2014-069 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014-01

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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR CITY OF SANTA ANA 5. Environmental Analysis LAND USE AND PLANNING Implementation of the Harbor Corridor Plan would also include improvements to Harbor Boulevard and its cross - streets: 5th Street, 1st Street, McFadden Avenue, and Westminster Boulevard. Proposed improvements include the enlargement of sidewalk and parkway areas to facilitate safe bicycle and pedestrian travel along Harbor Boulevard and efficient connections to the regional bicycle network The improvements would maintain the same rights- of-way and number of travel lanes on the affected roadways. The remaining 120 acres in the existing NHSP would to be extracted from the NHSP and converted to conventional zoning. This area would not be included in the Harbor Corridor Plan. Land uses in the area consist of the Willowick Golf Course and Cesar Chavez /Campesino Park, residential properties along Jackson Street, and commercial properties along 5th Street. Zoning designations for the parcels in question were determined based on existing conditions and would be adopted upon repeal of the NHSP. Willowick Golf Course, Cesar Chavez /Campestno Park, and the properties in between would be zoned Open Space Area (0), and residential properties along Jackson Street would be zoned Two Family Residential (R2). As previously stated, no new development is expected in the conventional zoning area, and the proposed land use designations are consistent with the existing developed condition. Therefore, removing this area from the NHSP would not result in any land use compatibility impacts. General Plan Consistency Per the City's general plan, land use designations for the project area include: Low Density Residential (LR -'), Low Medium Density Residential (LMR -11), Medium Density Residential (MR -15), General Commercial (GC), Industrial (IND), and Open Space (0). A vast majority of the project area, including most parcels adjacent to Harbor Boulevard, McFadden Avenue, 1st Street, and 5th Street, are designated for General Commercial uses. The largest exceptions are the Willowick Golf Course, which is designated for Open Space uses, and the northeastern portion of the area along Westminster Avenue, which is designated for Office uses. The City's general plan also discusses the NHSP and its application to the project area. The proposed project requires a general plan amendment to designate land uses consistent with the proposed zoning. A detailed analysis of Harbor Corridor Plan's consistency with the applicable policies of the various elements of the City's general plan is in Table 5.8 -1. This analysis concludes that the proposed project would be consistent with the applicable policies of the City's general plan. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would not result in significant land use impacts to relevant general plan policies. Table 5.8 -1 General Plan Circulation Element Policy 1A: Maintain at least a level of service "D" I Consistent: As outlined in Section 5.13, Transportation and Traffic, all intersections on arterial street intersections, except in major would operate at a level of service D or better, and no significant traffic impacts would development areas. occur with project implementation. Section 5.13 contains further information about the proposed project's traffic and circulation improvements and an analysis of the project's potential traffic impacts. Policy 1.11: Minimize travel impediments on Consistent: Project implementafion would not cause any impediments to bicycle and bicycle and pedestrian paths. pedestrian paths. In contrast, the proposed project would lead to the development of an improved bicycle and pedestrian circulafion system along Harbor Boulevard and its October 2014 Page 5.8 5