Focus Intersections

Urban Design Element

  • GOAL UD-5: Focus Intersections
    Create focal points at major intersections to enhance community identity and open space.
  • Policy UD-5.1
    Building Presence at Intersections
    Create a strong presence at focus intersections by locating intense building mass and open space areas along the street that include high quality design and materials.
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  • Policy UD-5.2
    Linkages Between Public Art
    Promote public art in conveniently accessible and prominent places to physically and visually link development with streetscape and paths.
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  • Policy UD-5.3
    Activating Intersections
    Encourage projects at focal intersections that incorporate vertical design features or mixed-use development as a means to provide visual presence and encourage pedestrian activity in these areas.
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  • Policy UD-5.4
    Intersections for all Travel Modes
    Strengthen active transportation connections and amenities at focal intersections to promote a pleasant and safe experience for nonmotorized forms of travel.
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  • Policy UD-5.5
    Coordinate Features
    Ensure projects within focus intersections incorporate consistent architectural designs, enhanced landscaping, and coordinated signage.
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Mobility Element

  • Policy M-4.5
    Land Use Development Design
    Ensure that building placement and design features create a desirable and active streetscape, by prioritizing pedestrian access directly from the street and placing parking lots to the rear of a development site.
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  • Policy M-5.1
    Enhanced Street Design
    Improve the beauty, character, and function of travelways with amenities such as landscaped parkways and medians, bike lanes, public art, and other amenities.
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  • Policy M-5.3
    Travel Views
    Promote the undergrounding of utilities and the reduction of visual clutter along travelways.
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  • Policy M-5.4
    Green Streets
    Leverage opportunities along streets and public rights-of-way to improve water quality through use of landscaping, permeable pavement, and other best management practices.
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  • Policy M-5.5
    Street Design
    Design and retrofit streets based on their combined land use context and road function to achieve safety objectives.
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Land Use Element

  • Policy LU-3.7
    Attractive Environment
    Promote a clean, safe, and creative environment for Santa Ana’s residents, workers, and visitors.
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