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

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor Aesthetics Draft EIR and Country Manor campus, Memory Lane, Santiago Creek and Park, single - family residential uses, and the Orange Financial Center and parking structure. The Park is 23 acres in size and provides a combination of active and passive recreational uses. To the south is Memory Lane and Santiago Creek and Park, located across Memory Lane. Single - family residential uses border the Park on the south. To the west are Lawson Way and City Place, a 17.7 -acre mixed -use development, a portion of which planned to contain a 31 -story high -rise structure is currently being processed by the City. Adjoining City Place on the north end is the 16 -story Orange Executive Tower and supporting 7 -story parking structure, and an apartment complex north of Town and Country Road. Further west across Main Street is the Westfield Main Place mall, which includes movie theaters, retail uses, and restaurants, and the I -5 freeway. 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 floor area ratio (FAR, defined as the ratio between total gross floor area of all buildings on a lot and the total area of that lot). 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. The City of Santa Ana Urban Design General Plan Element also identifies two "districts" as elements of the City's urban form in proximity to the project site. Districts refer to those areas of the City that have consistent design features with a strong context and interrelationship of activities. The North Main Design District lies across Main Street to the west, and includes the Main Place Mall. The Park Santiago District is south of Santiago Creek and the project site. The Urban Design Element establishes goals and policies to help guide the design of land uses proposed within a Design District. Specifically, land uses proposed within a Design District should exhibit high quality design and should incorporate design elements that are proportional and aesthetically related to the District setting. Michael Brandman Associates 4.1 -2 H \Cl t (PN JN)b327b327W3MME 3270030 Sec I Ae9h .d¢