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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 3.0 impacts of Alternative 2 Related to Land Use and Planning Impacts of Alternative 2 Related to Property Acquisition Figure 3.2-2 shows the potential right-of-way impacts and the extent of takes for each property affected under Alternative 2. A reference number has been assigned to each parcel along the Grand Avenue study area. As shown earlier, Table 3.1-1 summarizes the potential right-of-way impacts under Alternatives 1 and 2 and includes the corresponding map reference numbers. As shown, Alternative 2 would result in the full take of 56 parcels and the partial take of 20 parcels. Table 3.1-2, provided earlier, summarizes the property takes for single and multiple family residential dwelling units, commercial and public uses and vacant parcels under Alternative 2. It is expected that the affected residents can be relocated to elsewhere in the City or in the surrounding cities, based on the active housing market in 2000 and the 2.13 percent vacancy rate in 2001 (Department of Finance City and County Population and Housing Estimates, January 2001). However, it may be difficult to quickly relocated all affected residents. As described earlier, the implementation of the proposed widening of Grand Avenue would be phased, which would include the phased acquisition of property. This would have the effect of spreading the property acquisition and subsequent relocation activities over time. This would be expected to somewhat ease the difficulty in relocating the total number of affected residents in an active housing market with only limited vacancies. Affected businesses are expected to be able to be relocated to new sites either in the City or the surrounding cities, based on the urbanized nature of this part of Orange County. The City will provide substantial relocation assistance, as described later in mitigation measures LP -2, LP -3, LP -4 and LP -5. However, the loss of single family and multiple family housing is of concern for the region which is addressed in Sections 3.3 (Population and Housing) and Section 6.2 (Cumulative Impacts). As described earlier, the analysis of potential right-of-way acquisition associated with the widening alternatives assumed a full take if the remainder of the affected parcel totals less than 15,000 square feet for commercial uses or less than 6,000 square feet for single family residential uses, or if the remainder of the parcel does not meet the required setback of 15 feet from the new edge of the public right-of-way to the nearest structure on the site for commercial uses and 20 feet for residential uses. This was to ensure that remnant parcels would be in conformance with site development standards in the Zoning Code. Therefore, implementation of Alternative 2 will not result in land use impacts from the creation of non -conforming land uses. The City of Santa Ana is evaluating the reuse of parcels that were taken for the implementation of the proposed project and will reestablish uses that would be consistent with the General Plan designation and zoning. Compensation for all full and partial takes would be provided as described later in Section 3.2.5 (Mitigation Related to Land Use and Planning). Impacts Related to Remnant Parcels As described in Section 1.0 (Project Description and Project Objectives), the acquisition of property to accommodate the widened road cross section under Alternative 2 will result in remainder or remnant parcels left after the completion of construction. The City anticipates these remainder parcels would be combined into larger, developable parcels and sold to private parties for development. F:IPROJ-ENMGrand eirlNew Text- GrandlSection 3 SpIMSection 3.2.doc Page 3.2-2/