Item 25 - Related Bristol Specific Plan Ordinances Second Readings (3600 S Bristol Street)

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Related Bristol Specific Plan Ordinances Second Readings (3600 S Bristol Street) October 15, 2024 Page 4 The requested entitlements and DA were unanimously approved on October 1, 2024 (6- 0-0-1) with Mayor Pro Tern Phan abstaining. As the requested entitlements include two ordinances, they require second readings pursuant to Section 413 of Division 2 of Article IV (City Council) of the City's Charter. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT General Plan Update (GPU) Final Program Environmental Impact Report (Final PEIR) In April 2022, the City certified the GPU Final PEIR (SCH No. 2020029087) and adopted the GPU. The GPU Final PEIR is a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) that examines the existing environment and the total scope of environmental effects that would occur as a result of buildout of the GPU land uses. As a Program EIR, the document comprehensively evaluated the potential environmental impacts stemming from adoption of the General Plan Update and subsequent implementing projects. Moreover, this type of EIR allows subsequent implementing activities, such as the proposed Specific Plan, to be evaluated through "tiering." Tiering refers to the coverage of general matters in broader EIRs, such as the GPU Final PEIR, with subsequent narrower EIRs or ultimately site -specific EIRs incorporating by reference the general discussions and concentrating solely on the issues specific to the EIR subsequently prepared, such as in the case of the Related Bristol Specific Plan's Supplemental EIR, which has been prepared for the Project. Tiering is appropriate when the sequence of EIRs is (1) from a general plan, policy, or program EIR to a program, plan, or policy EIR of lesser scope or to a site -specific EIR, (2) from an EIR on a specific action at an early stage to a subsequent EIR or a supplement to an EIR at a later stage. The Project site is located within the South Bristol Street Focus Area and has a land use designation of District Center -High (DC-5), which has a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 5.0, or 125 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and a maximum height of 25 stories that allows up to 8,958,114 SF of mixed uses, inclusive of residential uses, within the Project site. This level of redevelopment was included in the GPU Final PEIR buildout, and applicable mitigation measures were identified, as necessary, to reduce impacts. A project is consistent with the GPU if the development density does not exceed what was contemplated and analyzed for the parcel(s) in the certified GPU EIR and complies with the associated standards applicable to that development density (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(i)(2)/Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.). Development density standards can include the number of dwelling units per acre, the number of people in a given area, FAR, and other measures of building intensity, building height, size limitations, and use restrictions. Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) In compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and as required by Public Resources Code (PRC) section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines section 15162, the