Item 24 - Public Hearing for Amendments to the Transit Zoning Code

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The new regulations in Table 1 — Current and Proposed Text Regulations would provide that no land use shall generate or cause any visible dust, gases, or smoke to be emitted into the atmosphere and that uses, activities, and processes shall not operate in a manner that emits dust, fumes, odors, smoke, or particulate matter, unless authorized under Federal, State, or local law. This will result in a beneficial impact to climate change/greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, the existing significant and unavoidable global climate change impacts would not result in new or different impacts requiring the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR. 5.14 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE Would the project: a. Does the project have the potential to substantially 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 potential to achieve short-term environmental goals to the disadvantage of long-term environmental goals? c. Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively 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)? d. Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly? As detailed herein, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR is not appropriate for the project because none of the criteria permitting such a document under State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 are met. Project implementation does not include nor require implementation of specific development projects. The majority of the City is urbanized, with residential and nonresidential development, and mobility and public facilities all contributing to Santa Ana's existing built environment. The proposed text amendments to SAMC Sections 41-2001, 41-2001.5, 41-2002, 41-2004, 41- 2005, 41-2006, 41-2008, 41-2009, and 41-2008 would merely update to clarify that the regulations apply to existing uses, further limit some rehabilitation of existing buildings and structures, clarify the effects of amendments to the TZC, further limit certain existing operations to ensure greater compatibility between residential and non-residential land uses, and to establish regulations for operation of any existing, legally established, nonconforming industrial uses. Section 41-2001.5 is updated to encompass new SAMC Section 21-2009, which establishes regulations for operation of any existing, legally established, nonconforming industrial use. Section 41-2004 deletes the Overlay I-OZ zone from the text and map. Implementation of these SAMC amendments would not require implementation of any specific developments or direct physical changes to the environment, and therefore would not be in conflict with the GPU and no intensification of land uses would result. The City of Santa Ana, which includes the TZC area, is not within a NCCP/HCP area, and therefore would not conflict with an adopted NCCP/HCP plan. No direct or indirect substantial adverse effects on human beings would occur. January 2025 54 Environmental Analysis