Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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South Coast Technology Center Project CEQA Exemption 15183 The Project would redevelop the Lake Center Office Park with two new industrial buildings and would construct a new industrial building on the vacant parcel west of Susan Street. The proposed Project would include accent walls, high quality landscaping, and monument signage at the primary entryways to the Project Site that would add visual interest to the site. Although the proposed Project would require an amendment to the SD-58 District to allow for industrial uses, the Project Site's zoning would be consistent with the General Plan Update land use designation of Industrial. The Project would be required to comply with updated development standards governing aesthetics for the SD-58 District, which include building heights, setbacks, separations, landscaping standards, and signage. Other than the addition of development standards for perimeter fencing and parking, the development standards for the SD-58 District remain essentially unchanged with the proposed SD-58 amendment. Additionally, no change in density or building height is proposed for SD-58. The proposed buildings would be consistent with or shorter than the heights of the existing buildings. Furthermore, the proposed Project would comply with RR AE-1 through RR AE-3. Therefore, the Project would not degrade the existing visual character of the Project Site or conflict with applicable zoning or other regulations governing scenic quality. Additionally, the proposed Project would comply with existing outdoor lighting standards for nonresidential buildings in SAMC Section 8-211, Special commercial building provisions, which require lighting to be contained on -site. Proposed nighttime lighting on -site for the outdoor areas would be limited to security, parking, and accent lighting. Therefore, the Project would not create a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect day or nighttime views. Based on the above, impacts related to aesthetics would be less than significant and similar to the impacts identified in the GPU PEIR. The Project would not result in new or substantially more severe impacts compared to the determination in the GPU PEIR, which concluded that impacts would be less than significant. As such, no new project -specific mitigation measures are required. 4.1.3 Conclusion The Project is consistent with the General Plan Update. With implementation of RR AE-1 through RR AE-3 identified in the GPU PEIR, the proposed Project would not have any specific effects which are peculiar to the Project or the Project Site. There are no project -specific impacts or potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts that the GPU PEIR did not analyze, and there are no new significant or substantially more severe aesthetic impacts than anticipated by the GPU PEIR. 4.1.4 Applicable GPU PEIR Regulatory Requirements/Mitigation Measures: RR AE-1 The City shall enforce adherence with the California Building Code, including provisions of the Building Energy Efficiency Standards related to lighting. RR AE-2 The City shall enforce development standards and other general provisions as detailed in the Zoning Code (Chapter 41 of the Municipal Code) to ensure consistency between the City's General Plan and proposed development projects. This includes compliance with the requirements of any ordinance adopting specific development plans. RR AE-3 The City shall enforce the development standards and design guidelines of adopted specific plans. In addition to these specific plans, the City will enforce the development standards of the Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay Zone for each district within the overlay area. July 2024 Page 17