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(1) Provide for a safe community.
(2) Be a fiscally healthy community.
(3) Enhance and promote the quality of life in the community. (4) Provide outstanding public service.
(5) Recognize, promote, and preserve Orange’s rich heritage.
These Strategic Plan goals are integrated throughout the General Plan policies, and are reflected in the Implementation Plan programs and specifications . Therefore, the Strategic Plan goals are also reflected in the individual department work plans and the City Budget.
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS
General Plan implementation programs are organized into the following five subsections corresponding to various areas and levels of City responsibility:
I. Plans, Permits, Procedures, Agreements, and Ordinances Administered by the City II. Physical Improvements and Capital Projects
III. Conditions or Requirements Placed Upon Applicants during Development Review IV. Planning and Outreach Initiatives
V. Coordination with Other Agencies and Organizations
Each implementation program relates directly to one or more of the General Plan policies, drawn from various elements. For each program, the related General Plan policies are listed, along with the responsible agencies or City departments, the recommended time frame , and the likely funding source.
The implementation programs are intended for use as the basis for preparing the Annual Report to the City Council on the status of the City’s progress in implementing the General Plan, as described in Section 65400 of the Government Code. Because many of the individual actions and programs also act as mitigation for environmental impacts resulting from planned development in accordance with the General Plan, the Annual Report can also provide a means of monitoring application of the mitigation measures as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6. To ensure continued consistency and usefulness, the programs should be updated concurrent with the City’s annual budget process and whenever the General Plan is amended or updated.
Implementation programs corresponding to the goals and policies set forth in the Housing Element are listed within the Housing Element, rather than within this Appendix.
I. Plans, Permits, Procedures, Agreements, and
Ordinances Administered by the City
Program I-1 Zoning Code Update
The City will perform focused amendments to the Zoning Code in order to revise and/or establish new zoning standards to implement policies in the Land Use, Noise, Urban Design, ATTACHMENT 8
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
and Cultural Resources & Historic Preservation Elements. All future updates to the Zoning Code will include an active public participation process. Until such time as the City ultimately performs a comprehensive Zoning Ordinance update, all new development shall comply with the standards set forth in the current Zoning Code, or the standards established through a development agreement or specific plan for a particular development project.
The City will update design standards for the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area , and develop new streetscape standards to implement its mixed-use land use objectives . The zoning code revisions will designate buffer zones and transitional areas to minimize land use incompatibilities between single-family residential areas and intensified commercial operations and mixed-use development. The Zoning Code revisions do not specify changes regarding noise in mixed -use areas ; however, Implementation Program I -30, “Noise Ordinance,” seeks to minimize the effect of noise generated from industrial land uses on adjacent land uses.
Specific revisions to the Zoning Code will be completed to address:
▪ Maximizing the amount of pervious surfaces in new and infill developments; ▪ Integration of complementary uses in support of a safe community environment; ▪ A designation process for cultural resources to be listed on the city’s Local Register of Historic Resources, to include a broad range of historic resources including separate or individual buildings, structures, objects, and sites, as well as districts and archaeological resources;
▪ A process for review of projects related to historic resources outside of the Old Towne Historic District.
▪ Adaptive reuse of potential and listed historic resources—the city will consider provisions for including neighborhood character areas (NCAs) as a zoning overlay, and the following planning areas may be considered for this zoning revision: El Modena, Cypress Street Barrio, and the Railroad/Packinghouse Corridor;
▪ Development interface with Santiago Creek, the Santa Ana River, and other open space areas;
▪ Incorporation of sustainable development principles, such as the adoption of resource conservation measures for building codes and standards, and specifications for multi- modal transportation;
▪ Preparation of development standards that address National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department , Police Department, Public Works Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Updated by December 2030
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Land Use: 1.2, 1.7
Natural Resources: 5.1, 5.2
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 5.2
Public Safety: 2.4
Economic Development: 2.2, 2.3
Program I-16 Certified Local Government Status
Apply to the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) for inclusion in the Certified Local Government (CLG) program. Successful application includes meeting several requirements:
▪ Enact appropriate historic preservation regulations through an adopted historic preservation ordinance.
▪ Establish a qualified historic preservation review commission. ▪ Maintain a system for the survey and inventory of historic properties. ▪ Provide for adequate public participation in the historic preservation program. ▪ Satisfactorily perform the responsibilities delegated to the Certified Local Government.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Application submitted by 2025
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4
Program I-17 Local Historic Register
Create the City of Orange Register of Historic Resources (Historic Register), which will serve as the local register of historical resources under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Automatically include all resources previously designated, listed , or determined eligible for listing within the National Register of Historic Places or California Register. ▪ Establish a process for handling voluntary requests for listing in the Historic Register.
Support coordination with property owners of potential historic resources identified on the Orange Inventory, so that such potential historic resources can more readily be listed in the Historic Register.
▪ Establish a process for listing in the Historic Register those buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts that meet the criteria.
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▪ Establish procedures to remove historic resources from the Historic Register. ▪ Establish procedures for listing archaeological resources in the Historic Register. Employ appropriate criteria for evaluating potential significance of such archaeological resources as historical resources or unique archaeological resources under CEQA. Encourage voluntary listing of eligible archaeological resources.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Register established by 2025, maintenance ongoing Related Policies:
Land Use: 5.5
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Program I-18 Eichler Historic Districts
Pursue historic landmark district designation for three Eichler tracts. Notify property owners in three Eichler tracts—Fairhaven, Fairhills, and Fairmeadow—of the intent to list each of the three tracts separately as local historic districts . Follow established procedures for Historic Register listing of each. Develop design standards and project review processed for Eichler Historic Districts.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Landmark Districts established by 2015
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.4
Program I-19 Historic, Cultural, and Archaeological
Resources Survey
Continue to maintain an accessible and periodically updated inventory of potential historic resources. All surveyed properties will be included in the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources (Orange Inventory), and the Orange Inventory will be a valuable planning tool to be used in evaluating possible impacts a proposed project might have on previously evaluated potential and identified historic resources. Surveys and survey updates may be conducted by City staff, historic preservation professionals , and/or representatives of local preservation organizations.
Properties that have attained 45 years of age and are located within a designated historic district or Neighborhood Character Area (NCA) shall be subject to survey and assessment by a qualified architectural historian prior to issuance of any permit for alteration or demolition.
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Survey other areas where potential for historic resources may exist.
Identify smaller character areas that contain concentrations of potential or listed historic resources that reflect a unique sense of time and place.
Use the Orange Inventory to identify potential historic resources for purposes of CEQA, National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) , and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) review of proposed projects. Only if po tential historic resources in the Orange Inventory are listed in or eligible for listing in the California Register for CEQA or the National Register for the NHPA and NEPA shall they have a presumption of significance pursuant to CEQA Section 21084.1 and be treated as historical resources under CEQA.
Potential historic resources identified in the Orange Inventory may be listed in the Historic Register if they meet criteria for listing in the California Register. The City’s Historic Resources Inventory may be regularly updated by the Planning Division to reflect corrections and modifications to the associated database and survey forms without the need to bring those changes to the Planning Commission for adoption.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.6 Urban Design: 5.4
Program I-20 Historic Preservation Incentives
Actively pursue grants, loans, and other incentives to encourage historic preservation.
Consider implementing conservation easements.
Develop a revolving loan program for maintenance and rehabilitation work , consistent with design standards, on listed historic resources and on resources that are contributors to listed historic districts.
Develop a voluntary conservation easement program to preserve listed historic resources and contributors to listed historic districts . Provide a potential tax benefit to property owners. Establish a partnership with local preservation organizations to accept, hold, and manage conservation easements on historic resources. Enable Mills Act contracts for additional designated historic districts.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
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Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Urban Design: 5.4
Economic Development: 1.2, 5.3
Program I-21 Commemorative Plaque Program
Explore e stablishing a commemorative plaque program to allow public recognition of properties listed on the Historic Register. Develop and administer standards and guidelines for properties eligible for the commemorative plaque program.
Agency/Department: Community organizations in coordination with the Community Development Department
Funding Source: Private contributions
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 2.2, 3.1
Program I-22 Historic Context Statement and Survey
Periodically update the Historic Context Statement prepared in tandem with the General Plan Update to add recent historic events.
Officially recognize the recent ly completed historical and archaeological resources survey prepared in tandem with the updated General Plan. Update and maintain the inventory using the City’s Geographic Information System (GIS).
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 3.1
Program I-23 Neighborhood Character Areas
Designate El Modena, Cypress Street Barrio, the Railroad/Packinghouse Corridor, and Orange Park Acres as Neighborhood Character Areas ( NCAs) by establishing an NCA overlay zone and appropriate standards and regulations in the Zoning Code.
Develop and administer design guidelines appropriate to each designated NCA.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, City Council Funding Source: General Fund
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Time Frame: Complete by 2025
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Program I-24 Community Character Design Elements
Update design guidelines to incorporate the elements of community design character that reflect Orange’s historic and cultural background. Require new development to incorporate the elements of the community’s character and design into its projects. Determine how to retrofit the existing commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed -use areas to include the community character elements. Community character elements can include but are not limited to architectural style, landscape style, streetscape, and signage.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Urban Design: 3.2, 3.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.6
Program I-25 Green Space Incentives
Seek and develop appropriate incentives for project applicants and developers that provide public access to private green spaces in new, infill, and existing development projects. Work to establish neighborhood identity through the use of green spaces.
Establish a program to transfer to the City, through land exchanges, purchases, or long -term no-fee leases, land that is not currently in productive use, such as derelict land, tax delinquent land, surplus road and highway rights -of-way, and other land located adjacent to existing open spaces, waterways, or trails.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Community Services Department
Funding Source: General Fund, grants, bond funding
Time Frame: Complete by 2016
Related Policies:
Land Use: 2.3, 2.8, 6.3, 6.4
Natural Resources: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.6, 7.1, 7.5
Urban Design: 3.5, 4.5
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
III. Conditions or Requirements Placed upon Applicants
during Development Review
Program III-1 California Environmental Quality Act
Comply with all provisions of CEQA. In addition to thresholds that may be established or adopted by the City in the future, use the following thresholds and procedures for CEQA analysis of proposed projects, consistent with policies adopted within the General Plan:
▪ Circulation & Mobility
o In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, the City shall utilize vehicle miles traveled (VMT), to measure transportation impacts. o A project would result in a significant project -generated VMT impact if the baseline and/or cumulative project-generated VMT per service population exceeds the City of Orange General Plan Buildout VMT per service population. o The project’s effect on VMT would be considered significant if it resulted in baseline and/or cumulative link-level boundary citywide VMT per service population increases under the plus project condition compared to the no project condition. ▪ Parks and Recreation
o The City shall require dedication of parkland at a rate of 3 .0 acres per 1,000 anticipated residents or payment of in-lieu fees for new residential projects. ▪ Noise
o The City shall apply the noise standards specified in Table s N-3 and N-4 of the Noise Element to proposed projects analyzed under CEQA.
o In addition to the foregoing, an increase in ambient noise levels is assumed to be a significant noise impact if a proposed project causes ambient noise levels to exceed the following:
▪ Where the existing ambient noise level is less than 6 5 dBA, a project related permanent increase in ambient noise levels of 5 dBA CNEL or greater. ▪ Where the existing ambient noise level is greater than 65 dBA, a project related permanent increase in ambient noise levels of 3 dBA CNEL or greater. ▪ Historic and Cultural Resources
o “Historical resource” for the purposes of CEQA shall mean “historic district” in the case of a contributor to a historic district.
o Historic resources listed in the Historic Register shall have a presumption of significance pursuant to CEQA Section 21084.1 and shall be treated as historical resources under CEQA.
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o The historical significance of an archaeological historic resource is evaluated using the criteria of Public Resource s Code Section 5024.1 and Section 15064.5 et seq. of the state CEQA Guidelines.
All future development proposals shall be reviewed by the City for potential regional and local air quality impacts per CEQA. If potential impacts are identified, mitigation will be required to reduce the impact to a level less than significant, where technically and economically feasible.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Public Works Department, Community Services Department
Funding Source: General Fund, development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Circulation & Mobility: 1.1, 1.2
Natural Resources: 2.2, 2.8, 5.6
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.3
Noise: 1.4
Growth Management: 1.1, 2.1
Program III–2 Site Development Review
Comply with all City procedures in the review of proposed development projects, and use the site plan review process to ensure that applicable General Plan policies and City standards and regulations are applied to proposals for specific development projects.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Public Works Department, Police Department, Fire Department,
Community Services Department
Funding Source: Development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 1.6, 1.7, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.9, 6.10, 6.12 Circulation & Mobility: 1.1, 1.7, 5.1, 5.2
Natural Resources 1.3, 2.3, 2.6, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7,
6.6, 7.5
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Public Safety: 1.1, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 4.2, 4.3, 6.2, 7.2, 7.3,
7.4, 9.1
Noise: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 Urban Design: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.4, 3.5, 6.1
Infrastructure: 1.4, 1.5
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Program III-3 Commission/Committee Review
Orange has several commissions and one committee whose purpose is to advise and assist the City Council in dealing with issues related to each commission’s or committee’s area of concern. The commissions and committee gather pertinent information, hear arguments, weigh values, and mak e recommendations to the Council. Several of the commissions also have some administrative powers.
The City will continue to use the commission /committee structure to inform the public decision-making process.
The City will also consider expanding the authority of the Design Review Committee and Community Development Department ’s staff to administer the Orange Historic Resources Inventory, Historic Register listings, and design review procedures for projects involving architectural and archaeological resources.
Agency/Department: City Council , Community Development Department, Community Services Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 4.5, 5. 5, 5.8, 5.9, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4,
6.7, 6.11, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Circulation & Mobility: 1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 4.5, 4.6
Urban Design: 1.1, 6.1
Public Safety: 1.1, 3.5, 4.3, 7.4
Economic Development: 1.2, 2.5, 3.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Program III-4 Traffic Impact Analyses
Require preparation of traffic impact analyses for new discretionary development projects.
A traffic impact a nalysis which includes VMT assessment shall be required for a proposed project that does not satisfy the project screening criteria . For projects that increase V/C by
0.01 or more on affected roadway segments or intersections experiencing LOS E or LOS F conditions without the proposed project, traffic impact analyses must propose binding reduction strategies to be incorporated within the project.
Continue to update guidelines for the preparation of traffic impact analyses to reflect local conditions and industry standards.
Agency/Department: Public Works Department
Funding Source: Development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Public Safety: 3.4, 3.7, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11
Program III-9 Geologic Hazard Assessments
Pursuant to state law, geologic and/or geotechnical studies are required for proposed new development projects located in areas identified as susceptible to landslides and liquefaction and binding mitigation strategies must be adopted. Compliance with the recommendations set forth in site-specific geologic and/or geotechnical studies will be made a condition of approval for new development . In addition, the City may require applicants to incorporate measures to stabilize and maintain slopes on a site -by-site basis, such as proper planting, irrigation, retaining walls, and benching.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Public Works Department
Funding Source: Development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 6.9, 6.10
Public Safety: 1.1
Program III-10 Cultural Resources Inventories
Require cultural resources inventories of all new development projects in areas identified with medium or high potential for archeological, paleontological, or cultural resources based on resource sensitivity maps prepared in conjunction with the General Plan.
Where a preliminary site survey finds medium to high potential for substantial archaeological remains, the City shall require a mitigation plan to protect the resource before issuance of permits. Mitigation may include:
▪ Ensuring that a qualified archaeologist is present during initial grading or trenching (monitoring),
▪ Redesigning the project to avoid archaeological resources (this is considered the strongest tool for preserving archaeological resources), ▪ Capping the site with a layer of fill, and/or
▪ Excavating and removing the archaeological resources (recovery) and implementing curation in an appropriate facility under the direction of a qualified archaeologist (interpretation).
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Alert applicants for permits within early settlement areas to the potential sensitivity. If an archaeological inventory surve y is required, the final stage is the preparation of a professional report detailing the findings and recommendations of the records search and field survey. The final report containing site forms, site significance, and mitigation measures should be submitted immediately to the Community Development Department. All information regarding site locations, Native American human remains, and associated funerary objects should be in a separate confidential addendum, and not be made available for public disclosure.
If significant archaeological resources are discovered during construction or grading activities, such activities shall cease in the immediate area of the find until a qualified archaeologist can determine the significance of the resource and recommend alternative mitigation. The final written report should be submitted to the appro priate regional archaeological Information Center within three months after work has been completed. The City shall ensure that project applicants contact the Native American Heritage Commission for a Sacred Lands File Check and a list of appropriate Native American contacts for consultation concerning the project site and to assist in crafting the mitigation measures.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: Development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 6.11
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 4.1, 4.5
Program III-11 Green Building, Energy Conservation,
and Sustainable Development
The City strongly encourages new development and major renovation projects to employ green building techniques and materials . Encourage proposed development projects throughout the City to use Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards developed by the U .S. Green Building Council or a similar third -party verified program.
Encourage building orientations and landscaping that enhance natural lighting and sun exposure. Prepare guidelines for sustainable development to encourage incorporation of these practices in new development. These guidelines will include measures to maximize soil permeability to address related stormwater and surface-water runoff issues.
Require compliance with state Title 24 building construction standards and Energy Star conservation standards for all development projects.
Prepare and adopt an ordinance that requires and/or provides incentives for: (1) specified new residential development to comply with a specified green building program or show that its development provides comparable effectiveness to such a program; and (2) specified non-residential development of a specified size comply with a specified green building
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Natural Resources: 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Program III-14 Archaeological Resources Management
Report (ARMR Preservation Bulletin)
Establish the Archaeological Resources Management Report (ARMR Preservation Bulletin) as the standard report format for all documentation and accept reports only from registered professional archaeologists knowledgeable in Native American cultures and/or historical archaeology (qualified archaeologists).
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: Development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 4.1
Program III-15 Historic Resources Design Review
Continue to use the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings as a basis for design review and incorporate them by reference into the Historic Preservation Design Standards for Old Towne and Orange Eichler Design Standards. and other historic preservation design standards . Any approved demolition permit for historic resources listed in the City’s Historic Register will be automatically subject to a delay of 180 days before the permit for demolition may be issued. The property owner will strive to develop alternatives to demolition that will preserve the historic resources.
The Design Review Committee or Historic Preservation Commission at such time such a commission is established, shall serve as the review body for projects involving historic resources.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, City Council Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.3, 3.2
Program III-16: Public Access to Santiago Creek and
Santa Ana River Public Interface
Ensure that new development does not preclude access to Santiago Creek and the Santa Ana River and associated trails. Development review should ensure that commercial and retail development in these areas support public access.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
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REV. GPA NO. 2024-0002 (1/14/25)
REV. GPA NO. 2014-0001 (12/2015)
REV. GPA NO. 2010-0001 (8/10/10)
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Fire Department Funding Source: General Fund, development fees
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 6.4, 6.11, 7.3
Natural Resources: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Public Safety: 3.1, 3.3
Program V-13 Open Space Preservation Organizations and
Agencies
Continue to work with local and regional open space preservation organizations and with federal and s tate agencies to identify and conserve urban open space and protect lands accessible for public use. Pursue grants and other resources to plan for open space preservation and, as appropriate, purchase properties to be included in the open space system. Use conservation easements where feasible as part of the City’s open space acquisition program.
Agency/Department: City Manager’s Office, Community Development Department, Community Services Department
Funding Source: Grants
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 6.4, 6.11
Natural Resources: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 5.7
Program V-14 Orange Chamber of Commerce
Continue to work with the Orange Chamber of Commerce in promoting the local economy.
The Chamber provides a variety of programs promoting economic development in Orange.
Agency/Department: Economic Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 3.2, 5.3, 8.2
Economic Development: 3.2, 3.3, 5.2
Program V-15 Federal and State Historic Preservation
Programs
The City will continue to support efforts by California’s OHP to administer federal and state- mandated historic preservation programs in California, including the following:
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▪ California Historical Landmarks
▪ California Points of Historical Interest
▪ California Register of Historical Resources
▪ National Register of Historic Places
▪ Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
▪ CEQA
The Mills Act is another preservation tool created by the California Legislature, enabling cities to enter into historical property agreements with owners of qualifying properties that result in reductions to the owners’ property taxes. The agreements provide a benefit that ensures preservation and guarantees authentic rehabilitations and a high level of maintenance of historic resources. The City will continue to offer the Mills Act program to private property owners, will expand the program to include newly designated historic resources, and publicize its availability . In compliance with state legislation, the City will inspect Mills Act properties prior to contract approval and once every five years thereafter.
Agency/Department: Community Development Department
Funding Source: General Fund, Mills Act fees, development fees Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Land Use: 1.5, 6.11
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Program V-16 Community History and Preservation
Organizations
Develop partnerships with local history and preservation organizations to prepare Historic Context Statement updates, undertake new surveys, and update surveys. Partner with local history and preservation organizations to develop a citywide interpretive program, including signs, plaques, exhibits, and other similar elements, to increase awareness of the City’s history and its historic resources
Agency/Department: Community Development Department, Library Services Department
Funding Source: General Fund, grants
Time Frame: Ongoing
Related Policies:
Cultural Resources &
Historic Preservation: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 3.4, 5.5
Program V-17 Orange County Airport Land Use Commission
Continue to work with the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission to increase safety and reduce noise associated with aircraft overflights and helicopter operations within the City by achieving the following objectives: