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2014 -2021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES CITY OF SANTA ANA 3. Environmental Analysis disposition of the human remains have been made to the person responsible for the excavation, or to his or her authorized representative, in the manner provided in Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code. If the coroner determines that the remains are not subject to his or her authority and if the coroner recognizes or has reason to believe the human remains to be those of a Native American, he or she shall contact, by telephone within 24 hours, the Native American Heritage Commission. Although soil- disturbing activities associated with development in accordance with the Housing Element could result in the discovery of human remains, compliance with e.- sting law would ensure that significant impacts to human remains would not occur. Therefore, adoption of the Housing Element would result in a less than significant impact on human remains disturbance. 3.6 GEOLOGYAND SOILS a) Expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: I) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist- Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning map, issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42. No Impact. The entire southern California region is considered to be seismically active. Santa Ana is in a high seismic risk zone subject to seismic activity from various nearby faults, including the El Modeno Fault and the Newport- Inglewood -Rose Canyon faults (CGS 2010). However, none of these faults are zoned under the guidelines of the Alquist- Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act. Thus, there are no Alquist- Priolo fault zones within the vicinity of the City and no impact would occur. ii) Strong seismic ground shaking? Less Than Significant Impact. The City of Santa Ana is located in southern California, which is known to be seismically active. More specifically, the Newport- Inglewood -Rose Canyon fault lies approximately eight miles southwest of the City and would likely generate the most severe ground shaking. Any future development that occurs in conjunction with the proposed project would be required to adhere to the most recent seismic standards in the California Building Code (CBC) adopted by the City of Santa, Ana and would be subject to CEQA review The City has also adopted the CBC 2010 Edition based on the 2009 International Building Code as published by the International Code Council under the City's Code of Ordinances Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures), Article II (Building Code). The CBC includes building design standards for the construction of new buildings and /or structures and specific seism c engineering design and construction measures to avoid the potential for adverse ground shaking impacts. Thus, by adhering to state and local regulations, development in accordance with the Housing Element would result in less than significant impacts to seismic ground shaking. iii) Seismic - related ground failure, including liquefaction? Less Than Significant Impact. Liquefaction is the phenomenon in which uniformly sized, loosely deposited, saturated, granular soils with low clay content undergo rapid loss of shear strength through the development of excess pore pressure during strong groundshaking. Soils with these properties that Page 48 • The Planning Center I DC&E, 75A -70 December2013