Laserfiche WebLink
City of Santa Ana Environmental Checklist <br />Policy 2.10 - Support new The project would result in the redevelopment of a Consistent <br />development which is <br />Consistency <br />Goal, Objective, or Policy <br />Consistency Discussion Determination <br />Goal 5 - Ensure that the <br />The proposed project is subject to an evaluation of Consistent <br />impacts of development are <br />potential impacts as required by State CEQA law. <br />mitigated. <br />As the Lead Agency, the City of Santa Ana <br />determined that a Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />would be sufficient to ensure that the impacts of <br />development are mitigated to a level below <br />significance. A complete discussion of the project's <br />potential impacts and mitigation measures are <br />included within this MND document, which <br />ensures that the impacts of the proposed <br />development are mitigated through the proposed <br />mitigation measures; therefore, the project would <br />be consistent with this goal. <br />Policy 2.10 - Support new The project would result in the redevelopment of a Consistent <br />development which is <br />parcel that would be similar to the existing <br />harmonious in scale and <br />religious uses on the project site. Existing <br />character with existing <br />development within the area includes religious, <br />development in the area, <br />commercial, office, medical, and single- and multi- <br />family residential uses. The New Spirit Baptist <br />Church, which is a single -story building, is located <br />adjacent to the project site to the north. The Lao <br />Evangelical Church, located south and adjacent to <br />the project site, is also a single -story building. To <br />the east and west of the project site are a variety of <br />single - family residential homes, and a <br />development of two -story multi- family townhomes <br />occurs west of the project site, across South <br />Sullivan Street. Further south along West <br />McFadden Avenue is a strip commercial center <br />with auto- related uses and a variety of local - <br />serving commercial uses. The development of the <br />proposed project will consist of a new two -level <br />meditation center on the 1.46 -acre project site and <br />will be harmonious in scale and character with <br />existing surrounding development. Thus, the <br />proposed project would be consistent with this <br />policy. <br />Policy 3.5 - Encourage new <br />The area and neighborhood surrounding the Consistent <br />development and /or <br />project site includes various buildings that are <br />additions to existing <br />older and do not represent a single unified <br />development that are <br />architectural style or character. Similarly, the <br />compatible in scale, and <br />existing meditation center site consists of various <br />consistent with the <br />buildings developed over a 3S -year period that do <br />architectural style and <br />not architecturally or stylistically identify with <br />character of the <br />each other or with the surrounding neighborhood. <br />neighborhood. <br />Redevelopment of the site would include a unified <br />traditional Vietnamese style that would be <br />integrated with the proposed landscaping and <br />parking improvements, resulting in an <br />improvement over existing conditions. The <br />proposed project would result in the construction <br />of a new two -story meditation center that is <br />The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center 3-62 June 2013 <br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative oeclaration Icf 00215.11 <br />31C-115 <br />