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Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance Other Public Facilities No Impact. The project would not require any other new or altered service facilities. No impacts would occur. XIV. Recreation A. Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. An increase in the use of parks is generally associated with the increase of housing or population in an area. The increase in housing provided by the proposed project would increase the population that uses parks, which may increase demand on existing parks. The increase in population caused by the proposed project would accelerate the deterioration of existing recreational facilities. Although onsite recreation facilities would reduce impacts to existing City recreational facilities, the project applicant would be subject to an acquisition and development fee paid to the City Parks and Recreation Department. The impacts would be less than significant after payment of park impact fees or construction of an off tract park (see Mitigation Measure PS- 2). B. Less Than Significant Impact. The proposed project would replace the existing tilt-up concrete warehouse with 38 single-family residential units. Associated land use improvements with those units include landscaping and open recreational areas. It is not anticipated that the installation of the onsite landscaping and recreational areas would result in an adverse physical effect on the environment. Impacts associated with these improvements have been addressed in the respective sections of this Initial Study. Impacts would be less than significant. XV. Transportation/Traffic A. Less Than Significant Impact. The project would result in a change in traffic on the local roadway network in the vicinity of the project site. The Trip Generation Manual defines the existing warehouse as a "Light Industrial" use. Light industrial uses usually employ fewer than 500 persons, with an emphasis on activities other than manufacturing, and typically have minimal office space (Institute of Transportation Engineers 2003:89). The existing warehouse currently generates 370 daily trips to the site, including 49 AM peak hour and 52 PM peak hour trips. The proposed project would generate 364 daily trips to the site, including 29 AM peak hour and 39 PM peak hour trips. This would result in a net decrease of 6 daily trips, 20 AM peak hour, and 13 PM peak hour trips to the site. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would not significantly impact local intersections or roadway segments. B. No Impact. The Orange County Congestion Management Plan (CMP) states that "a traffic impact analysis (TIA) will be required for CMP purpose for all proposed developments generating 2,400 or more daily trips" and that "for developments which will directly access a CMP Highway System link, the threshold for requiring a TIA should be reduced to 1,600 or more trips per day" (OCTA 2005:61). The proposed project would access Alton Avenue, which is not a CMP facility. Furthermore, the proposed project would not produce more than 2,400 daily trips. Therefore, no threshold would be violated and no impact would occur. Alton Court August 2007 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 3-38 J&S 00635.07 75A-104