2013/06/25 City Council Resolution 2013-107RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -107
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN INITIAL STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION
FOR AMENDMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO STREAMLINE THE
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS USES
WHEREAS, the applicant, the City of Rohnert Park, filed Planning Application No.
PL2013 -007ZO proposing to amend specified sections of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
( "RPMC ") by amending Chapter 17.06 the Land Use Regulations and Chapter 17.07 Land Use
Footnotes /Special Provisions of the City of Rohnert Park Zoning Ordinance;
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to Articles I through V of Chapter 17.06 Land
Use Regulations and Chapter 17.07 Land use Footnotes /Special Provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance would make certain uses that currently require a conditional use permit be permitted
uses or uses permitted with an administrative permit, simplifying the approval process for those
uses that have been found consistent with neighboring uses in the zoning districts where they are
located;
WHEREAS; pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, an Initial Study was
prepared for the project and on the basis of substantial evidence in the whole record, there is no
substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment, therefore a
Negative Declaration has been prepared which reflects the lead agency's independent judgment
and analysis.
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2013, the Planning Commission held a public workshop on the
proposed amendments to the proposed Land Use Regulations sections of the Zoning Ordinance.
WHEREAS, pursuant to California State Law and the Rohnert Park Municipal Code, a public
notice was published in the Press Democrat for a minimum of 20 days prior to the first public
hearing; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 2013, the Planning Commission held a public hearing at which
time interested persons had an opportunity to testify either in support or opposition to the
proposal;
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in
the staff report and the Zoning Ordinance Amendment materials.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings for Adoption of the Initial Study and Negative Declaration
The City Council hereby approves the Initial Study and Negative Declaration for
amendments of the Zoning Ordinance to streamline the permitting requirements for certain
businesses based on the following:
An Initial Study (Exhibit A) was prepared for the project and indicates the project
will not have a significant effect on the environment therefore a Negative Declaration
(Exhibit A) has been prepared which reflects the lead agency's independent judgment
and analysis. The City provided the public review period for the Negative
Declaration for the duration required under CEQA. The City Council finds that on
the basis of substantial evidence in the whole record, there is no substantial evidence
from which it could be fairly argued that that the project will have a significant effect
on the environment. The record of the proceedings on which this decision is based
shall be maintained by the City of Rohnert Park Planning Division, which documents
and other materials are located at City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park,
California.
2. The project would not result in an impact to endangered, threatened or rare species or
their habitats, including but not limited to plants, fish, insects, animals and birds.
There are no native species or plants, no unique, rare, threatened, or endangered
species of plants, no sensitive native vegetation that will be affected by these Zoning
Ordinance amendments.
3. The Development Services Director is hereby directed to file a Notice of
Determination with respect to the IS/ND with the County Clerk of the County of
Sonoma.
DULY & REGULARLY ADOPTED this 25t" day of June, 2013.
oAnne Buergler, City Clei
Exhibit A: Initial Study
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
Pam Stafford, Mayor
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INITIAL STUDY & NEGATIVE DECLARATION
BACKGROUND
Project Title: Amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance
Lead Agency Name and Address: City of Rohnert Park
Development Services
130 Avram Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Contact Person and Phone Number: Marilyn Ponton
Development Services Manager
City of Rohnert Park
707.588.2231
Project Location: Applies to property City wide
Project Sponsor's Name and Address: City of Rohnert Park
Development Services
130 Avram Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
General Plan Designation: N/A
Zoning: N/A
Project Description Summary: This proposal is to revise Chapter 17.06 Land Use
Regulations sections of the Zoning Ordinance. These are uses that are permitted in
various zoning districts throughout Rohnert Park. The primary purpose is to simply the
approval process for new uses where appropriate. This will accomplish the following:
• The approval time for a new business or an existing business relocating in
Rohnert Park will be simplified. Rather than requiring a Conditional Use
approval process, the use will either be subject to administrative approval or be
a permitted use.
• This process will save the business proponent the cost of the Conditional Use
Permit process fee of $1,000.
• Simplifying the approval process indicates to the business owner that Rohnert
Park is encouraging new businesses to locate in the City or an existing business
to expand.
SOURCES
The following documents are referenced information sources utilized by this analysis:
2 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED
The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this project,
involving at least one impact that is a "Potentially Significant Impact." A more detailed
assessment may be found on the following pages.
❑ Aesthetics
❑ Biological Resources
❑ Greenhouse Gases
❑ Land Use & Planning
❑ Population & Housing
❑ Transportation & Circulation
1 DETERMINATION
On the basis of this initial study:
❑ Agriculture ❑ Air Quality
❑ Cultural Resources ❑ Geology /Soils
❑ Hazards & Hazardous Materials ❑ Hydrology /Water Quality
❑ Energy & Mineral Resources
❑ Public Services
❑ Utilities /Service Systems
❑ Noise
• Recreation
• Mandatory Findings of
Significance
X I find that the Proposed Project COULD NOT has a significant effect on the environment,
and a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared.
❑ I find that although the Proposed Project could have a significant effect on the
environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case because revisions in the
project have been made by or agreed to by the applicant. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION will be prepared.
❑ I find that the Proposed Project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required.
❑ I find that the proposed project MAY have a "potentially significant impact" or
"potentially significant unless mitigated" on the environment, but at least one effect 1) has
been adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to applicable legal standards,
and 2) has been addressed by mitigation measures based on the earlier analysis as
described on attached sheets. An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required,
but it must analyze only the effects that remain to be addressed.
❑ I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the
environment, because all potentially significant effects (a) have been analyzed adequately
in an earlier General Plan EIR pursuant to applicable standards, and (b) have been avoided
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or mitigated pursuant to that earlier General Plan EIR, including revisions or mitigation
measures that are imposed upon the proposed project, nothing further is required.
Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(c)(2) and CEQA Guidelines Section
15168(c)(1), the City of Rohnert Park, as lead agency for the proposed project, has prepared an
initial study to make the following findings:
1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, the proposed activity is adequately described
and is within the scope of the General Plan EIR.
2. There is no substantial evidence before the lead agency that the subsequent project may
have a significant effect on the environment.
3. The analyses of cumulative impacts, growth inducing impacts, and irreversible significant
effects on the environment contained in the General Plan EIR are adequate for this
subsequent project.
4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21157.6(a), having reviewed the General Plan
EIR, the City of Rohnert Park finds and determines that:
Signature
a, no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under
which the General Plan EIR was certified, and
b. that there is no new available information which was not and could not have
been known at the time the General Plan EIR was certified.
Date 3
Marilyn Ponton AICP Development Services Manager City of Rohnert Park
Printed Name For
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BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
The City of Rohnert Park is in the process of amending the Chapter 17 Zoning Ordinance of
the Municipal Code. The amendment will apply to uses permitted in the Residential,
Commercial, Industrial, Mixed -Use and Public /Institutional zoning Districts. The goal is to
simplify the approval process for uses allowed in these zoning classifications.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In the residential, commercial, industrial, mixed -use and public /institutional zoning districts,
many of the uses require Conditional Use approval. This process involves a public hearing
before the Planning Commission which is a cost to a perspective business owner and can result
in a considerable delay of time before the business can open and commence operation. The
City has found that many of the uses that require Conditional Use approval have little or no
impact on the surrounding area or uses and there is no justification for the Conditional Use
requirement. These are uses that can be approved as a permitted use or a use that requires an
Administrative Permit. Under an Administrative Permit, adjacent property owners are notified
of the proposal and if they express concern, the application is referred to the Planning
Commission for its consideration. If none of the adjacent property owners express concern,
the use is approved by the City. It should be noted that a high percentage of these new
businesses occupy existing buildings and do not involve the construction of new buildings.
4 DISCRETIONARY ACTION
Implementation of the proposed project would require the following discretionary actions by
the City of Rohnert Park Planning Commission:
5 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST
The following section adapts and completes the environmental checklist form presented in
Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. The checklist is used to describe the impacts of the
proposed project.
For this checklist, the following designations are used:
Potentially Significant Impact: An impact that could be significant, and for which no
mitigation has been identified. If any potentially significant impacts are identified, an EIR must
be prepared.
Potentially Significant With Mitigation Incorporated: An impact that requires mitigation to
reduce the impact to a less - than - significant level.
Less - Than- Significant Impact: Any impact that would not be considered significant under
CEQA relative to existing standards.
No Impact: The project would not have any impact.
