Goal LU-1: Growing Responsibly – Implementation Actions [Table LU-10 part 1]

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Implementation Action

Agency /
Time Frame

GOAL LU-1: Provide a land use plan that improves quality of life and respects our existing community.

1.1

Development Code Update. Prepare a comprehensive update to the zoning code to ensure that the City’s zoning regulations align with the General Plan’s goals and policies. Update the Metro East Mixed-Use Overlay District to remove the portion within the 17th Street and Grand Avenue Focus Area. Update the Midtown Specific Plan.

PBA    2022-2027

1.2

Community benefits. Require new development projects proposing a general plan amendment and/or a zone change to include as part of the development proposal, a community benefit and implementation plan providing a net community benefit as desired by the City and neighborhoods through public outreach. Examples of community benefits may include, but is not limited to public realm improvements, dedication of park and open space for public use, expanded economic development opportunities, job opportunities, new community serving businesses and services, and removal of blight and incompatible land uses. Assess capital costs and ongoing operations and maintenance costs; conduct a financial feasibility analysis to determine the impacts of community benefits on the feasibility of desired types of development.

PBA/CDA 2022 & Ongoing

1.3

Retail business potential. Conduct and annually update a retail market study for the city’s District Centers and Urban Neighborhoods to identify types of businesses that can be supported; conduct outreach to local businesses to inform them of potential business opportunities in these areas.

CDA 2022

1.4

Affordable infill housing. Prepare an inventory of affordable housing opportunity sites of publicly held land as well as land owned by nonprofit organizations and churches.

CDA 2022

1.5

Universal access. Evaluate the feasibility of developing standards that require a percentage of units in new residential development projects to incorporate universal design principles.

PBA 2023

1.6

ADUs. Develop accessory dwelling unit standard plans to facilitate quality site and architectural design while reducing costs and expediting City review and approvals.

PBA 2022

1.7

Civic Center. Explore zoning options that could support residential, mixed-use, and additional facilities that could activate Santa Ana’s Civic Center and complement zoning for Downtown.

CMO/PBA 2028