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Ordinance No. NS - ____ <br />Page 5 of 11 <br />•The updated land use plan in the Land Use Element of the <br />General Plan does not designate any properties within the TZC, <br />including the Logan or Lacy neighborhoods, as industrial; rather, <br />are designated as varying intensities of District Center or Urban <br />Neighborhood land use designations—both of which are <br />inconsistent with industrial uses; and <br />•There are pressing and growing code enforcement complaints <br />stemming from the irreconcilable land use conflicts in the TZC. <br />Specifically, in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, the City’s <br />Code Enforcement Division has investigated over 33 <br />commercial and industrial properties in the past nine months <br />and currently has 17 active open cases that have been issued <br />Notice of Violations and administrative citations for the following <br />types of violations: illegal storage, land use, zoning, property <br />and landscape maintenance, unpermitted work, business <br />license, and certificate of occupancy. The close proximity of <br />active open industrial cases during a short period of time is <br />creating a public nuisance that is draining City resources and <br />that is harming public health, safety, and general welfare of the <br />TZC’s existing and new residential neighborhoods from the <br />concentration of open code enforcement cases nearby; and <br />•In the Logan neighborhood, 52 industrial facilities (automotive, <br />warehouse/storage, crematory, towing yards, construction) are <br />presently in close proximity to sensitive uses monitored by <br />external regulatory agencies such as South Coast AQMD, <br />Orange County Health Care Agency – Certified Unified Program <br />Agencies (OC CUPA), Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board <br />(SARWQB), Orange County Fire Authority. Industrial facilities <br />have caused significant pollution exposure to disadvantaged <br />communities, including lead risk in soil and housing, diesel <br />particulate matter from idling trucks, toxic release from facilities, <br />traffic impacts, noise pollution, and airborne particulate matter or <br />fine inhalable particles of 2.5 (PM2.5) microns or less in <br />diameter. CalEnviroScreen reports higher environmental effects <br />from active facility cleanup sites, hazardous waste facilities, and <br />solid waste locations. Cumulative health impacts in the area <br />include asthma, cardiovascular disease, and low birth weight, in <br />this overburdened disadvantaged community fact ored by <br />socioeconomic indicators of poverty, linguistic isolation, housing <br />burden, and education; and <br />•In the Lacy neighborhood, 76 industrial facilities (automotive, <br />warehouse/storage, towing yards, construction) are presently in <br />close proximity to sensitive uses monitored by external