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2014 -2021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />3. Environmental Analysis <br />housing units Linder the proposed project the land is not designated Farmland of any type. Therefore, no <br />impact would occur. <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? <br />No Impact. The City of Santa Ana does not contain any land designated for agricultural use. Furthermore, <br />there is no land zoned for agricultural purposes or covered by a Williamson Act contract in the City. <br />Therefore, no impact would occur. <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public <br />Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section <br />4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section <br />51104(8))? <br />No Impact. Public Resources Code Section 12220 defines forest land as "land that can support 10- percent <br />native tree cover of any species, including hardwoods, under natural conditions, and that allows for <br />management of one or more forest resources, including timber, aesthetics, fish and wildlife, biodiversity, <br />water quality, recreation, and other public benefits." <br />Timberland is defined in Public Resources Code Section 4526 as "land, other than land owned by the federal <br />government and land designated by the board as experimental forest land, which is available for, and capable <br />of, growing a crop of trees of a commercial species used to produce lumber and other forest products, <br />including Christmas trees. Commercial species shall be determined by the board on a district basis." <br />A Timberland Production Zone is defined in Government Section Code CCC as "...an area which has been <br />zoned pursuant to [Government Code] Section 51112 or 51113 and is devoted to and used for growing and <br />harvesting timber, or for growing and harvesting timber and compatible uses, as defined in subdivision (h). <br />With respect to the general plans of cities and counties, `timberland preserve zone' means `timberland <br />production zone. "' <br />The City of Santa Ana does not have any land that is used for forest land as defined by these criteria. No <br />impacts to forest land would occur. <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non - forest use? <br />No Impact. The City of Santa Ana is mostly built out with urban land uses. Forest land is not present within <br />the City. <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could <br />result in conversion of Farmland, to non - agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non- <br />forest use? <br />No Impact. The vacant and underutilized land identified in the Housing Element for potential residential <br />development does not contain any agricultural or forestry land uses. 'Therefore, the project would not involve <br />any changes to land uses and any changes to the environment that would result in the conversion of farmland <br />or forest land to residential land use. No impact would occur. <br />Derem6er 2013 <br />75A -63 <br />The Plammng Crater DC&E, • Page 41 <br />