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REQUEST S <br />f <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 11, 2016 <br />TITLE. <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY MO MYERS <br />FOR VARIANCE NO. 2016 -05 TO ALLOW A <br />REDUCTION IN PARKING FOR 24 HOUR <br />FITNESS AT 1400 WEST EDINGER AVENUE <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2) <br />Prepared by Vince Frei %Oso -- <br />Ex utive drector <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />• <br />As Recommended <br />• <br />As Amended <br />• <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• <br />Applicant's Request <br />• <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2016 -05 as conditioned. <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Planning Mana6er <br />Mo Myers of Think Architecture, representing 24 Hour Fitness, is requesting approval of a variance <br />from Section 41 -1375 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) in order to allow a reduction in <br />required parking for a health club at a retail center located at 1400 West Edinger Avenue. <br />Prolect Location and Site Description <br />24 Hour Fitness is requesting approval of a variance in order to open a new health club within a <br />vacant tenant space at 1400 West Edinger Avenue. The overall site is approximately 6.3 -acres in <br />size and contains a multi- tenant commercial center that is located at the southwest earner of West <br />Edinger Avenue and South Bristol Street. The site is anchored by a Smart & Final Extra market and <br />a Rite -Aid pharmacy and contains numerous retail and eating establishments. 24 Hour Fitness will <br />be locating within a 40,033- square foot tenant space that is located at the southwest portion of the <br />site. <br />The retail center contains approximately 129,500 square feet of commercial and restaurant space and <br />opened in 1963. Retail tenants currently share 551 parking spaces that are provided in a surface <br />parking lot. The site is surrounded by retail and residential to the north and west; by a church use to <br />the south; and Mater Del High School to the east (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is General Commercial (GC). General <br />Commercial land use districts provide accessible commercial development along the City's arterial <br />transportation corridors and provide important neighborhood facilities and services, such as this <br />health club. The site is located within the General Commercial (C -2) zoning district, which allows <br />retail and service uses such as health clubs, making the proposed use consistent with the General <br />Plan and zoning designations. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31 D -3 <br />