|
Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 2-5; Initial Study, p. 22.)
<br />Facts in Support of Finding: The Project would not create objectionable odors affecting a substantial
<br />number of people. The Project must comply with SCAQMD Rule 402, which seeks to prevent odor
<br />nuisances (Initial Study, p. 22.) Moreover, odors resulting from the temporary construction of the Project
<br />are not likely to affect a substantial number of people due to the fact that construction activities do not
<br />usually emit offensive odors. Additionally, the Project would only involve residential uses, which are not
<br />land uses that are typically associated with the generation of objectionable odors such as large commercial
<br />or industrial uses. (Initial Study, p. 22.) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified
<br />Project.
<br />9.4 Biological Resources
<br />9.4.1 Candidate, Non -listed Sensitive, or Special -Status Animal and Plant Species
<br />Threshold: Would the Project have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat
<br />modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or
<br />regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish
<br />and Wildlife Service?
<br />Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 4.3-4.)
<br />Facts in Support of Finding: As described in DEIR Section 4.3, Biological Resources, the Project site
<br />and adjacent Santiago Park areas consist of developed or ornamentally landscaped areas that do not
<br />contain native habitat, special -status habitat, or special -status plants and none are expected to occur due
<br />to a lack of suitable habitat. As described by the DEIR, the site could be used by one special -status wildlife
<br />species, the western mastiff bat, that has a low potential to roost in the large trees and palms. However, its
<br />typical habitat involves conifer and deciduous woodlands, coastal scrub, grasslands, and chaparral, which
<br />do not occur on the Project site, within Santiago Park, or in the adjacent areas. Therefore, potential impacts
<br />to the western mastiff bat from implementation of the Project would be less than significant. No other
<br />candidate, sensitive, or special status species have the potential to occur on or adjacent to the Project site.
<br />Therefore, impacts from implementation of the proposed Project would be less than significant. (DEIR,
<br />p. 4.3-4.) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project.
<br />9.4.2 Riparian Habitat
<br />Threshold: Would the Project have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other
<br />sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the
<br />California Department of Fish and Wildlife or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
<br />Finding: No Impact. (DEIR, pp. 4.3-4 through 4.3-5.)
<br />Facts in Support of Finding: The Project site and adjacent areas do not contain native habitat or special -
<br />status habitat, including riparian habitat, wetlands, or other sensitive natural community. Therefore, the
<br />Project would not result in impacts related to these types of biological resources. (DEIR, pp. 4.3-4 through
<br />4.3-5.) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project.
<br />Resolution No. Page 27 of 76
<br />Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR
<br />
|