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Chapter 5 Statement of Overriding Considerations <br />mandates that in order to satisfy its RHNA requirement the City create opportunities for new <br />housing, particularly affordable housing, through the application of zoning which allows for <br />increased density. The existing maximum density allowed under the current zoning within the area <br />covered by the Transit Zoning Code is 15 dwelling units per acre, though there are projects within <br />the area that were constructed prior to the establishment of the current zoning that exceed the 15 <br />dwelling units per acre. The State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) <br />requires that cities provide zoning that allows for residential construction at a minimum density of <br />30 dwelling units per acre in order to meet the density criteria that HCD has established as being <br />supportive of affordable housing production. The City's Housing Element identified the <br />Renaissance Specific Plan area, which shares the same geographic boundary as the Transit Zoning <br />Code area, as one that has the potential to provide a new source of residential in-fill development <br />and, as such, was used to partially satisfy the City's RHNA requirement. During the planning <br />period covered by the Housing Element (2006-2014) it is estimated that the City could anticipate <br />up to 238 units of new residential development. Throughout the life of the Transit Zoning Code (a <br />planning horizon of 20 to 30 years) it is estimated that there could be as many as 4,075 new <br />residential units, a portion of which could be expected to meet affordability requirements. The <br />Project implements the Housing Element and provides the zoning necessary to stimulate new <br />affordable housing production. <br />j. The Developer Project component of the Project and the Mercy House project (and/or another <br />form of affordable housing or other use on the site of the Mercy House project) will provide up to <br />220 new residential units. As currently designed these projects will provide approximately 122 <br />rental units affordable to those meeting the Orange County criteria for Low, Very-Low and <br />Extremely Low Income, three manager's units for the rental projects, approximately 24 for-sale <br />units, up to five of which will be affordable to those meeting the Orange County criteria for <br />Moderate Income, and the balance of which will be market-rate for-sale units. This creates a <br />combined total of approximately 149 new residential units. Of these, approximately 127 will be <br />deed-restricted affordable housing and will be counted towards the City's RHNA requirement. <br />These 127 affordable units represent 53% of all new units estimated to be constructed within the <br />2006-2014 planning horizon of the Housing Element for the Transit Zoning Code area and <br />represent 10% of the City's total RHNA requirement for Very Low and Low Income housing <br />(1,268 units - City of Santa Ana Housing Element 2006-2014 Table 4). This is a significant <br />contribution to meeting both the State mandated requirements for affordable housing production, <br />as well as meeting a real need for the residents of Santa Ana. In addition, the Mercy House project <br />(11 of the 127 previously described units) meets the City's criteria for Special Needs housing, also <br />identified as a need in the Housing Element. Failure to approve the Developer Project and the <br />Mercy House project will eliminate an important new source of affordable housing and special <br />needs housing. <br />k. The Developer Project furthers the City's policy of "maximiz[ing] affordable housing on Agency- <br />owned properties that is of high quality, sustainable, and available to various income levels." (See <br />Santa Ana Housing Element [2006-2014], Policy HE-2.8.) It meets the City's policy to "encourage <br />the construction of rental housing for Santa Ana's residents and workforce, including a <br />commitment to very low, low and moderate income residents and moderate income Santa Ana <br />workers" (Policy HE-2.3) and its policy to "facilitate and encourage a diversity and range in types, <br />prices, and sizes of housing, including single-family homes, apartments, town homes, mixed/multi- <br />use housing, transit-oriented developments, and live/work housing" (Policy HE-2.4). (See Santa <br />Ana Housing Element [2006-2014].) The Transit Zoning Code component of the Project <br />accomplishes this by creating zoning and affordable housing incentives that supports the <br />Transit Zoning Code (SD 84) EIR Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations 5-11
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