NS-3092 - Zone Change for 1801 East Chestut Ave

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Santa Ana Rezone Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1 - Purpose The purpose of this Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (Draft ISIMND) is to identify any potential environmental impacts that would result from the implementation of the Santa Ana Rezone Project(proposed project) in the City of Santa Ana (City), California. Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) Guidelines Section 15367, the City of Santa Ana has discretionary authority over the proposed project and is the Lead Agency in the preparation of this Draft ISIMND and any additional environmental documentation required for the proposed project. The remainder of this section provides a brief description of the project location and the primary project characteristics. Section 2 includes an environmental checklist that provides an overview of the potential impacts that may result from project implementation, elaborates on the information contained in the environmental checklist, and provides justification for each checklist response. Feasible mitigations are analyzed to reduce all impacts to below a level of significance. Section 3 contains the List of Preparers. 1 .2 - Project Location The project site is located at 1801 East Chestnut Avenue in the City of Santa Ana, in Orange County, California (Exhibit 1). The project lies directly on the border of Santa Ana and Tustin, with its neighboring parcels to the east and south located in the City of Tustin. The project site corresponds with Assessor's Parcel Number(APN): 402-212-01 and is located within the Tustin, California United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute Topographic Quadrangle Map, Township 5 South, Range 9 West, Section 00 (Latitude 33' 44' 34" North; Longitude 117' 50'28"West). 1 .3 - Environmental Setting The approximately 3.48-acre project site is a trapezoidal-shaped parcel that is relatively flat and located in an urban area. The project site is bounded by Interstate 5 (1-5) to the north, Church of Christ in Tustin to the east, East Main Street and Saddleback Mobile Lodge Club to the south, and the Santa Ana Zoo to the west.The Santa Ana River is located approximately 4 miles west of the project site and, based on the general area topography and existing surface conditions, surface water flow is expected to be to the south-southwest. The parcel is currently an unpaved gravel lot that provides overflow parking for the Santa Ana Zoo, which is owned and operated by the City.Access to the site is provided via a paved 30-foot-wide by 500-foot-long access road from East Main Street. FCS Ord , , ,�ql' „s!slld12pd5�1 es/Pubfication55ite/Shafed Documents/P,bilations/Client(PN-1NIf03 2 7/03 2 740M17/ISMND/0337IX 7 Santa Ana Rezone Pmlect I5MNd.do Page 20 of 118