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will impact the units nearest the complex. The intensity of impact will depend on the final lighting design and the orientation of the residential units. Lights from automobiles entering and exiting the site at night could also cause impacts. Vehicle access to the site during Phase I will be provided on Main Street, Owens Drive and Lawson Way. Access on Lawson Way is directly across the street from the senior citizen center and lights from vehicles exiting the project could impact residents of that facility. However, all parking for the project will be in structures or underground, reducing light impacts on neighboring land uses. These impacts are typical in urban settings and are not considered significant. Shade and Shadow Potential adverse project shadow impacts related to the casting of shadows will be associated with the 32- and 20-story office towers, the 27-story hotel tower, the 19-story residential tower, and the parking structure. In general, the greatest impacts will be during the winter months and during early morning and evening periods on clear days throughout the year. The Phase I 32-story office building will cast shadows onto northerly adjacent property only at midday during the winter season. The analysis indicates that the greatest shadow impact from the high-rise residential tower will be early mornings and evening shadows cast on the most northerly 2-story attached single-family homes of the proposed project itself. Shadows cast from the proposed Phase II 19-story residential tower will affect the south-facing units at the northerly portion of the site, as well as the semi-public courtyard created in the center of the residential project in Phase II. Shadows from the parking structure will extend to areas just north of the project. Shadows cast from the proposed Phase I 20-story office tower and the Phase II 27-story hotel tower will affect the outdoor plazas created within the proposed development. This may be desirable in the summer season in Southern California but is not viewed as a benefit during the winter season. Shadows cast by the two office towers will extend beyond the site but do not have a significant off-site impact, since they affect only adjacent existing commercial uses. Shadows cast on-site will not have a significant impact since they primarily affect the plazas and commercial area. No major areas are within shadows for the entire day. 2 · FINDINGS The mitigation measures contained in the Mitigation Monitoring Program as Mitigation Monitoring Program Numbers 42 through 46 have been required in, or incorporated into, the project and those mitigation measures mitigate or avoid the significant environmental 18