75B - PH AMEND APP NO. 2018-09 CALVARY CHURCH

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AA No. 2018-09 1010 and 1100-B North Tustin Avenue January 21, 2020 Page 3 The current zoning for the properties contains standards that apply to Professional office developments, while the project was built based on a series of professional and commercial standards and guidelines no longer found in the City's zoning code. Therefore, the Specific Development No. 95 (SD-95) will be established for the purpose of implementing the Calvary church master plan while protecting and promoting the public health, safety and general welfare of the City and its residents. If the zone change is approved, a series of site -specific objectives and development standards will guide the development of the project. Specifically, the SD-95 document includes a menu of development standards which establish permitted and conditional uses and regulate intensity, circulation, setbacks, parking, height and landscape requirements and includes provisions for construction and maintenance to allow the exclusive entitlement of the master plan. The current Professional (P) designation permits a variety of business uses that aim to create a professional business environment and prohibits the uses found on the Calvary Church campus. The change to SD-95 will provide assurances that the Calvary Church campus master plan will be implemented in the future and will not be impacted by any future general plan and zoning code changes. The SD designation will allow the church use, school use and professional office uses on the campus. The Planning Commission has taken into consideration the surrounding land uses and economic factors during its review of the proposed zone change (Exhibit 3). The existing church, which is located within a professional office corridor, has differing operating and vehicular peak periods than the surrounding office uses and is compatible with the adjacent uses. Additionally, the Church has not had any adverse impacts on the adjacent single-family neighborhood to the west as the Church buildings are set back a minimum of 60 feet from the residential uses. Further, the school, which operates during the day, has its playground also set back approximately 60 feet from the residences, thereby minimizing impacts to the adjacent residences. Finally, the Church has had a neutral economic impact on the City as the site has not contributed to the City's tax base since its opening. Implementation of the master plan will not result in any new economic impact. The project will promote a development that is suitable for the site. The project will also contribute to the promotion of a balance of land uses in the City. Finally, the development, through the construction of the proposed project, will contribute to the enhancement of a portion of the city that has seen minimal investment in recent years. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT As part of the City's permitting process, the proposed project is required to undergo an environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with CEQA, the recommended actions have been reviewed through an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. Sections 15070 through 15075 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Article 6) guide the process for the preparation of a negative declaration (ND) or mitigated negative declaration (MND). The MND prepared for the project evaluated the proposed project's effects on the following resource topics: aesthetics, agricultural resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and 75B-3