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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLCPA 94-02; Affordable Housing; Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA) (14)ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FORM - PART II (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT) CASE NO. LCPA 94-02 DATE: August 23, 1994 BACKGROUND 1. CASE NAME: Affordable Housing Local Coastal Program Amendment 2. APPLICANT: City of Carlsbad 3. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF APPLICANT 2075 Las Palmas Drive Carlsbad. CA 92009-1576 (619) 438-1161 x 4445 4. DATE EIA FORM PART I SUBMITTED: 5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: An amendment to the City's LCP to adoDt previously approved affordable housing - zone code amendments (i.e.; Senior Citizen Housing (ZCA 93-05) and Second Dwelling Units {ZCA 92-04). as the implementing zoning for the LCP. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS STATE CEQA GUIDELINES, Chapter 3, Article 5, section 15063 requires that the City conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment to determine if a project may have a significant effect on the environment. The Environmental Impact Assessment appears in the following pages in the form of a checklist. This checklist identifies any physical, biological and human factors that might be impacted by the proposed project and provides the City with information to use as the basis for deciding whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration. * A Negative Declaration may be prepared if the City perceives no substantial evidence that the project or any of its aspects may cause a significant effect on the environment. On the checklist, "NO" will be checked to indicate this determination. * An EIR must be prepared if the City determines that there is substantial evidence that any aspect of the project may cause a significant effect on the environment. The project may qualify for a Negative Declaration however, if adverse impacts are mitigated so that environmental effects can be deemed insignificant. These findings are shown in the checklist under the headings "YES-sig" and "YES-insig" respectively. A discussion of potential impacts and the proposed mitigation measures appears at the end of the form under DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION. Particular attention should be given to discussing mitigation for impacts which would otherwise be determined significant. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT YES NO (insig) WILL THE PROPOSAL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: YES 1. Result in unstable earth conditions or increase the exposure of people or property to geologic hazards? X X X Appreciably change the topography or any unique physical features? 2. 3. 4. Result in or be affected by erosion of soils either on or off the site? Result in changes in the deposition of beach sands, or modification of the channel of a river or stream or the bed of the Ocean or any bay, inlet or lake? X - 5. 6. Result in substantial adverse effects on ambient air quality? X - Result in substantial changes in air movement, odor, moisture, or temperature? X 7. Substantially change the course or flow of water (marine, fresh or flood waters)? X Affect the quantity or quality of surface water, ground water or public water supply? 8. X 9. Substantially increase usage or cause depletion of any natural resources? X X 10. 11. Use substantial amounts of fuel or energy? Alter a significant archeological, paleontological or historical site, structure or object? X -2- BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT WILL THE PROPOSAL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: YES YES NO (insig) 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Affect the diversity of species, habitat or numbers of any species of plants (including trees, shrubs, grass, microflora and aquatic plants)? Introduce new species of plants into an area, or a banier to the normal replenishment of existing species? Reduce the amount of acreage of any agricultural crop or affect prime, unique or other farmland of state or local importance? Affect the diversity of species, habitat or numbers of any species of animals (birds, land animals, all water dwelling organisms and insects? Introduce new species of animals into an area, or result in a barrier to the migration or movement of animals? X - X HUMAN ENVIRONMENT WILL THE PROPOSAL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: YES YES NO (dl9 (mig) 17. Alter the present or planned land use of an area? 18. Substantially affect public utilities, schools, police, fire, emergency or other public services? v A - -3- HUMAN ENVIRONMENT WILL THE PROPOSAL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: YES (si& YES NO (insig) 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Result in the need for new or modified sewer systems, solid waste or hazardous waste control systems? X X X Increase existing noise levels? Produce new light or glare? Involve a significant risk of an explosion or the release of hazardous substances (including, but not limited to, oil, pesticides, chemicals or radiation)? X Substantially alter the density of the human population of an area? X Affect existing housing, or create a demand for additional housing? X X Generate substantial additional traffic? Affect existing parking facilities, or create a large demand for new parking? X Impact existing transportation systems or alter present patterns of circulation or movement of people and/or goods? X Alter waterborne, rail or air traffic? X Increase traffic hazards to motor vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians? X X X X Interfere with emergency response plans or emergency evacuation plans? Obstruct any scenic vista or create an aesthetically offensive public view? Affect the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? -4- MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE WILL THE PROPOSAL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: YES YES NO (Wg) 33. Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wild- life 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 en- dangered plant or animal, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory. 34. Does the project have the potential to achieve short-term, to the dis- advantage of long-term, environmental goals? (A short-term impact on the environment is one which occurs in a relatively brief, definitive period of time while long-term impacts will endure well into the future.) 35. Does the project have the possible environmental effects which are in- dividually limited but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively con- siderable" means that the incremental effects of an individual 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.) X X X 36. Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly? -5- - DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION Negative Declarations for two Zone Code Amendments, which are the topic for this Local Coastal Program Amendment, were approved as follows: ZCA 93-05 - Senior Citizen Housing - April 19, 1994 ZCA 92-04 - Second Dwelling Units - June 21, 1994 This project (LCPA 94-02) is a follow-up legislative action to these two Zone Code Amendments and will result in consistency between the City's Zoning Ordinance and the LCP. Since LCPA 94-02 will not revise the environmental findings of the previously approved Negative Declarations, a Notice of Prior Environmental Compliance will be issued. