PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY ORANGE HOUSING ? As Amended <br /> DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND C 8, C ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> DEVELOPMENT FOR DENSITY BONUS APPLICATION DENIED <br /> NO. 2010-04 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 2010-03 TO ? Applicant's Request <br /> ALLOW A FIVE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT ? Staff Recommendation <br /> 435 AND 437 SOUTH BIRCH STREET CONTINUED TO <br /> Prepared by Lucy Linnaus <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Executive Director Planning Man er <br /> <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Adopt a resolution approving deviations from the Specific Development No. 40 (SD-40) <br /> zoning district as allowed by Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-1606 and the State of <br /> California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable housing <br /> production. <br /> <br /> 2. Adopt a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2010-03 as conditioned. <br /> <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> <br /> Request of the Applicant <br /> <br /> Todd Cottle with Orange Housing Development Corporation and C & C Development, DBA Santa Ana <br /> WBBB, L.P. (Developer) is requesting approval of deviations from the development standards <br /> contained within the Specific Development No. 40 (SD40) zone as allowed by SAMC Section 41-1606 <br /> and the State of California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable <br /> housing production. In order to allow this project, the applicant is also requesting site plan approval to <br /> allow a five-unit residential project located at 435 and 437 South Birch Street. <br /> Property Description <br /> <br /> The project site is located midblock on Birch Street, between Chestnut Avenue and Camille Street. <br /> The site is composed of two, flat, rectangular, vacant parcels that total 14,000 square feet in size and <br /> will be consolidated via a voluntary lot merger. The zoning designation for the parcels is Project Area 2 <br /> of Specific Development No. 40, Heninger Park (SD-40), with a General Plan land use designation of <br /> Low Density Residential (LR) which allows a maximum density of seven dwelling units per acre. <br /> Surrounding land uses include multi-family dwellings to the north, west and south, and a mix of single- <br /> family and multi-family to the east (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> 39C-3 <br />