HomeMy WebLinkAbout11C - 2ND READ ORD ARTISAN AT SOUTH COAST 42 SFRREQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
OCTOBER 17, 2017
TITLE:
ORDINANCE SECOND READING: ADOPT A
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO.
2017-02 FOR THE ARTISAN AT SOUTH
COAST A 42 -UNIT SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AT 2001 WEST
MACARTHUR BOULEVARD — SHEA HOMES,
APPLICANT(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. V1)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Place ordinance on second reading and adopt.
DISCUSSION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
❑ As Recommended
❑ As Amended
❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading
❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
On October 3, 2017, the following ordinance was introduced for first reading and City Council authorized
publication of title by a vote of 7-0:
ORDINANCE NO. NS -2928 — AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN NO. 4, PERTAINING TO THE ARMSTRONG RANCH
DEVELOPMENT, TO ALLOW TEMPORARY SALES OFFICES, MODIFY THE PARKING STANDARDS
AND INCORPORATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR A SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION (SD -4) (ZOA
NO. 2017-02) FOR THE PROJECT AT 2001 W. MACARTHUR BOULEVARD
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #5 - Community Health, Livability,
Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #1 (Establish a comprehensive community engagement initiative
to expand access to information and create opportunities for stakeholders to play an active role in
discussing public policy and setting priorities).
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Maria D. Huizar
Clerk of the Council
EXHIBIT: Ordinance No. NS -2928
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SPECIFIC
DEVELOPMENT PLAN NO. 4, PERTAINING TO THE
ARMSTRONG RANCH DEVELOPMENT, TO ALLOW
TEMPORARY SALES OFFICES, MODIFY THE
PARKING STANDARDS AND INCORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR A SMALL LOT
SUBDIVISION (SD -4) (ZOA NO. 2017-02) FOR THE
PROJECT AT 2001 W. MACARTHUR BOULEVARD
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby find,
determine and declare as follows:
A. Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2017-02 has been filed with the
City of Santa Ana to amend the Specific Development Plan No. 4
(SD -4) to allow temporary sales offices, modify the parking standards
and incorporate development standards for a small lot subdivision
within SD -4 located at 2001 W. MacArthur Boulevard.
B. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana held a duly
noticed public hearing on September 11, 2017, on Zoning Ordinance
Amendment No. 2017-02 and recommended that the City Council
adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No.
2017-02.
C. The addition of temporary sales offices on the SD -4 parcel will allow
the use of temporary structures such as trailers as sales offices,
thereby facilitating the sale of single-family residences within the SD -
4 project site.
D. The modification of the parking standards within the SD -4
development will align the parking standards for single-family
residences within this development with the parking standards for
single-family residences throughout the city.
E. The inclusion of small lot subdivision standards within the SD -4
district will encourage the development of more affordable single-
family dwellings within the south central section of the city while
remaining consistent with the general plan designation of Low
Density Residential.
F. This City Council, prior to taking action on this ordinance, held a duly
noticed public hearing on October 3, 2017.
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G. The City Council also adopts as findings all facts presented in the
Request for Council Action dated October 3, 2017 accompanying this
matter.
H. For these reasons, and each of them, Zoning Ordinance Amendment
No. 2017-02 is hereby found and determined to be consistent with
the General Plan of the City of Santa Ana and otherwise justified by
the public necessity, convenience, and general welfare.
Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the Addendum to certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No.
2000-01 and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared with
respect to this project. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration of the
record as a whole and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter,
determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, Environmental Review No. 2016-143
meets all requirements of CEQA. Therefore, in accordance with CEQA Section
15164, the Addendum to the previously certified Armstrong Ranch project EIR
and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program is the appropriate document for
the actions proposed.