I. AESTHETICS
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Potentially
Significant
With Mitigation
Incorporated
Less -Than-
Significant
Impact No Impact
a. Have a substantial adverse effect
❑
❑
U x
on a scenic vista?
b. Substantially damage scenic
resources, including, but not
limited to, trees, rock
❑
Ca
U x
outcroppings, and historic
buildings within a State scenic
highway?
C. Substantially degrade the existing
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visual character or alit of the
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site and its surroundings?
d. Create a new source of substantial
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li <Jit or Blare which would
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Potentially
Potentially Significant Less -Than-
Significant With Mitigation Significant
Issues Impact Incorporated Impact No Impact
adversely affect day or nighttime
views in the area?
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
II. AGRICULTURE RESOURCES
In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects,
lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural I.,and Evaluation and Site Assessment
Model prepared by the California Department of Conservation as an optional model to use in
assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland.
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Potentially
Significant With
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less -Than-
Significant No
Impact Impact
a. Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide
Importance (Farmland), as shown on
the maps prepared pursuant to the
❑
❑
❑ x
Farmland Mapping Program of the
California Resources Agency, to non-
agricultural use?
b. Conflict with existing coning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson Act
❑
❑
0 x
contract?
c. Involve other changes in the existing
environment which, due to their
location or nature, could individually
❑
❑
❑ x
Or cumulatively result in loss of
Farmland to non - agricultural use?
a -c There is very little land in Rohnert Park under agricultural use. Any that does exist
would be developed under a Specific Plan with CEQA documentation for the Specific plan.
III. AIR QUALITY
Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality management
or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following determinations.
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Potentially
Significant
With Mitigation
Incorporated
Less -Than-
Significant
Impact
No Impact
a. Conflict with or obstruct
y
With
Than -
Signfcon
implementation of the applicable
❑
❑
❑
X
air quality plan?
b. Violate any air quality standard
or contribute substantially to an
❑
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❑
X
existing or projected air quality
violation?
c. Result in a cumulatively
considerable net increase of any
criteria pollutant for which the
project region is non - attainment
under an applicable federal or
❑
❑
X
State ambient air quality
standard (including releasing
emissions which exceed
quantitative thresholds for ozone
precursors)?
d. Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant
❑
El
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X
concentrations?
e. Create objectionable odors
affecting a substantial number of
❑
❑
❑
X
people?
a -e Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Would the project
H:
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Signfcon
Mitigation
Significan No
/ssues t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
H:
Potentially
Potentiall Significant Less -
y With Than -
Significan Mitigation Significan No
Issues t Impact Incorporated t Impact Impact
a.
❑ El x
b. Have a substantial adverse effect on any
riparian habitat or other sensitive natural
community identified in local or regional
❑ ❑ X
plans, policies, or regulations or by the
California Department of Fish and Game or
US Fish and Wildlife Service?
c. Have a substantial adverse effect on federally
protected wetlands as defined by Section 404
of the Clean Water Act (including, but not
0 El 0 X
limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.)
through direct removal, filling, hydrological
interruption, or other means?
d. Interfere substantially with the movement of
any resident or migratory fish or wildlife
species or with established resident or
❑ ❑ X
migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the
use of wildlife nursery sites?
e. Conflict with any local policies or ordinances
protecting biological resources, such as a tree
r7 ❑ X
preservation policy or ordinance?
f Conflict with the provisions of an adopted
Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural
Conservation Community Plan, or other
❑ [.7 L x
approved local, regional, or State habitat
conservation plan?
a -f Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
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V. CULTURAL RESOURCES
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Potentially Significant With Less -Than-
Significant Mitigation Significant No
Impact Incorporated Impact Impact_
a. Cause a substantial adverse change in the
Potentiall
significance of a historical resource as
❑ ❑ ❑ x
defined in Section 15064.5?
With
b. Cause a substantial adverse change in the
Significan
significance of a unique archaeological
❑ ❑ 0 x
resource pursuant to Section 15064.5?
Incorporated
c. Directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource on site or unique
❑ ❑ 11 x
geologic features?
d. Disturb any hu rnan remains, including
those interred outside of formal
❑ ❑ ❑ x
cemeteries?
