2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor Draft EIR Land Use and existing and future physical development of the community, public and private. The City of Santa Ana General Plan contains the following elements: Land Use, Airport Environs, Circulation, Conservation, Economic Development, Education, Energy, Growth Management, Housing, Noise, Open Space, Parks and Recreation, Public Facilities, Public Safety, Scenic Corridors, Seismic, and Urban Design. Each General Plan Element contains goals and policies to guide existing and future land use and development activities. Analysis for Impact 4.4 -2 in this section contains a consistency analysis that lists General Plan goals for land use and planning and all other CEQA issue areas. The City of Santa Ana Urban Design General Plan Element reflects the area occupied by the Main Place Mall as a "Node" or area of compatible and intensive activities that have identifiable boundaries which, through unique design characteristics, provide a clear sense of place. Similar to other "Nodes" in the City, the Main Place node is intended to serve as a district center, as indicated in the Land Use Element. Exhibit 3 -5 displays the District Center (DC) General Plan land use designation on either side of Main Street at the intersection with Main Place Drive /East Memory Lane. The District Center land use designation includes the major activity areas in the City and has an intensity standard of 1.0 to 3.0 FAR. District Centers are designed to serve as anchors to the City's commercial corridors, and to accommodate major development activity. The most intense development in the City is targeted for these areas. District Centers are to be developed with an urban character that includes a mixture of high -rise office, commercial, and residential uses which provide shopping, business, cultural, education, recreation, entertainment, and housing opportunities. Residential developments within most District Centers are allowed at a density of up to 90 units per acre when developed as an integral component of a master planned, mixed use project. The Main Place District Center includes a regional shopping center and office complex, with additional high intensity mixed use development (e.g. City Place) recently established within this District and more development proposed. A series of Mixed Use Corridors underlie the entire General Plan. Main Street is contained within the Main - Broadway primary street corridor. A major City entry is identified along Main Street south of the Garden Grove Freeway. 4.4.4 - Thresholds of Significance According to the CEQA Guidelines' Appendix G Environmental Checklist, to determine whether land use and planning impacts are significant environmental effects, the following questions are analyzed and evaluated. Would the project: a.) Physically divide an established community? b.) Conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not limited to the general plan, specific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? Michael Brandman Associates 4.4 -3 HU imto? NJN )b327b32]0030\DEM \032]0030SeU Laud US a dP nmgd