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Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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<br />17.The updated land use plan in the Land Use Element of the General Plan
<br />does not designate any properties within the TZC, including the Logan
<br />or Lacy neighborhoods, as industrial; rather, they are designated as
<br />varying intensities of District Center or Urban Neighborhood land use
<br />designations—both of which are inconsistent with industrial uses; and
<br />18.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 Code
<br />Enforcement Division has investigated over 35 commercial and
<br />industrial properties in the past twelve months and currently has 16
<br />active open cases that have been issued Notice of Violations and
<br />administrative citations for the following types of violations: illegal
<br />storage, land use, zoning, property and landscape maintenance,
<br />unpermitted work, business license, and certificate of occupancy. The
<br />close proximity of active open industrial cases during a short period of
<br />time is creating a public nuisance that is draining City resources and that
<br />is harming public health, safety, and general welfare of the TZC’s
<br />existing and new residential neighborhoods from the concentration of
<br />open code enforcement cases nearby; and
<br />19.In the Logan neighborhood, 52 industrial facilities (automotive,
<br />warehouse/storage, crematory, towing yards, construction) are
<br />presently near sensitive uses monitored by external regulatory agencies
<br />such as South Coast AQMD, Orange County Health Care Agency –
<br />Certified Unified Program Agencies (OC CUPA), Santa Ana Regional
<br />Water Quality Board (SARWQB), Orange County Fire Authority.
<br />Industrial facilities have caused significant pollution exposure to
<br />disadvantaged communities, including lead risk in soil and housing,
<br />diesel particulate matter from idling trucks, toxic release from facilities,
<br />traffic impacts, noise pollution, and airborne particulate matter or fine
<br />inhalable particles of 2.5 (PM2.5) microns or less in diameter.
<br />CalEnviroScreen reports higher environmental effects from active facility
<br />cleanup sites, hazardous waste facilities, and solid waste locations.
<br />Cumulative health impacts in the area include asthma, cardiovascular
<br />disease, and low birth weight, in this overburdened disadvantaged
<br />community factored by socioeconomic indicators of poverty, linguistic
<br />isolation, housing burden, and education; and
<br />20.In the Lacy neighborhood, 76 industrial facilities (automotive,
<br />warehouse/storage, towing yards, construction) are presently near
<br />sensitive uses monitored by external regulatory agencies such as South
<br />Coast AQMD, Orange County Health Care Agency – Certified Unified
<br />Program Agencies (OC CUPA), Santa Ana Regional Water Quality
<br />Board (SARWQB), Orange County Fire Authority. Industrial facilities
<br />have caused significant pollution onto disadvantaged communities,
<br />including lead risk exposure, diesel particulate matter from idling trucks,
<br />toxic release from facilities, traffic impacts, noise pollution, vibration
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