Item 35 - Public Hearing - Short Term Rentals Ordinance

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CITY OF SANTA ANA SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROHIBITION ORDINANCE CITY OF SANTA ANA 4. Evaluation of Environmental Impacts Page 17 subject to the Williamson Act Contract. Furthermore, the city does not contain any land zoned for forestland, timberland, or timberland zoned Timberland production. Therefore, the GP would have no impact on agricultural and forest resources (GP EIR p. 8-1–8.2). Analysis of the Modified Project The Modified Project would expressly prohibit STRs and only affect existing structures. The Modified Project would not require development, redevelopment, or changes to existing development types in the City. The Modified Project is not anticipated to result in any physical impacts on the environment. Additionally, the existing conditions for agriculture and forest resources have not changed since the certification of the GP EIR. No impacts would occur. The Modified Project would not result in any new or more severe significant impacts than those identified in the GP EIR. 4.3 AIR QUALITY According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project would: AQ-1 Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? AQ-2 Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard? AQ-3 Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? AQ-4 Result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people? Summary of Impacts in the GP EIR As discussed in detail in Section 5.2, Air Quality, of the GP EIR, the Approved Project would exceed population estimates used in the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), and emissions associated with the additional population were not included in the regional emissions inventory for the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). Additionally, air pollutant emissions associated with the buildout of the Approved Project would cumulatively contribute to the nonattainment designations in the SoCAB (GP EIR p. 5.2-30). The GP EIR identified mitigation measures (MM) AQ-1 and AQ-2 to reduce impacts related to construction and operational emissions. The GP EIR determined that with the implementation of mitigation measures, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable. The Approved Project would result in construction emissions that would exceed South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) thresholds (GP EIR p. 5.2-31). The buildout of the Approved Project could exceed the South Coast AQMD regional emissions threshold under operational conditions (GP EIR p. 5.2-34). The GP EIR determined that with the implementation of MMs AQ -1 and AQ-2, impacts would remain significant and unavoidable. Exhibit 3 - Environmental Analysis