2005-016 - Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Property Located at 2725 North Main Street

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City Place Focused Environmental Impact Report Responses to Comments . CLARIFICATIONS TO THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT The following is a listing of clarifications and additions to the City Place Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). Those parts of text that are underlined indicate revisions by reference to the text ofthe Draft EIR. SECTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION Section 1.0 of the Draft EIR has been revised to identify the City of Orange as a responsible agency with discretionary approval of traffic improvements implemented in the City of Orange. SECTION 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND PROJECT OBJECTIVES Through the response to comment process, the proj ect description for the proposed project has been amended. The proposed 2,000 square foot black box theater has been deleted from tbe project. In place of the black box theater, 2,000 square feet of retail area or restaurant area would be provided. Tbe overall commercial area ofthe proposed project would remain at 57,700 square feet. Additionally, a 2-acre parcel of the project site was rezoned to one dwelling unit per acre, resulting in a reduction of 53 residential units. As a result of refinement of the site plan 2 live/work units were also eliminated. The total amount of residential units proposed on the project site would be 187 residential units. EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL LAND USE CHANGES The following analysis evaluates bow the City Place EIR traffic, air and noise analysis would be affected by replacing the 2,000 square foot black box theater with 2,000 square feet of additional retail or restaurant area. The analysis compares the overall daily traffic volumes and the AM and PM Peak Hour traffic volumes. Table 1 identifies the overall daily traffic volumes and the AM and PM Peak Hour traffic volumes for the City Place project with the 2,000 square foot black box theater. Additional Retail Area Table 2 identifies dailv traffic volumes and the AM and PM Peak Hour traffic volumes for the Citv Place project with 2,000 square feet of additional retail area in lieu of providing the 2,000 square foot black box theater. As shown in Table 2. the substitution ofthe black box theater with additional retail area would have a insignificant imoact on the overall daily traffic volumes and the AM and PM Peak Hour Traffic yolumes generated by the City Place oroiect, when comoared to the oroi ect with the black box theater. Without tbe black box theater and with the additional retail area. the oyerall daily traffic volumes generated fj-om the oroiect would decrease by 70 yehicle trios. Overall traffic yolumes are used to measure roadway caoacity impacts, air quality imoacts and noise imoacts. A reduction in 70 vehicle trios would have a slightly beneficial imoact on roadway caoacity, air qualitv emissions and mobile source noise levels. The reduction in the overall traffic volumes would not have any C:lDocuments and Settings\BKaufmanILocal SetlingslTemporary Internet FileslOLKBICity Place Council Change Clarifications. doc C-J January 2005 EXHIBIT A Resolution 2005-016 Page 5 of 53