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Conditional Use Permit No. 2018 -07 March 28, 2018 Page 3 The proposed Carl's Jr. Restaurant with drive- through window service will support several goals and policies of the General Plan, including Land Use Element Goal 1, which promotes the balance of land uses to address basic community needs; Goal 2, which promotes land uses that enhance the economic viability of the City; and, Goal 3, which aims to allow uses that preserve and improve the character and integrity of neighborhoods, including both the adjacent industrial and residential neighborhoods. The project will promote a balance of land uses to address basic community needs and that enhance the economic viability of the City and will provide a use that will assist in diversifying the range of services available to adjacent communities. Land Use Element Policy 2.8 promotes the rehabilitation of commercial properties and encourages increase levels of capital investment, This project will promote the rehabilitation of a commercial property and encourage increased levels of capital investment through the construction of a new restaurant on this site. Further, Land Use Element Policy 5.5 encourages development which is compatible with and supportive of surrounding land uses. The proposed project will assist in providing a variety of dining services to those working in the immediate area and will provide employment opportunities to residents that live in the surrounding communities. Public Notification The project site is not located within any boundaries of a Neighborhood Association. The project site was posted with a notice advertising this public hearing, a notice was published in the Orange County Reporter and mailed notices were sent to all property owners and occupants within 500 feet of the project site, At the time of this printing, no correspondence, by phone, written or electronic has been received from any members of the public. CEQA Compliance In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act the recommended action is exempt from further review per Section 15332. This Class 32 exemption allows infili development provided they are consistent with the zoning and General Plan, do not have any noise or traffic impacts, and can be served by existing utilities. Categorical Exemption Environmental Review No. 2015 -81 will be filed for this project. 1. There will not be a significant cumulative effect by this project and successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time. There is not a reasonable possibility that the project will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. 3, This project does not damage a scenic resource within an officially designated state scenic highway. 31 D -5