2016-012 - California Environmental Quality Act

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Statement of recta and Flndings Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Hydrology and Water Quality • Land Use and Planning (plan slid policy consistency) Noise ('short -tern construction noise impacts, construction - related vibration impacts, and short -tern cumulativeinjpacts) . • Population and Housing Public Services • Parks and Recreation f Traffic (Congestion Management Program) Utilities and Service Systems The less than significant environmental impacts are described below. The City of Santa Ana finds that the project would not result in significant impacts related to the following environmental topics; A. Facts The project would not substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surrolmdings. Implementation of the project would result in a strong visual contrast from existing conditions. The character of the site would change from an industrial/warehouse/office nature to a residential, urban mixed -use village that would have a unifying modem architectural theme. However, a substantial degradation of the visual character or quality would not occur. The project site currently has very limited (if any) visual character or interest. The project would enhance and reinforce the existing urban, mixed -rise character of the project site and surrounding area, by providing a mixed use that would integrate buildings, public spaces, slid green spaces. Furthermore, the project would be designed in accordance with applicable City of Santa Ana design guidelines and requirements. As a result, the project would not substantially degrade the existing visual character of the site or surrounding area, and impacts would be less than significant. 2. The project would not create a substantial new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. All outdoor lighting installed for the project are required to be hooded, appropriately angled away from adjacent land uses, and would comply with the City's Municipal Code regulations related to lighting (Municipal Code Division 3, Building Security Regulations), which includes specifications for shielding and intensity of security lighting. The lighting used for the project would not introduce a significant new source of additional lighting to area as existing developed land uses currently contribute to existing moderate to high levels of nighttime lighting. Therefore, less- than - significant impacts related to lighting would occur, The Hedtage Mlxed Use Project 8 ESA � 140730 Statement of Facts and Flndings September 2016