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9.0 EIR Subject Areas Requiring No Change in Analysis Avion Project SEIR Page 9-4 construction and will include BMPs such as desilting basins, silt fences, gravel bags, fiber rolls, and other erosion control measures. These temporary BMPs would be employed consistent with the State Water Resources Control Board’s General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity. All of the water quality treatment measures described above would meet or exceed those previously identified, and there would be no new significant or substantially increased adverse impacts associated with water quality. 9.4 Visual Quality Because no site-specific design was proposed for the Southeast Perimeter properties at the time the 1998 EIR was prepared, the EIR concluded that potential landform alteration impacts would be evaluated during subsequent environmental review. Therefore, the analysis of project impacts relative to landform alteration is discussed in Section 5.4.2 of this SEIR. The 1998 EIR concluded that impacts to views from Black Mountain Park of future residential development within the southeast perimeter properties may be significant. The MMRP indicates that the application of Design Guidelines identified in the Subarea Plan that address residential lot grading, siting of structures, architectural styles, setbacks, exterior use areas, walls and fences, exterior lighting and landscaping, would allow for a consistent community character to be retained and minimize impacts to views. The Subarea Plan states: All Perimeter Properties and the BMR North Clusters will be required to adopt the Design Guidelines approved for the BMR VTM/PRD or required to develop independent design guidelines conforming to the Framework Plan, this Subarea I plan and compatible with the BMR VTM/PRD Design Guidelines. Design Guidelines have been developed for the project and are consistent with the Subarea Plan Design Guidelines. Therefore, conclusions from the 1998 EIR are applicable and the project would not result in any new significant or substantially increased adverse impacts beyond those previously identified in the EIR relative to visual character. The 1998 EIR did not identify any significant impacts to unique geologic or topographic features from future development within the Subarea. The EIR analysis stated that the southeast perimeter properties would encroach into approximately 9 percent of sensitive on-site slopes. The project would encroach into approximately 18.95 percent of steep slopes subject to Environmentally Sensitive Lands (ESL; with allowances for erosion control). The encroachment is within the allowable limits of the City’s ESL ordinance, as detailed in Section 5.1.3 of this SEIR. Therefore, new or substantially increased adverse impacts would result, and the conclusions are consistent with those of the 1998 EIR. The 1998 EIR did not identify the presence of any distinctive or landmark trees within the subarea. No landmark trees are present on the project site, and no further analysis is required.