City Council

25. Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025­01 and Ordinance Amendment No. 2025­01\nto Amend Portions of Chapter 41 (Zoning) and Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures)\nof the Santa Ana Municipal Code Relating to Group Homes and Land Use Definitions\nLegal notice published in the OC Reporter on August 20, 2025.\nDepartment(s): Planning and Building Agency\nRecommended Action: 1. Conduct a second reading of and adopt an ordinance\napproving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025­01 and Ordinance Amendment\nNo. 2025­01 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) and to add Article\nof the Santa Ana Municipal Code Relating to Group Homes and Land Use Definitions\nLegal notice published in the OC Reporter on August 20, 2025.\nDepartment(s): Planning and Building Agency\nRecommended Action: 1. Conduct a second reading of and adopt an ordinance\napproving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025­01 and Ordinance Amendment\nNo. 2025­01 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) and to add Article\nXXIII to Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating\nto the location, licensing, permitting, and operational requirements for group homes\nand land use definitions.\nORDINANCE NO. NS­3084 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF\nTHE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 (ZONING)\nAND CHAPTER 8 (BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES) OF THE SANTA ANA\nMUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO GROUP HOMES AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS,\nREGULATING SUCH USES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DISABLED AND FINDING\nTHE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3),\n15061(C)(2), 15060(C)(3), AND/OR 15301\n2. Determine that, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the\nproject is exempt from CEQA pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3),\n15061(b)(3), and 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines.