City Council

30. Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2023-01: Amendment to Various Sections of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Related to Increasing the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Separation Requirement of Noxious Uses from Sensitive Receptors, Update Massage Establishment Regulations, Establish a CUP Suspension Process, and Other Edits to Address Internal Inconsistencies First reading at the June 6, 2023 City Council meeting, approved by a vote of 6-0-1 (Hernandez absent). Published in the Orange County Reporter on June 9, 2023. Department(s): Planning and Building Agency Recommended Action: Conduct a second reading and adopt Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2023-01 amending various sections of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) related to increasing the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) separation requirement of noxious uses from sensitive receptors, updating massage establishment regulations, establishing a CUP suspension process, and other edits to address internal inconsistencies. ORDINANCE NO. NS-3044 – ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2023-01 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 (ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO NOXIOUS USES, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND RELATED CONFORMING CLARIFYING EDITS; ADDING A SECTION RELATED TO SUSPENSION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, VARIANCES, AND MINOR EXCEPTIONS; AND MAKING OTHER NON-SUBSTANTIAL EDITS TO ADDRESS EXISTING INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES (includes determination that this ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the environment and it is not a “project,” as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines).