GARDEN GROVE City Council approved an ordinance allowing for the construction of a new 30-unit townhome project (Shutterstock).

By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune

A 30-unit townhouse development to be built on the site of a former restaurant won initial approval from the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night.

With Mayor Steve Jones absent, the council voted 6-0 to approve the first reading of an ordinance for the 30-unit project to be built at the corner of Brookhurst Street and Central Avenue.

In addition to a site plan and tentative tract map, the applicant asked for a rezone from neighborhood commercial (C-1) and limited multiple residential (R-3).

The project would include three affordable residential units for “moderate income” households on the 1.22-acre site where the Marie Callender’s restaurant once stood.

Of the 30 units, 22 would be two-bedroom units and eight would be four-bedroom units. Each unit would have a two-car garage (standard or tandem) and a balcony on the second floor and an open patio in the front.

Proposed is about 3,290 square feet of common recreation area with a barbecue area, wood structure shades and tables, seating, outdoor furniture, community gardens and a community dog bag station.