The Santa Ana Transit Zoning Code shapes development along the OC Streetcar route, allowing higher densities, reduced parking, and form-based standards to support walkable transit-oriented neighborhoods downtown.
Adopted to align with the OC Streetcar under construction by OCTA, the Transit Zoning Code uses form-based regulating plans rather than purely use-based zoning. Building envelopes, frontage types, and ground-floor active-use requirements are spelled out by transect zone. Reduced parking minimums apply within walking distance of streetcar stops. Large projects must still go through site plan review, and historic resources within the corridor follow added preservation standards under Santa Ana's historic-resource ordinance.
Non-conforming projects denied or required to redesign. Construction without entitlement triggers stop-work and code-enforcement penalties.
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