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Ground floor retail, street <br />orientation, differentiated fa .Cade <br />treatment for housing, and <br />structured parking give a vibrant, <br />pedestrian- oriented look. <br />HOUSING RESOURCES <br />■ Village Center District. This district is intended as a focal point and <br />central gathering place, providing shopping, dining, recreation, and <br />entertainment. The district will provide commercial, office, and <br />residential uses in the same building or on the same site in midrise <br />buildings of six to ten stories, in settings that provide open spaces and <br />areas for gatherings. <br />■ Neighborhood Transitional District. This district is intended for the <br />lowest scale and intensity of uses. Development is limited to residential, <br />live -work, or office uses. These uses may combine office on the ground <br />floor with residential above or in freestanding single -use buildings <br />between two and three stories, adjacent to single - family homes to the <br />north. <br />The City has identified an interim potential of 964 units that can be built on 21 <br />acres of vacant and underutilized land during the 2006 -2014 planning period. <br />Further assessments will be done to provide a detailed analysis of the short -term <br />development potential. The majority of area designated for residential uses is also <br />in a redevelopment project area. <br />TRANSIT CORRIDORS <br />Santa Ana has identified three key transportation corridors that are ripe for <br />recycling and redesignation to allow for higher density housing. The selected <br />corridors are consistent with the City's Go Local vision to promote sustainable <br />multi -modal transportation options. The three transportation corridors selected <br />are Harbor Boulevard, Fifth Street, and First Street. <br />Harbor Boulevard <br />The Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan (Harbor Corridor Plan) <br />will be adopted in early 2014. The section of north Harbor Boulevard guided by <br />this specific plan is a gateway to Santa Ana. Orange County's first bus rapid <br />transit service (Bravo! BRT operated by OCTA), opened Route 543 along Harbor <br />Boulevard in June 2013, with two more BRT lines (Bristol/State College and <br />Westminster /17th Street) expected to open in the coming years. <br />The combination of location, expanded transit, and availability of vacant and <br />underutilized land in this area makes it prime for redevelopment. The Specific <br />Plan's development framework supports up to 4,600 residential units and 2 <br />million square feet of commercial and employment space. <br />J�A <br />32 CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT <br />