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying
existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying
an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption
Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
VI. GEOLOGY AND SOILS
Would the project:
a. Expose people or structures to potential
substantial adverse effects, Including the risk
of loss, injury, or death involving:
i. Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as
delineated on the most recent Alquist - n S
I'riolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map
issued by the State Geologist for the area
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Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
Significan No
Issues t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
a. Expose people or structures to potential
substantial adverse effects, Including the risk
of loss, injury, or death involving:
i. Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as
delineated on the most recent Alquist - n S
I'riolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map
issued by the State Geologist for the area
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Potentially
Potentiall Significant Less -
y With Than -
Significan Mitigation Significon No
Issues t Impact Incorporated t Impact Impact
based on other substantial evidence of a
known fault?
ii. Strong seismic ground shaking?
❑
❑
❑ x
iii. Seismic - related ground failure, including
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liquefaction?
iv. Landslides?
❑
❑
❑ x
b. Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss
❑
❑
❑ X
of topsoil?
c. Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is
unstable, or that would become unstable as a
result of the project, and potentially result in
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❑
❑ x
on- or off -site landslide, lateral spreading,
subsidence, liquefaction or collapse?
e. Be located on expansive soil, as defined in
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❑
❑ X
Table 18 -1 B of the Uniform Building Code?
f. Have soils incapable of adequately
supporting the use of septic tanks or
alternative wastewater disposal systems
❑
❑
❑ X
where sewers are not available for the
disposal of wastewater?
a -f Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption Class l Section 15301 Existing facilities.
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VII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Would the project:
Legislative Context
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32)
In September 2006, the Governor signed AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act
(Health and Safety Code Section 38500 et. seq.). The Act codifies the executive order for
reduction of statewide GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. This change, which is
estimated to be a 25 to 35 percent reduction from current emission levels, will be accomplished
through an enforceable statewide cap on GHG emissions that was phased in starting in 2012.
SB 375
On September 30, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill (SB) 375 into law. This
legislation links transportation and land use planning with the CEQA process to help achieve
the GHG emission reduction targets set by AB 32.
Even before the passage of AB32 and S13375, the City of Rohnert Park initiated actions to
reduce GHG emissions and become more sustainable overall. These actions include:
• California 2010 Building Code
• Energy Efficiency Ordinance 2007 -779. This ordinance also established Title 14-
Sustainabilty, in the Municipal Code (March 2007)
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Potentially
Potential!
Significant
y
With
Less -Than-
Slgnrfcan
Mitigation
Significant No
Issues
t Impact
Incorporated
Impact bnpact
a. Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either
directly or indirectly, that may have a
G
❑
❑ x
significant impact on the atmosphere?
b. Conflict with any applicable plan, policy,
or regulation of an agency adopted for the
purpose of reducing the emissions of
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greenhouse gases?
Legislative Context
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32)
In September 2006, the Governor signed AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act
(Health and Safety Code Section 38500 et. seq.). The Act codifies the executive order for
reduction of statewide GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. This change, which is
estimated to be a 25 to 35 percent reduction from current emission levels, will be accomplished
through an enforceable statewide cap on GHG emissions that was phased in starting in 2012.
SB 375
On September 30, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill (SB) 375 into law. This
legislation links transportation and land use planning with the CEQA process to help achieve
the GHG emission reduction targets set by AB 32.
Even before the passage of AB32 and S13375, the City of Rohnert Park initiated actions to
reduce GHG emissions and become more sustainable overall. These actions include:
• California 2010 Building Code
• Energy Efficiency Ordinance 2007 -779. This ordinance also established Title 14-
Sustainabilty, in the Municipal Code (March 2007)
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• City Council adopted resolution 2004 -111, which set a goal for GI-IG reductions of 20
percent by the year 2010 for internal City operations (baseline year 2000) (May 2004)
• City Council adopted resolution 2005 -233, which sets a goal of green house gas
reductions of' 25 percent by the year 2015 for comtnunity -wide use, private and public
(baseline year 1990) (July 2005)
This project is not a building that would be covered under the Cal Green.
VIII. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Would the project:
Issues
a. Create a significant hazard to the public or the
environment through the routine transport, use,
or disposal of hazardous materials?
b. Create a significant hazard to the public or the
environment through reasonably foreseeable
upset and accident conditions involving the
likely release of hazardous materials into the
environment?
c. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous
or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or
waste within one - quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school?
d. Be located on a site which is included on a list
of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant
to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a
result, would it create a significant hazard to
the public or the environment?
e. For a project located within an airport land use
plan or, where such a plan has not been
adopted, within two miles of a public airport or
public use airport, would the project result in a
safety hazard for people residing or working in
the project area?
f. For a project within the vicinity of a private
airstrip, would the project result in a safety
hazard for people residing or working in the
project area?
Potentially
Potentiall Significant
Less -
y With
Than -
Significan Mitigation
Significan No
t hnpact Incorporated
t Impact Impact
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❑ ❑ ❑ x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
h. Expose people or structures to the risk of loss,
injury or death involving wildland fires,
including where wildlands are adjacent to
urbanized areas or where residences are C1 ❑ ❑ x
intermixed with wildlands?
a -h Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Potentiall Significant
y With
Significan Mitigation
t Impact Incorporated
Potentially
a. Violate any water quality standards or waste
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Poteniialy
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than-
interfere substantially with groundwater
Sig nifi can
Mitigation
Signijican No
Issues
t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
g. Impair implementation of or physically
groundwater table level (i.e., the production
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❑ x
interfere with an adopted emergency response
0
❑ x
plan or emergency evacuation plan?
uses or planned uses for which permits have
h. Expose people or structures to the risk of loss,
injury or death involving wildland fires,
including where wildlands are adjacent to
urbanized areas or where residences are C1 ❑ ❑ x
intermixed with wildlands?
a -h Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Would the project:
Issues
Potentially
Potentiall Significant
y With
Significan Mitigation
t Impact Incorporated
Less -
Than -
SigniTcan No
t Impact Impact
a. Violate any water quality standards or waste
f7
n x
discharge requirements?
b. Substantially deplete groundwater supplies or
interfere substantially with groundwater
recharge such that there would be a net deficit
in aquifer volume or a lowering of the local
groundwater table level (i.e., the production
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❑ x
rate of pre - existing nearby wells would drop to
a level which would not support existing land
uses or planned uses for which permits have
been granted)?
C. Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern
of the site or area, including through the
alteration of the course of a stream or river, in a
❑ ❑
L! x
manner which would result in substantial
erosion or siltation on- or off -site?
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Issues
Potentiall
y
Significan
t Impact
Potentially
Significant
With
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less -
Than -
Signiftcan No
t Impact Impact
d. Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern
Less -
p
With
of the site or area, including through the
Significan
Bllitigation
Signilican No
alteration of the course of a stream or river, or
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❑
❑ x
substantially increase the rate or amount of
surface runoff in a manner which would result
in flooding on- or off -site?
e. Create or contribute runoff water which would
exceed the capacity of existing or planned
stormwater drainage systems or provide
❑
❑
D x
substantial additional sources of polluted
runoff?
f. Otherwise substantially degrade water quality?
❑
D
❑ x
g. Place housing within a 100 -year floodplain, as
mapped on a federal Flood Hazard Boundary or
Flood Insurance Rate Map or other flood
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x
hazard delineation map?
h. Place within a 100 -year floodplain structures L7 ❑ ❑ x
which would impede or redirect flood flows?
i. Expose people or structures to a significant risk
of loss, injury or death involving flooding, 11 [7 ( t x
including flooding as a result of the failure of a
levee or dam.
j. Expose people or structures to a significant risk
of loss, injury, or death involving inundation by ❑ L.? ❑ x
seiche, tsunami, or mudflow?
a j Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial
building. A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption Class I Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
X. LAND USE AND PLANNING
Would the project:
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Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
p
With
Than -
Significan
Bllitigation
Signilican No
Issues t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
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a -b Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning Ordinance
would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A business
occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under Categorical Exemption
Class I Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
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Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
Significan
No
Issues
t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact
Impact
a. Physically divide an established community?
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x
b. Conflict with any applicable land use plans,
policies, or regulations of an agency with
jurisdiction over the project (including, but not
limited to the general plan, specific plan, local
❑
❑
❑
x
coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted
for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating on
environmental effect?
c. Conflict with any applicable habitat
conservation plan or natural community's
❑
❑
❑
x
conservation plan?
a -c Almost all of the uses that would be covered
under this amendment to the Zoning Ordinance
would be occupying existing space within a commercial
or industrial building.
A business
occupying an existing building would usually be
exempt from
CEQA under Categorical Exemption
Class l Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XI. MINERAL RESOURCES
Would the project:
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
Significan
No
Issues
t Impact
Incorporated
t bnpact
Impact
a. Result in the loss of availability of a known
mineral resource that would be of value to the
❑
❑
❑
x
region and the residents of the State?
b. Result in the loss of availability of a locally
important mineral resource recovery site
❑
❑
x
delineated on a local general plan, specific
plan, or other land use plan?
a -b Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning Ordinance
would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A business
occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under Categorical Exemption
Class I Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
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XII. NOISE
Would the project result in:
Potential
Potentially
ly
Significant
Less -
Signifca
With
Than -
nt
Mitigation
Significan No
Issues
Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
a.
Exposure of persons to or generation of noise
levels in excess of standards established in the
❑
❑ x
local general plan or noise ordinance, or
applicable standards of other agencies?
b.
Exposure of persons to or generation of
excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne
❑
❑
❑ x
noise levels?
c.
A substantial permanent increase in ambient
noise levels in the project vicinity above levels
❑
0
❑ x
existing without the project?
d.
A substantial temporary or periodic increase in
ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above
❑
L 1
❑ x
levels existing without the project?
e.
For a project located within an airport land use
plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted,
within two miles of a public airport or public use
❑
❑
❑ x
airport, would the project expose people residing
or working in the project area to excessive noise
levels?
f.
For a project within the vicinity of a private
airstrip, would the project expose people
❑
0
C I
residing or working in the project area to
x
excessive noise levels?
a -f Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XIII. POPULATION AND HOUSING
Would the project:
Issues
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Potentially
Potentiall Significant
J) With
Significan Miti,,Yation
t Impact Incorporated
L.ess-
Thon-
Significan No
I Iiupact Impact
a -c Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES
Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision
of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered
governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental
impacts, in order- to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance
objectives for any of the public services:
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
Less-
y
With
Than -
With
Signlf can
Mitigation
Sign f can No
Issues
t impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
a. Induce substantial population growth in an
tlmpact
Incorl- orated
tlmpact
area, either directly (for example, by proposing
a. Fire protection?
0
0
new homes and businesses) or indirectly (e.g.,
❑
❑
❑ x
through projects in an undeveloped area or
❑
x
c. Schools?
extension of major infrastructure)?
❑
❑
x
b. Displace substantial members of existing
❑
❑
Cl
housing, necessitating the construction of
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❑
❑ x
replacement housing elsewhere?
c. Displace substantial numbers of people,
necessitating the construction of replacement
❑
❑
❑ x
housing elsewhere?
a -c Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES
Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision
of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered
governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental
impacts, in order- to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance
objectives for any of the public services:
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
In
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less-
With
Than -
Signiflcan
Mitigation
Significan
No
Issues
tlmpact
Incorl- orated
tlmpact
Impact
a. Fire protection?
0
0
0
x
b. Police protection?
L
❑
❑
x
c. Schools?
❑
❑
❑
x
d. Parks?
❑
❑
Cl
x
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
In
XV. RECREATION
Would the project:
Issues
a. Would the project increase the use of existing
neighborhood and regional parks or other
recreational facilities such that substantial
physical deterioration of the facility would occur
or be accelerated?
b. Does the project include recreational facilities or
require the construction or expansion of
recreational facilities which might have an
adverse physical effect on the environment?
❑ ❑ ❑ x
L.J ❑ ❑ x
a -b Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XVI. TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION
Would the project:
Potentially
Potentiall Significant Less -
y JVith Than -
Significan Mitigation Significan No
Issues t 1122pact Incorporated t Impact Impact
a. Cause an increase in traffic which is substantial
in relation to the existing traffic load and
capacity of the street system (i.e., result in a ❑
substantial increase in either the number of
vehicle trips, the volume to capacity ratio on
roads, or congestion at intersections)?
b. Exceed, either individually or cumulatively, a
level of service standard established by the
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county congestion management agency for
designated roads or highways?
c. Result in a change in air traffic patterns,
including either an increase in traffic levels or a
change in location that results in substantial ❑
safety risks?
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X
X
X
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Signircan
Mitigation
Significan No
t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact lmpact
❑ ❑ ❑ x
L.J ❑ ❑ x
a -b Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XVI. TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION
Would the project:
Potentially
Potentiall Significant Less -
y JVith Than -
Significan Mitigation Significan No
Issues t 1122pact Incorporated t Impact Impact
a. Cause an increase in traffic which is substantial
in relation to the existing traffic load and
capacity of the street system (i.e., result in a ❑
substantial increase in either the number of
vehicle trips, the volume to capacity ratio on
roads, or congestion at intersections)?
b. Exceed, either individually or cumulatively, a
level of service standard established by the
❑ Cl ❑
county congestion management agency for
designated roads or highways?
c. Result in a change in air traffic patterns,
including either an increase in traffic levels or a
change in location that results in substantial ❑
safety risks?
