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Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br />Page 4 of 6 <br />Guidelines section 15183(i)(2). Development density standards can include the number <br />of dwelling units per acre, the number of people in a given area, floor area ratio (FAR), <br />and other measures of building intensity, building height, size limitations, and use <br />restrictions. <br /> <br /> (C) The GPU identifies that the Interim Development Standard for the FLEX-3 <br />area is M1. The M1 zone provides for a variety of light industrial uses, including <br />warehousing, manufacture, assembly, machine shops, and wholesale businesses. The <br />Project would result in a FAR of 0.42, which is within the projections of the GPU EIR, <br />which evaluated a density of 3.0 FAR on the site. The GPU EIR adequately anticipated <br />and analyzed the impacts of this Project and identified applicable mitigation measures <br />necessary to reduce impacts of the Project, and the Project implements the applicable <br />mitigation measures. <br /> (D) Specifically, the Project qualifies for the exemption because the following <br />findings can be made: <br />1. The Project is consistent with the development density established by existing <br />zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified. <br />The Project would result in a FAR of 0.42, which is less than the maximum FAR <br />of 3.0 allowable in the FLEX-3 designated area, which is the development <br />density established by the GPU and analyzed in the GPU EIR. The Project site <br />has an Interim Development Standard of M-1 (light Industrial zone). The M-1 <br />zone does not have density requirements. <br />2. There are no Project specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site, <br />and which the GPU EIR failed to analyze as significant effects. The subject <br />property is similar to other properties in the area, including its land use <br />designation and zoning. The property does not support any peculiar <br />environmental features, and the Project would not result in any peculiar effects. <br />In addition, as explained further in the prepared Exemption Checklist, project <br />impacts were adequately analyzed by the GPU EIR; and as detailed in the GPU <br />EIR, development projects pursuant to the GPU, such as the proposed Project, <br />could result in potentially significant impacts to air quality, cultural resources, <br />paleontological resources, noise, and tribal cultural resources. However, <br />applicable mitigation measures specified within the GPU EIR would reduce <br />potential impacts to a less than significant level. <br />3. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which the <br />GPU EIR failed to evaluate. The Project is consistent with the density and use <br />characteristics of the development considered by the GPU EIR and would <br />represent a small part of the growth that was forecast for build-out of the GPU. <br />The GPU EIR considered the incremental impacts of the Project, and as <br />explained further in the prepared Exemption Checklist, no potentially significant <br />off-site or cumulative impacts have been identified which were not previously <br />evaluated. <br />4. There is no substantial new information which results in more severe impacts <br />than anticipated by the GPU EIR. As explained in the prepared Exemption