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Vista Heritage Charter School <br />February 20, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />4 <br />0 <br />5 <br />4 <br />Impact Report (GPU EIR). Specifically, the analysis evaluates the change of use of the <br />existing 5,837-square-foot building from auto-repair to administrative office and site <br />improvements that include new landscaping, façade remodel, and new outdoor areas <br />for the office and the school. <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 allows a streamlined environmental review process for <br />projects that are consistent with the densities established by existing zoning, community <br />plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified and does not require <br />additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether <br />there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. <br />Moreover, projects that are consistent with the densities and use characteristics <br />considered by the GPU EIR may qualify for the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 <br />Exemption process. This exemption process may be used when a project meets the <br />following conditions: <br />a) 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 />b) There are no project specific effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. <br />c) There are no project specific impacts which the prior EIR failed to analyze as <br />significant effects. <br />d) There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts which the <br />prior EIR failed to evaluate. <br />e) There is no substantial new information which results in more severe impacts <br />than anticipated by the prior EIR. <br />The GPU was adopted, and the GPU EIR certified, in April 2022 (State Clearinghouse <br />Number 2020029087); the GPU went into effect on May 26, 2022. Any decision by the <br />City affecting land use and development must be consistent with the GPU. The GPU <br />EIR evaluates the potential environmental effects associated with implementation of the <br />GPU and addresses appropriate and feasible mitigation measures that would minimize <br />or eliminate these impacts. Pursuant to Section 15183(i)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines, a <br />project is consistent with the GPU if the development density does not exceed what was <br />contemplated and analyzed for the parcel(s) in the certified GPU EIR and complies with <br />the associated standards applicable to that development density. Development density <br />standards can include the number of dwelling units per acre, the number of people in a <br />given area, floor area ratio (FAR), and other measures of building intensity, building <br />height, size limitations, and use restrictions. <br />The GPU identifies that the Interim Development Standard for the FLEX-1.5 area are <br />those development standards outlined for the M1 zoning designation. The M1 zone <br />provides for a variety of light industrial uses, including warehousing, manufacture, <br />assembly, machine shops, wholesale businesses and ancillary uses such as office uses <br />that do not exceed 30% of the gross floor area. The Project would result in a FAR of <br />0.14, which is within the projections of the GPU EIR, which evaluated a density of 1.5