zoning code update community workshop

How to get involved in the Zoning Code Update

The City is listening to residents, property owners, business owners and other stakeholders regarding their ideas on ways to update the Zoning Code. Community engagement focuses on sharing information about zoning and gathering input from stakeholders, which will influence how the Zoning Code is reimagined. Several opportunities for participation are part of the project timeline. Those opportunities have included:

  • Round 1 Stakeholder Engagement (completed from Spring to Fall 2024):
    • Stakeholder interviews
    • Community Planning Collaborative training
    • Six Community Workshops
    • Virtual Self-Guided Community Workshop
    • Two Business Community Workshops
  • Planning Commission Study Session
  • Round 2 Stakeholder Engagement
    • Six Stakeholder Workshops

Planned opportunities include:

  • Planning Commission Study Session
  • City Council Study Session
  • Round 3 Stakeholder Engagement
    • Six Stakeholder Workshops
  • Planning Commission Public Hearing
  • City Council Public Hearings

Future Events

Future events include Planning Commission workshops, Round 3 Stakeholder Engagement, and public hearings. During the third round of workshops, the project team will present the draft Comprehensive Zoning Code Update prior to the formal public hearing portion of the decision-making process.

Check back regularly for event dates and details! We hope to see you soon.

Past Events

Stakeholder Interviews

In the spring of 2024, the City’s consultant conducted 34 interviews with 45 individuals. A summary of the interviews is available here.

Community Planning Collaborative

On June 13, the City hosted a Community Planning Collaborative at the Southwest Senior Center. The Community Planning Collaborative brought together residents and community partners for a conversation about the City’s Zoning Code Update and ways to promote participation in the July Community Workshops. To view the presentation in English or Spanish, click on the buttons below. If you would like to view the presentation in an alternative language, please submit a request to the project  manager, Siri Champion, at SChampion@santa-ana.org.

Group photo Community Planning Collaborative

Round 1 Community Workshops

In July 2024, the City hosted six open house-style community workshops, which made up round 1 of three for the project. Each open house covered the same content. Different dates, times, and locations were offered to make the workshops accessible to the broadest segment of the community possible. Nearly 120 people attended the workshops and expressed a variety of opinions with emergent themes including affordable housing, a walkable environment, parking, open space, and noxious uses.

 

The following buttons open boards from the open house. Click on one of the buttons below to see the boards and to submit your comments. A summary of the community workshops is available here. If you would like to view the presentation in an alternative language, please submit a request to the project manager, Siri Champion, at SChampion@santa-ana.org.

Community Workshop 1
July 9th, 2024 - 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Newhope Branch Library- 122 N Newhope St, Santa Ana, CA 92703

Community Workshop 2
July 10th, 2024 - 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Delhi Center- 505 E Central Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707

Community Workshop 3
July 17th, 2024 - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Village - 1505 17th St, Santa Ana, CA 92705

Community Workshop 4
July 18th, 2024 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
El Salvador Community Center- 1825 W Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92703

Community Workshop 5
July 20th, 2024 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
McFadden Institute of Technology- 2701 S Raitt St, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Community Workshop 6
July 25th, 2024 - 5:00pm - 7:00 pm
Southwest Senior Center-2201 W McFadden Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Zoning Code Update Community Workshop 4
Zoning Code Update Community Workshop
Zoning Code Update Community Workshop

Business Community Workshops

In November 2024, the City hosted two Business Community Workshops. The events focused on the needs and concerns of businesses who are instrumental to implementing the City’s policies relative to employment, private investment, and compatible development. Click below to view the Business Workshop presentation.  If you would like to view the presentation in an alternative language, please submit a request to the project manager, Siri Champion, at SChampion@santa-ana.org. A summary of the business community workshops is available here.

Round 2 Stakeholder Workshops

In May 2025, the City hosted the second round of workshops to gather input from stakeholders about three key areas of concern expressed by stakeholders during the first round of workshops. The workshop topics included:

  • The Residential and Industrial Interface,
  • Development and Design Standards with a focus on parking, open space, signs, and design of multi-family residential development, and
  • Use Regulations and Permitting Processes with a focus on uses in targeted corridors and commercial districts and streamlining permitting.

In addition to making a presentation, the project team facilitated a discussion and participants were invited to complete worksheets that included the questions covered during the facilitated discussion. If you would like to view the presentation or worksheet in an alternative language, please submit a request to the project manager, Siri Champion, at SChampion@santa-ana.org.

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