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2.0 Environmental Setting Avion Project SEIR Page 2-1 Chapter 2 Environmental Setting This chapter provides a description of existing site conditions for the Avion Property (project). The existing setting addresses the project site as well as the off-site components; and provides an overview of the local and regional environmental setting pursuant to Section 15152 of the State CEQA Guidelines. 2.1 Regional Setting The project site is in the city of San Diego (City), in San Diego County, east of Interstate 5, west of Interstate 15, and north of State Route 56 (Figure 2-1). The project site lies approximately seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and is approximately 20 miles north of downtown San Diego. The undeveloped 41.48-acre project site is located within the Black Mountain Ranch Subarea, which constitutes Subarea I of the former North City Future Urbanizing Area Framework Plan. The Black Mountain Ranch Subarea encompasses 5,098 acres in the northern portion of the City, and is generally bounded on the west, north, and east by unincorporated areas of San Diego County. The 4S Ranch and Santa Fe Valley Specific Plan areas form a portion of this county land. On the east, southeast, and south, the Black Mountain Ranch Subarea is bounded by the Rancho Peñasquitos and Rancho Bernardo community planning areas and Subarea IV Torrey Highlands. 2.2 Project Location The project site is located approximately 0.6 mile south of Carmel Valley Road/Bernardo Center Drive, 1.2 miles west of Interstate 15, and 1.4 miles east of Black Mountain Road. The project site consists of a 41.48-acre parcel of undeveloped land (Assessor’s Parcel Number 312-010-16 within Section 5 of Township 14 South, Range 2 West of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1996 7.5-minute topographic map, Poway quadrangle). The legal description of the project parcel is the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 5, Township 14 south, Range 2 west, San Bernardino base and meridian, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, except all crude oil, petroleum, gas, brea, asphaltum, and all kindred substances and other minerals under and in said land, as reserved in deed recorded May 30, 1960 as Instrument No. 111628. 2.3 Physical Environment 2.3.1 Landform Topographically, the project site is located at the upper end of a broad north-south trending valley. A ridgeline occurs in the central portion of the site that rises in elevation from north to south from 740 feet mean sea level to 915 feet mean sea level. The ridge is bounded by two small canyons, one to the east and one to the west, with one main drainage course and smaller tributaries in each.