Section 3. Specific Development No. 4 (SD -4) is hereby amended as
set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated as though fully set forth
herein.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this day of
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2017.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
Lisa Storck
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Ordinance No. NS- to be the original ordinance adopted by the
City Council of the City of Santa Ana on , 2017, and that said
ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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Ordinance No. NS -XXX
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Exhibit A
Specific Development No. 4 (SD -4)
Armstrong Ranch
SECTION 1 — Applicability of Ordinance
The Specific Development No. 4 Zoning District (SD -4), as authorized by Chapter
41, Division 26, Section 41-593 at seq., of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is subject
to the standards and regulations contained in this plan for the express purpose of
establishing land use regulations and standards. All other applicable chapters,
articles, and sections of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall apply unless expressly
waived or superseded by this ordinance. Use district regulations established in
Chapter 41, Article III, of the Santa Ana Municipal Code for zoning districts other
than the SD zoning district may be incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2 — Purpose
The Specific Development No. 4 Plan for the Armstrong Ranch site is hereby
established for the express purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general
welfare of the people of the City of Santa Ana by encouraging the use of innovative
planning concepts and principles for the planned residential development of a
series of separate but related land areas in the City of Santa Ana subject to Specific
Development Ordinances 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 promoting and enhancing the value of
property and encouraging the orderly development of the property.
SECTION 3 — Uses Permitted
The following uses are permitted in the SD -4 zoning district:
a. crop agriculture,
b. single family dwellings,
c. accessory buildings and uses determined to be incidental and necessary
to the primary use, subject to the approval of the Planning Commission.
d. One (1) temporary real estate office devoted to the sale of real estate in the
tract in which it is located, which shall be used until all units close escrow.
e. Home occupations, pursuant to section 41-192.1 et. seo. of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code.
SECTION 4 — Uses Subiect to a Conditional Use Permit
The following uses are conditionally permitted in the SD -4 zoning district:
a. Churches and accessory church buildings and functions.
b. Wireless communication facilities.
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SECTION 5 — Minimum Parcel Area
SECTION 6 — Minimum Street Frontage
The minimum street frontage for a single family residential lot shall be 27 feet.
SECTION 7 — Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
The maximum FAR for a single-family residence shall be 0.50.
SECTION S — Front Yard Setbacks
A front yard setback of not less than 10 feet is required as measured from the
property line.
SECTION 9 — Side Yard Setbacks
A side yard setback of not less than four feet six inches (4'-6") is required as
measured from the property line.
SECTION 10 — Rear Yard Setbacks
A rear yard setback of not less than 10 feet is required as measured from the
property line.
SECTION 11 — Building Height Limit
The height limit of main buildings and structures is 35 feet and accessory
buildings and structures is 20 feet. The height limit for accessory church
structures is 150 feet. The Planning Commission shall have the right to limit the
number of stories in any or all of the buildings in the SD #4 district, or the height
of any other structure, when it finds that existing or proposed developments on
adjacent properties, or properties across a street or alley, would be adversely
affected unless such a limitation were imposed.
SECTION 12 — Yard Requirements
All yard requirements shall be established by the approval of plans and drawings
as provided for in Division 26 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.
SECTION 13 - Parking Requirements
Required parking shall be provided as follows
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Two parking spaces within fully enclosed garages and eae two uncovered
parking spaces for each dwelling within the development.
SECTION 14 - Dwelling Units Permitted
No more than 7 dwelling units per one (1) acre of net developable land shall be
permitted.
SECTION 15 - Open Space
Not less than 50 percent (50%) of the total lot area shall be devoted to open
space as per Division 24, Santa Ana Municipal Code (PRD development
standards), excepting however that up to a ten percent (10%) reduction to forty-
five percent (45%) open space may be granted by the City if it is found that,
based on excellence of design, the proposed open space and recreational
amenities merit the reduction of the fifty percent (50%) open space requirements.
SECTION 16 — Regulations Specifically Included Herein By Reference
All requirements, limitations, restrictions and waivers encompassed in Chapter
41, Division 24, of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (PRD use district regulations)
shall apply to SD #4 use district, excepting therefrom the requirement of an
approved conditional use permit and any other requirements, limitations,
restrictions and waivers which are in conflict with other sections of this ordinance.
SECTION 17 — Landscape Standards
In the SD -4 district, all yards shall be landscaped All landscaping shall be installed
pursuant to a landscaping plan approved by the Planning Division
I. Project Landscaping:
a. Land scar) ina mast ha rmmnI is of With fhc r;+., ..f C--#- n
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b. Imgation Systems:
2. All meters shall be appropriately screened from public view with trellis work
and vines or a hedge -type shrub or be incorporated into the residential
structure.
3. Maintenance:
a. All plant material shall be maintained per Section 41-609 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code.
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