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2014 -2021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES CITY OF SANTA ANA 3. Environmental Analysis areas susceptible to aircraft accidents, and to ensure that no structures or activities adversely affect navigable space. If a General Plan Amendment (GPA) or Zone Change (ZC) is proposed for land within the ALUC planning area, the City is required to submit the GPA /ZC plans to ALUC for consistency review with the AELUP However, the residential opportunity areas identified in the Housing Element — Harbor Corridor Specific Plan area, Metro East, and the TZC area — are outside of the John Wayne Airport's AELUP. Thus, future development anticipated by the Housing Element that would require a GPA or ZC (only Harbor Corridor Specific Plan area) would not be subject to review by the ALUC. Thus, no impact would occur. Although future housing projects would be outside the Airport Planning Area, development proposals which include the construction or alteration of a structure more than 200 feet above ground level would require filing with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Structures meeting this threshold must comply with procedures provided by Federal and State law:, with the referral requirements of ALUC, and all conditions of approval imposed or recommended by FAA and ALUC, including filing a Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration (FAA Form 7460 -1) Heliports are also under the jurisdiction of ALUC. Any proposed heliports must be submitted through the City to the ALUC for review and action pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 21661.5. Proposed heliport projects must comply fully with the state permit procedure provided by law and with all conditions of approval imposed or recommended by FAA, by the ALUC for Orange County and the Caltrans /Division of Aeronautics. The City would comply with the aforementioned requirements, and no impacts would occur relative to public use airports. f) For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, would the project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area? No Impact. There are no private airstrips located within or adjacent to the City of Santa Ana; therefore, the proposed project would not result in any significant safety hazards from airstrip /airport related activity, The project would not cause safety hazards related to people residing or working in Santa Ana. No impact would occur. g) Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? Less Than Significant Impact. Implementation of the Housing Element would not conflict with the City of Santa Ana's emergency response or evacuation plans. Additionally, future development would be subject to CEQA review and be evaluated regarding interference with adopted emergency response and evaluation plans. Adoption of the Housing Element would have a less than significant impact on emergency response plans. h) Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires, including where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or where residences are intermixed with wildlands? No Impact. The City is built out with urban uses and does not contain wildland vegetation. Land immediately surrounding the City is likewise developed with urban uses and lacks wildland vegetation. Page 54 • The Planmig Center l DC&E, December2013 75A -76