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X
X
X
Issues
d. Substantially increase hazards due to a design
features (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous
intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
e. Result in inadequate emergency access?
f. Result in inadequate parking capacity?
a. Conflicts with adopted policies supporting
alternative transportation (e.g., bus
turnouts, bicycle racks)
H ❑
Potentially
11 ❑
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
SignVican No
t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact linpact
H ❑
❑ X
11 ❑
❑ x
❑ ❑
H x
H H
H x
a -f Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building. A
business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XVII. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
Would the project:
Issues
a. Exceed wastewater treatment requirements of
the applicable Regional Water Quality Control
Board?
b. Require or result in the construction of new
water or wastewater treatment facilities or
expansion of existing facilities, the construction
of which could cause significant environmental
effects?
c. Require or result in the construction of new
storin water drainage facilities or expansion of
existing facilities, the construction of which
could cause significant environmental effects?
d. Have sufficient water supplies available to serve
the project fi-om existing entitlements and
resources, or are new or expanded entitlements
needed?
e. Result in a determination by the wastewater
t eatinent provider which serves or may serve
the project that it has adequate capacity to serve
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11 r u x
11 ❑ ❑ x
❑ 0 11 x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
(I J C_1 x
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Signifzcan
Mitigation
Significan No
t Impact
Incorporated
t Impact Impact
11 r u x
11 ❑ ❑ x
❑ 0 11 x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
(I J C_1 x
a -g Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XVIII. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Issues
a. Does the project have the potential to degrade
the quality of the environment, substantially
reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species,
cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below
self - sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a
plant or animal community, reduce the number
or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant
or animal or eliminate important examples of the
major periods of California history or
prehistory?
b. Does the project have the potential to achieve
short -term, to the disadvantage of long -term,
environmental goals?
c. Does the project have impacts that are
individually limited, but cumulatively
considerable? ( "Cunnilatively considerable"
means that the incremental effects of a project
are considerable when viewed in connection
with the effects of past projects, the effects of
other current projects, and the effects of
probable future projects)?
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Potentially
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Potential!
Significant
Less -
Than -
y
With
Than -
I Impact
Significan
Mitigation
Signircan No
Issues
t Impact
Incorporated
t hnpact Impact
the project's projected demand in addition to the
provider's existing commitments?
f. Be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted
capacity to accommodate the project's solid
❑
0
x
waste disposal needs?
g. Comply with federal, State, and local statutes
❑
x
and regulations related to solid waste?
a -g Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
XVIII. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Issues
a. Does the project have the potential to degrade
the quality of the environment, substantially
reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species,
cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below
self - sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a
plant or animal community, reduce the number
or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant
or animal or eliminate important examples of the
major periods of California history or
prehistory?
b. Does the project have the potential to achieve
short -term, to the disadvantage of long -term,
environmental goals?
c. Does the project have impacts that are
individually limited, but cumulatively
considerable? ( "Cunnilatively considerable"
means that the incremental effects of a project
are considerable when viewed in connection
with the effects of past projects, the effects of
other current projects, and the effects of
probable future projects)?
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❑ 0 ❑ x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
❑ ❑ x
Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
Significan No
I Impact
Incorporated
t hnpact Impact
❑ 0 ❑ x
❑ ❑ ❑ x
❑ ❑ x
d. Does the project have environmental effects
which will cause substantial adverse effects on ❑ ❑ ❑ x
human beings, either- directly or indirectly?
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
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Potentially
Potentiall
Significant
Less -
y
With
Than -
Significan
Mitigation
Significan No
Issues t Impact
Incorporaled
t Impact Impact
d. Does the project have environmental effects
which will cause substantial adverse effects on ❑ ❑ ❑ x
human beings, either- directly or indirectly?
a -d Almost all of the uses that would be covered under this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance would be occupying existing space within a commercial or industrial building.
A business occupying an existing building would usually be exempt from CEQA under
Categorical Exemption Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities.
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