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Santa Ana Rezone Project <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />1 - INTRODUCTION <br />1.1 - Purpose <br />The purpose of this Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (Draft IS/MND) is to identify any <br />potential environmental impacts that would result from the implementation of the Santa Ana Rezone <br />Project (proposed project) in the City of Santa Ana (City), California. Pursuant to California <br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15367, the City of Santa Ana has discretionary <br />authority over the proposed project and is the Lead Agency in the preparation of this Draft IS/MND <br />and any additional environmental documentation required for the proposed project. <br />The remainder of this section provides a brief description of the project location and the primary <br />project characteristics. Section 2 includes an environmental checklist that provides an overview of the <br />potential impacts that may result from project implementation, elaborates on the information <br />contained in the environmental checklist, and provides justification for each checklist response. <br />Feasible mitigations are analyzed to reduce all impacts to below a level of significance. Section 3 <br />contains the List of Preparers. <br />1.2 - Project Location <br />The project site is located at 1801 East Chestnut Avenue in the City of Santa Ana, in Orange County, <br />California (Exhibit 1). The project lies directly on the border of Santa Ana and Tustin, with its <br />neighboring parcels to the east and south located in the City of Tustin. The project site corresponds <br />with Assessor's Parcel Number (APN): 402-212-01 and is located within the Tustin, California United <br />States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute Topographic Quadrangle Map, Township 5 South, <br />Range 9 West, Section 00 (Latitude 33' 44' 34" North; Longitude 117' 50' 28" West). <br />1.3 - Environmental Setting <br />The approximately 3.48-acre project site is a trapezoidal -shaped parcel that is relatively flat and <br />located in an urban area. The project site is bounded by Interstate 5 (1-5) to the north, Church of <br />Christ in Tustin to the east, East Main Street and Saddleback Mobile Lodge Club to the south, and the <br />Santa Ana Zoo to the west. The Santa Ana River is located approximately 4 miles west of the project <br />site and, based on the general area topography and existing surface conditions, surface water flow is <br />expected to be to the south-southwest. <br />The parcel is currently an unpaved gravel lot that provides overflow parking for the Santa Ana Zoo, <br />which is owned and operated by the City. Access to the site is provided via a paved 30-foot-wide by <br />500-foot-long access road from East Main Street. <br />FCS 1 <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PubiicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client(PN-JN)/D327/03270D47/ISMND/0327D047 Santa Ana Rezone Project ISMND.docx <br />