2025-023 - Addendum to Transit Zoning Code Environmental Impact Report

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entering off-site areas and to prevent glare or interference with vehicular traffic, in accordance with the City's Municipal Code. (Impact 4.1-4) MM4.1-4 For any proposed structure that would exceed four stories in height, applicants shall submit a site-specific shade/shadow report with renderings representing the level of shadelshadows associated with the proposed development at the following times: 9:00 A.M., 12:00 P.M., 3:00 P.M. PST for the both the winter and summer solstices. An additional rendering for the 5:00 P.M. PST time period shall be prepared for the summer solstice period. Typically, a variety of criteria are used to determine the significance of a shadow impact, including the following: o Affected land use (criticality of direct sunlight for the use). o Duration (hours per day in shadow); time of day (critical time period for direct sunlight). o Season (time of year use would be shadowed). o Extent(percentage of use that would be shadowed). o Preexisting condition (shadow condition due to existing buildings, landscaping, or other features). o Type (solid or dappled shadow). The report shall include any feasible design considerations that would reduce the extent of shadows cast by a proposed structure. The analysis and the project design plans shall be forwarded to the Planning and Building Agency for review and approval. (impact 4.1-5) Project Analysis and Conclusion The City determined that no impacts related to State Scenic Highways would result from implementation of the project because no scenic highways are located within the TZC area. Impacts related to visual and aesthetic quality (Impact 4.1-1) and visual character (Impact 4.1- 2) were below the level of significance and did not require mitigation. Impacts related to daytime glare (Impact 4.1-3) and spillover light (Impact 4.1-4) were less than significant with the implementation of mitigation measures. Long-term development related shade and shadows (Impact 4.1-5) were found to be significant and unavoidable and that specific economic, social, or other considerations make mitigation infeasible. Specifically, no additional feasible mitigation measures exist that would avoid or substantially reduce these impacts. Implementation of the project through the proposed adoption of the text regulations identified in Table 1 — Current and Proposed Text Regulations does not trigger new aesthetic and visual resources impacts requiring preparation of a supplemental or subsequent EIR because the project modifies the list of land uses and permit types (refer to Table 1 — Current and Proposed Text Regulations) including the deletion of industrial land uses; amend nonconforming regulations including the additional of an amortization process; amend and add operational standards for allowed uses and nonconforming uses; and delete the Industrial Overlay (I-OZ) zone from text and maps; and delete the M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) suffixes from certain properties within the TZC area. Thus, there are no new land uses being introduced or different development standards that would have aesthetic or visual resource impacts. In particular, the proposed amendments will establish regulations for nonconforming uses, including light and glare. These regulations and standards will cover general standards, enclosed operations, light, glare, and outdoor storage and screening. No direct or indirect glare or heat, whether from floodlights or from high temperature processes (including combustion or welding or otherwise) shall be visible or felt at the property line. Lighting must be shielded, boxed, or directed at a downward angle so as to minimize the generation of light and glare and to assure that there is no spillover of light and glare that will impact drivers or January 2025 is Environmental Analysis Resolution No.2025-023 Page 26 of 65