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 1-4. 5-8. 9-10. 11. As no site-specific project is proposed as part of this Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA), no changes in topography resulting in unstable earth conditions, erosion of soils, or alteration of deposition pattern will occur. No geological impacts will result from this Local Coastal Program Amendment. In that, no physical, site-specific development is proposed as part of this Local Coastal Program Amendment, no impacts to air quality or climatological indices are expected. Each subsequent project processed pursuant to the amended senior citizen housing or second dwelling unit regulations will be subject to individual, site-specific review that will evaluate potential impacts to water courses and the quality and quantity of various water sources. No site-specific development is proposed with this LCPA. Amendment will not deplete any natural resources or other form of energy. Therefore this Local Coastal Program This LCPA is strictly administrative. As such, no site-specific project processed pursuant to the amended senior citizen housing or second dwelling unit regulations is proposed. Only a site-specific environmental review for a particular project could identify the existence of a significant archeological, paleontological, or historical structure or object on site. This is an administrative, non-project LCPA, therefore, it has no impact on historical resources. BIOLOGICAL 12-16. Because this Local Coastal Program Amendment proposes no actual development, no impacts to the diversity of flora or fauna condition of ecosystems, or agricultural areas or farmlands are anticipated. Each site-specific senior citizen housing or second dwelling unit project will be reviewed for possible biological-related impacts on a project-by-project basis. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT 17. This is a Local Coastal Program Amendment. No actual site-specific development is proposed as part of this project. This LCPA does not directly affect land use patterns as it only establishes the guidelines and procedures under which senior citizen housing or second dwelling unit projects may be applied for. The amended regulations will not significantly effect the present or planned land use of a specific area. Any -6- h 1 future development application processed pursuant to these regulations, shall be required to undergo specific environmental review. Any potential land use capability impacts shall be identified and adequately mitigated. 18-22. The amended senior citizen housing and second dwelling unit regulations are not associated with any specific development. They will not substantially affect utilities, schools, police, fire, emergency or other public services. The proposed programs will not alter or result in the need for sewer, solid waste, hazardous waste or other systems. The proposed amendment will not increase noise levels, light or glare or deal with hazardous substances. Future projects processed pursuant to these regulations shall be required to address and adequately mitigate associated service and public facility impacts. 23-24. The density of any residential area within the City will not be directly affected by this proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment, since it is strictly administrative. Although the total number of senior citizen units or second dwelling units on a given site may be allowed to exceed that permitted per the General Plan, potential impacts from density increases proposed through future senior citizen or second dwelling unit projects shall be required to be adequately mitigated. 25-30. The proposed amendment will not substantially affect parking, generate substantial traffic, or alter existing transportation systems. This proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment is not affiliated with any specific development project and will not impact emergency evacuation response plans or increase traffic hazards to motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. 3 1. In that no specific development is proposed with this Local Coastal Program Amendment, no scenic vistas will be obstructed. Aesthetically offensive views will not be created by the implementation of the proposed amended housing regulations. 32. The proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment will not affect the quality of quantity of existing recreational opportunities. Projects processed pursuant to these regulations shall still be required to provide recreational amenities, as necessary. -7- ANALYSIS OF VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT SUCH AS: a) Phased development of the project, b) alternate site designs, c) alternate scale of development, d) alternate uses for the site, e) development at some future time rather than now, f) alternate sites for the proposed project, and g) no project alternative. Project alternatives are required when there is evidence that the project will have a significant adverse impact on the environment and an alternative would lessen or mitigate those adverse impacts. Public Resources Code Section 21002 forbids the approval of projects with significant adverse impacts when feasible alternatives or mitigation measures can substantially lessen such impacts. A "Significant effect" is defined as one which has a substantial adverse impact. If the project has "NO" significant impacts, then there are no substantial adverse impacts and no justification for requiring a discussion of alternatives, (There is no alternative to no substantial adverse impact). This project has no significant impacts therefore no alternatives are required. -8- -. DETERMINATION (To Be Completed By The Planning Department) On the basis of this initial evaluation: X I find the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NOTICE OF PRIOR COMPLIANCE will be prepared. - I find that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, because the environmental effects of the proposed project have already been considered in conjunction with previously certified environmental documents and no additional environmental review is required. Therefore, a Notice of Determination has been 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 the mitigation measures described on an attached sheet have been added to the project. A Conditional Negative Declaration will be proposed. - I find the proposed project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required. I Date Signature +?+- Planning Director LIST MITIGATING MEASURES (IF APPLICABLE) ATTACH MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (IF APPLICABLE) -9- APPLICANT CONCURRENCE WITH MITIGATING MEASURES THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE MITIGATING MEASURES AND CONCUR WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE MEASURES TO THE PROJECT. Date Signature -10-