Gateways

Urban Design Element

  • GOAL UD-7: Gateways
    Create and strengthen gateways into the City that promote a sense of arrival.
  • Policy UD-7.1
    First Impression
    Strengthen the architectural design of developments near gateways to communicate a sense of arrival and inspire positive images of the City.
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  • Policy UD-7.2
    Streetscape Improvements
    Enhance Santa Ana’s gateways to include unique and distinctive streetscape improvements.
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  • Policy UD-7.3
    Improved Freeway Interface Design
    Collaborate with Caltrans and adjacent jurisdictions to enhance freeway interchanges that create a sense of place and arrival.
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  • Policy UD-7.4
    Monuments at Gateways
    Promote imaginative and distinctive features, such as entry monuments, public art, decorative landscape, directional signs, landscape statements, and architectural elements that project a positive image and community character at City gateways.
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  • Policy UD-7.5
    Transit Corridor Beautification
    Improve transit and rail corridors and interfaces to create a welcoming experience for all travelers.
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  • Policy UD-7.6
    Neighborhood Signage System
    Encourage the creation of a citywide signage system that identifies and promotes a sense of place for the city’s various neighborhoods.
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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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