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City Place Sky Lofts Final Environmental Impact Report Findings 6.1 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT REJECTED 6.1.1 ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT The EIR does not analyze an alternative site for the City Place Sky Lofts project because the applicant does not own or control another suitable property in the City of Santa Ana. The City Place Sky Lofts project would generate approximately the same traffic and air quality emissions at any other location in the City, to the same or greater extent than at the proposed site. Therefore, locating the City Place Sky Lofts project at another site in the City would essentially shift the project's adverse impacts to that other location, but would not be expected to avoid or substantially reduce those impacts. However, it should be noted that the traffic impacts which occur in the City of Orange under the City Place Sky Lofts project could possibly be located to an area entirely within the City of Santa Ana if an alternative project site were considered, but the level of impact would remain comparable. As a result, an alternative site for the proposed project was not evaluated in the Draft EIR. 6.2 NO PROJECT ALTERNATIVES 6.2.1 NO PROJECT/EXISTING CONDITIONS ALTERNATIVE This No Project Alternative assumes that the existing 2.008-acre project site remains as is and that no development occurs on the site. With this Alternative, the site would remain vacant and no residential or commercial uses would be developed. Table 9-1 from the Draft EIR, on the following page, indicates that the No Project/Existing Conditions Alternative would not meet any of the objectives for the City Place Sky Lofts project. 6.2.2 NO PROJECT/EXISTING ENTITLEMENT ALTERNATIVE This No Project Alternative assumes that the 2.008-acre project site would be developed consistent with the existing approved entitlements for the project site per SD-59. The existing entitlements would allow for one dwelling unit per acre. This No Project Alternative would result in two additional housing units and would result in a substantially lower land use density on the project site than the proposed project that consists of 353 residential dwelling units. However, this No Project Alternative would not meet the objectives for the City Place Sky Lofts project. 6.3 TOWN HOME ALTERNATIVE The Town Home Alternative consists of 57 town homes on the project site. This alternative is the same design as proposed for the site in the original City Place project in 2004. However, only two dwelling units were entitled for the site. This Alternative would reduce the development on the project site by 296 residential dwelling units compared to the City Place Sky Lofts project. This Town Home Alternative would meet all but one of the project objectives. This Alternative would provide 296 fewer dwelling units than the proposed project, and therefore would not meet the project objective to maximize residential density on the site. 6.4 COMPARISON OF IMPACTS Table 9-1 in the EIR, provided below, compares the unavoidable adverse impacts of the City Place Sky Lofts project and the No Project/Existing Conditions, No Project/Existing Entitlement and Town Home Alternatives. F. IPROD-ENVICity Place SkyLoftslFinal EIRIFindings-SOCIFindings-SOC.doc Page 27 January 23, 2009 75A-137