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31 51 6 a significant part of the Revised Project, which includes the proposed modifications to develop a car wash on 301 N. Tustin Avenue instead of the retail center, because the car wash could not have been developed on the property without those changes. Commercial development of those properties is the exact reason Real Parties applied for the General Plan Amendment and the Zoning Amendment because the neither the Original Project, nor the Revised could be developed those initial approvals. 7 83. The revised project is also inconsistent with the City's General Plan Goals and 8 Policies because the car wash development will not promote economic growth, sales tax revenue, 9 or jobs, and it is aesthetically unappealing at an identified gateway to the City. 10 84. In addition, Respondents were required to determine whether subsequent 11 environmental review of the Original Project was required in light of the modifications Real 12 Parties requested in 2019 as part of the Revised Project—i.e. the substitution of the car wash for 13 the retail building. If Respondents determined that no subsequent environmental review was 14 mandated by the modifications, then the MND and MMRP remained in effect and compliance 15 with the mitigation measures set forth therein was required. If Respondents determined that 16 further environmental review was necessary in light of the Modifications, then CEQA required 17 Respondents to adopt a subsequent environmental review document. 18 85. Further environmental review was required here because the addition of a massive, 19 automated car wash in the Revised Project creates environmental concerns that are distinct from 20 those associated with a retail building and were not considered in Respondents' Initial Study in 21 connection with the Original Project, or the MND. For example, the retail building in the Original 22 Project would produce no significant impacts on noise, vibration or traffic. In contrast, the 23 addition of the car wash development on 301 N. Tustin Avenue constitutes a substantial change in 24 light of, among other things, the vibrations, noise and traffic impacts the car wash will generate, 25 and that the car wash tunnel will be constructed merely inches from a highly sensitive use as a 26 dental office on 171 N. Tustin Avenue. 27 86. Subsequent environmental review was necessary to analyze whether the Revised 28 Project will have a significant impact on vibrations. PETITION FOR WRIT OF