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

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GP EIR RR U-1 through RR U-11, RR HYD-1, and RR HYD-4 are not applicable to the Modified Project because the Modified Project does not require construction to be implemented. The Modified Project would not obstruct the City's ability to implement applicable GP policies. 4.20 WILDFIRE According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project would: WF-1 Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? WF-2 Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? WF-3 Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? VT-4 Expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-ftte slope instability, or drainage changes? Summary of Impacts in the GP EIR As discussed in Section 8.2, `wildfire, of the GP EIR, the City of Santa Ana is not in or near a State Responsibility Area (SRA) or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zone (FHSZ), and no area within the city is in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) (GP EIR p. 8-2). The Approved Project would allow for development within the City; however, because the City is not within an SRA, very high FHSZ, or WUI, no impacts would occur. The GP EIR concluded the remaining wildfire questions in Appendix G are not relevant to the GP FIR. Analysis of the Modified Project The Modified Project would expressly prohibit STRs and only affect existing structures. The Modified Project would not require development, redevelopment, or changes to existing development types in the city. Additionally, the existing conditions for wildfire hazard indicators (SRA, FHSZ and WUI) have not changed; the city is within a Local Responsibility Area (LRA) and does not contain any land with a very high FHSZ; and the City does not contain any areas in an WUI (CAL FIRE 2024; USDA 2024). The Modified Project would not change the significance conclusions in the GP EIR. No impacts would occur. The Modified Project would not result in any new or more severe significant impacts than those identified in the GP EIR. 4.21 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project would: Resolution No. 2024-072 Page 59 of 67