2024-072 - Setting Adminstrative Fines for Violation the Municipal Code

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structures and people (GP EIR p 5.6-22). Implementation of RR G-1, RR GH-2, GP policies, CBC design code, and other methods, such as recompaction of engineered fill, would reduce the impact of expansive soils to less than significant. Although the potential for subsidence is low, the city has historically been affected by subsidence (GP EIR p. 5.6-22). With the continued groundwater storage and statutory commitments to sustainable groundwater management practices by Orange County Water District, impacts related to subsidence would be less than significant. The GP EIR concluded that the City has implemented RR G-3, which does not allow For installation of septic tanks, and future development would connect to the existing City sewer system (GP EIR p. 5.6-22-5.6-23). Therefore, with implementation of RR G-3 and GP policies, impacts would be less than significant. The Approved Project would result in future development that would include ground -disturbing activities which could potentially disturb unknown sensitive paleontological resources (GP EIR pp. 5.6-23). However, with implementation of RR G-1, RR G-2, and RR G-3 and MMs GEO-1 through GEO-3, significant impacts were reduced to less than significant. GP EIR Mitigation Measures GEO-1 through GEO-3 are reproduced below GEO-1 High Sensitivity. Projects involving ground disturbances in previously undisturbed areas mapped as having "high" paleontological sensitivity shall be monitored by a qualified paleontological monitor on a full-time basis. Monitoring shall include inspection of exposed sedimentary units during active excavations within sensitive geologic sediments. The monitor shall have authority to temporarily divert activity away from exposed fossils to evaluate the significance of the find and, if the fossils are determined to be significant, professionally and efficiently recover the fossil specimens and collect associated data. The paleontological monitor shall use field data forms to record pertinent location and geologic data, measure stratigraphic sections (if applicable), and collect appropriate sediment samples from any fossil localities. GEO-2 Low -to -High Sensitivity. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for projects involving ground disturbance in previously undisturbed areas mapped with "low -to -high" paleontological sensitivity (see figure 5.6-3), the project applicant shall consult with a geologist or paleontologist to confirm whether the grading would occur at depths that could encounter highly sensitive sediments for paleontological resources. If confirmed that underlying sediments may have high sensitivity, construction activity shall be monitored by a qualified paleontologist. The paleontologist shall have the authority to halt construction during construction activity as outlined in Mitigation Measure GEO-3. GEO-3 All Projects. In the event of any fossil discovery, regardless of depth or geologic formation, construction work shall halt within a 50-foot radius of the find until its significance can be determined by a qualified paleontologist. Significant fossils shall be recovered, prepared to the point of curation, identified by qualified experts, listed in a database to facilitate analysis, and Resolution No. 2024-072 Page 40 of 67