Item 26 - Public Hearing Vista Heritage Charter School (601 North Fairview Street)

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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project CEQA Exemption 15183 Table 5 [cont'd] General Plan Update Land Use Element Project Consistency Analysis Applicable General Plan Land Use Policies Project Consistency Analysis Goal LU-4: Support a sustainable Santa Ana through improvements to the built environment and a culture of collaboration. Policy LU-4.3: Encourage land uses and strategies that Consistent. As an infill redevelopment project, the proposed district reduce energy and water consumption, waste and noise office and outdoor areas would require/produce less water, waste, generation, soil contamination, air quality impacts, and soil contamination, and air quality pollutants compared to a new light pollution. development. Policy LU-4.8: Collaborate with property owners, Consistent. The project would redevelop the shared surface parking community organizations, and other local stakeholders lot in the southern portion of the site into an outdoor area consisting to identify opportunities for additional open space and of an approximately 2,297-square-foot community garden, an community services, such as community gardens and approximately 7,372-square-foot play field, and an approximately gathering places. 4,640-square-foot play yard. The outdoor areas would serve existing students of the adjoining Vista Heritage Global Academy. Policy LU-4.9: Encourage public, private and Consistent. Refer to responses to Policies LU-1.3, LU-1.8, and LU- commercial recreational facilities in areas that are park 2.3 above. and open space deficient. Source: City of Santa Ana, Golden City Beyond, Santa Ana General Plan Land Use Element, April 2022. Per RR LU-1, the project must comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code. Permitted uses in the SD-82 zone are the uses permitted in the M1 zone as specified in Municipal Code Chapter 41, Article III, Division 18, M1 (Light Industrial), and schools by right and churches with a conditional use permit. Further, it is noted that the operational and development standards for the permitted and conditionally permitted Light Industrial Uses within the SD-82 zone shall be consistent with the operational and development standards found in Municipal Code Chapter 41, Article III, Division 18. To allow the use of the former automotive repair building for the proposed office use, a Zone Change would be required to modify the existing M1 zone to SD-82 to be consistent with the majority of the Fairview Business Park. In addition to the proposed Zone Change, the project also proposes a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to amend the operational standards of the SD-82 zoning district to allow outdoor play areas. Under current SD-82 provisions, play areas for children are limited to indoors only. Upon approval of the above entitlements, the proposed project would be consistent with the requirements of the General Plan Update and project site's zoning, and would not conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. Impacts would be less than significant. 4.11.3 Conclusion As such, the project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR LU- 1 identified in the GPU EIR, the proposed project would not have any specific effects which are peculiar to the project or the site. There are no project specific impacts or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts the GPU EIR failed to analyze, and there are no new significant or substantially more severe impacts to land use and planning than anticipated by the GPU EIR. Applicable GPU EIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR LU-1 Development associated with the General Plan Update would be designed and constructed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code. Development within specific plan areas, overlay areas, and specific development districts would implement zoning and Dec i y ouncil 26 — 101 1/16/202 e41