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Proposal to Prepare an EIR and Provide Planning Consulting Services for the First and Fourth Street Corridors Mixed -Use Overlov Zone use. While EIP has not yet received a site plan of the proposed developments, it is anticipated that they may have an impact on adjacent uses. EIP will conduct a site visit and document in photographs the existing visual character of the site and surrounding area. Views of the site from surrounding areas will be described. Long-term impacts on the visual character of the site and vicinity will be textually described and project -specific components will be depicted with illustrations provided by the project architect, if available. The analysis will focus on how the development is integrated within the surrounding land uses and conditions. In addition, a shadows analysis will be performed to determine if the proposed buildings would cast significant shadows on surrounding uses. EIP will analyze whether the proposed project would substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surroundings due to height, bulk, or massing; architectural style or building materials; location in a visually prominent area; degrading the visual unity of an area; detracting from the overall image of the City; degrading views from roadways or adjacent uses; or the introduction of an architectural feature or building mass that conflicts with the character of surrounding development. It is anticipated that the proposed project would result in beneficial aesthetic impacts. Existing scenic vistas will be described, and the project's impacts on any scenic vista will be analyzed, particularly if it obstructs views from a designated scenic highway or arterial roadway, or through removal of natural features or addition of man-made features or structures that degrade the visual intactness and unity of a scenic vista. Existing sources of light and glare will be described. The EIR will analyze whether the proposed project would create a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area where the project will have outdoor illumination of more than one and a quarter foot candles from dusk to dawn, where reflective building materials will be used, or where the project will use neon or similar signage or architectural features. The EIR will analyze any potential conflicts with applicable plans, policies, or regulations adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect, such as development standards or design guidelines. Air Quality. EIP will prepare an air quality section for the EIR that is consistent with the recommendations of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for an air quality analysis in a CEQA document. Contribution of the proposed project to pollutant levels will be analyzed based on SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook emission thresholds of significance to determine whether the project would violate a State or federal air quality standard or contribute substantiallyto an existing or projected air quality violation. The EIR will qualitatively evaluate potential exposure of sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations where the project may cause emissions of identified pollutants in excess of the pounds per day or tons per quarter standards established by the SCAQMD. Project consistency with additional indicators as outlined in the SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook related to hazardous materials or emissions of toxic air contaminants will also be discussed in the EIR. Orange County is in nonattainment for ozone under both State and Federal standards and PM10 under State standards; therefore, these will be the pollutants of primary concern in the EIR. The air pollutants of greatest concern in the South Coast Air Basin are ozone, NOx, CO, and PM10. Because the proposed project could allow development of residential uses in proximity to industrial operations, toxic air contaminants will be addressed.