TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rick Otto, City Manager
FROM: Susan Galvan, Interim Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider an ordinance amending Titles 16 and 17 of the Orange Municipal Code to establish development standards and streamlined subdivision and entitlement procedures for small lot subdivisions in multi-family residential and neighborhood mixed use zones.
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2. SUMMARY
The City of Orange has prepared a Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance and associated guidelines to provide more flexible development standards and streamlined procedures for the development of contextually compatible single-family residential housing units on infill sites.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Introduce and conduct First Reading of Ordinance No. 15-21. An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange amending Title 16 and Title 17 of the Orange Municipal Code relating to regulation of small lot subdivisions.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11354. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving Small Lot Subdivision Guidelines.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 3. Enhance and promote quality of life in the community.
c. Support and enhance attractive, diverse living environments.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
With growing frequency, the Planning Division receives inquiries about site redevelopment involving compact arrangements of detached, for sale, single-family housing units. In most cases, the zoning for the sites is multi-family residential. The desired small lot development format and single-family product type are not easily accommodated by the development standards in the Zoning Ordinance. Representative projects that experienced a lengthy entitlement process in Orange include the MBK Homes/Irving House and Cohen Residential projects at Orange-Olive Road and Grove Avenue.
The purpose of the subject ordinance is to provide development stand...
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