Amendments to the Transit Zoning Code (SD-84) Zoning District and Citywide Zoning Map

Amendments to the Transit Zoning Code (SD-84) Zoning District and Citywide Zoning Map

Project Number(s): Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2024-02 and Amendment Application (AA) No. 2024-03 On June 7, 2010, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City Council") adopted findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and certified the Transit Zoning Code Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2006071100, "Transit Zoning Code EIR"), pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA"), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., "CEQA Guidelines") and adopted the City of Santa Ana's Transit Zoning Code ("Transit Zoning Code"), which is designed to provide the zoning necessary to support the long-term development of a successful transit program. Subsequent to the certification of the Transit Zoning Code EIR, the City as lead agency prepared an addendum ("Addendum") to the Transit Zoning Code EIR for the adoption of the proposed ordinances ("Proposed Ordinances"). The Proposed Ordinances include (1) an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2024-02 amending certain sections of Article XIX (The Transit Zoning Code, Specific Development No. 84 (SD-84)) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code including amendments to the regulations, overlay districts and maps in the zoning district; modifying the authorized land uses and permit types; establishing revised non-conforming use regulations, including the addition of an amortization/termination of use process and adding operational standards for certain permitted and non-conforming uses, and (2) an ordinance to approve Amendment Application (AA) No. 2024-03 amending the zoning by removing the M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) suffixes from certain properties within the SD-84 zoning district boundary as designated on the City of Santa Ana Zoning Map. The Addendum evaluates the Proposed Ordinances. The Addendum determined that the Proposed Ordinances would not result in substantial changes to the previously certified Transit Zoning Code EIR because it would not involve new significant impacts, nor would it substantially increase the severity of an impact identified in the certified Transit Zoning Code EIR. The Addendum further determined that no new mitigation is required beyond those measures in the previously certified EIR. On June 3, 2025, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana adopted the Addendum and introduced for first reading the Proposed Ordinances, ZOA No. 2024-02 and AA No. 2024-03, and made the following determinations: 1. The Proposed Ordinances will not have a significant effect on the environment. 2. The Addendum to the Transit Zoning Code EIR was prepared and adopted In full compliance with CEQA, CEQA Guidelines, and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, and reflects the independent judgment of the City. 3. Mitigation measures were made a condition of approval of the original project in the previously certified Transit Zoning Code EIR. 4. A statement of overriding considerations was adopted for the original project in the previously certified Transit Zoning Code EIR. 5. The proposed ordinances do not present new information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have been known at the time the Transit Zoning Code was certified. 6. Findings were made pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 relating to subsequent environmental review.

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