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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 19, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING—ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2017-05 TO AMEND <br />PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 41 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING <br />TO SMALL LOT SUBDIVISIONS — CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, APPLICANT <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2; 5,3) <br />SWI iY9 <br />7 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />011=161TA:4 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on V Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2017-05. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />At its regular meeting on November 13, 2017, the Planning Commission by a vote of 6:0 (Verino <br />absent) recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendment No. 2017-05 to amend Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to <br />allow the creation of small lot subdivisions in certain zoning districts. The Planning Commission <br />recommended adoption of the proposed zoning ordinance amendment with no changes to the <br />proposed ordinance outlined in the attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br />The City is proposing to add Article XX. — Small Lot Subdivisions to Chapter 41 of the SAMC to <br />allow the creation of small lot subdivisions in certain zoning districts. The ordinance will promote <br />affordable housing ownership opportunities by providing flexible development standards and <br />maintenance instruments. Staff is recommending approval of the ZOA to create flexible housing <br />construction and ownership opportunities in areas of the city already identified for infill or medium - <br />density housing. <br />Background <br />As the State's economy recovers, affordable housing supply still remains an issue. In an effort to <br />address this, the City of Los Angeles adopted an innovative small lot subdivision ordinance in 2004; <br />aimed to increase moderately priced homeownership housing. Understanding constricted lending <br />practices and fixed development standards, flexible development standards were adopted to make <br />75J-1 <br />