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ZOA No. 2024-01 for South Coast Technology Center at 3100 West Lake Center Drive
<br />August 20, 2024
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<br />C. A general plan of a local agency, and
<br />2. An EIR was certified by the lead agency for the zoning action, the community
<br />plan, or the general plan.
<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 prepared environmental review provides a limited examination of environmental
<br />effects for the proposed project, evaluating whether there are impacts that are peculiar
<br />to the project or the project site, impacts not analyzed as significant effects in the GPU
<br />EIR, potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts not evaluated in the GPU EIR,
<br />or previously identified significant effects that are determined to have a more severe
<br />adverse impact than discussed in the GPU EIR. Moreover, the review analyzed impacts
<br />to aesthetics, agricultural and forestry resources, air quality, biological resources,
<br />cultural resources, energy consumption, site geology and soils, greenhouse gas
<br />emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use
<br />and planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services,
<br />recreation, transportation, tribal cultural resources, utilities and service systems, and
<br />wildfire risk. Additionally, the review outlines implementation of applicable regulatory
<br />requirements and mitigation measures detailed in GPU EIR, related to the above -listed
<br />topics analyzed in the environmental review.
<br />The environmental review concluded that the proposed project is consistent with
<br />buildout of the General Plan Update. Upon implementation of regulatory requirements
<br />and mitigation measures related to air quality, cultural resources, geology and soils, and
<br />noise, the proposed project would not have any specific effects, which are peculiar to
<br />the project or the project site. Moreover, there are no project specific impacts or
<br />potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts that the GPU PEIR did not analyze,
<br />and there are no new significant or substantially more severe impacts to aesthetics,
<br />agricultural and forestry resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources,
<br />energy consumption, site geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and
<br />hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, mineral
<br />resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation,
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