City Council

30.\nZoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2023-01: Amendment to Various Sections of Chapter\n41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Related to Increasing the Conditional Use\nPermit (CUP) Separation Requirement of Noxious Uses from Sensitive Receptors, Update\nMassage Establishment Regulations, Establish a CUP Suspension Process, and Other\nEdits to Address Internal Inconsistencies\nFirst reading at the June 6, 2023 City Council meeting, approved by a vote of 6-0-1\n(Hernandez absent).\nPublished in the Orange County Reporter on June 9, 2023.\nDepartment(s): Planning and Building Agency\nRecommended Action: Conduct a second reading and adopt Zoning Ordinance\nAmendment No. 2023-01 amending various sections of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana\nMunicipal Code (SAMC) related to increasing the Conditional Use Permit (CUP)\nseparation requirement of noxious uses from sensitive receptors, updating massage\nestablishment regulations, establishing a CUP suspension process, and other edits to\naddress internal inconsistencies.\nORDINANCE NO. NS-3044 – ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2023-01 – AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING\nVARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 (ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL\nCODE RELATING TO NOXIOUS USES, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND RELATED\nCONFORMING CLARIFYING EDITS; ADDING A SECTION RELATED TO SUSPENSION\nOF CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, VARIANCES, AND MINOR EXCEPTIONS; AND\nMAKING OTHER NON-SUBSTANTIAL EDITS TO ADDRESS EXISTING INTERNAL\nINCONSISTENCIES (includes determination that this ordinance is exempt from review\nunder the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15060(c)(2)\nand 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably\nforeseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as there is no possibility it will\nhave a significant effect on the environment and it is not a “project,” as defined in Section\n15378 of the CEQA Guidelines).