2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor Draft EIR Noise from the Traffic Impact Analysis prepared by Kimley -Horn and Associates, Inc. in June 2009, included in this Draft FIR as Appendix G. Airport Noise Levels The nearest airport is John Wayne Airport (JWA), located approximately 6 miles south of the project site. The site is not within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notification Area, lying outside the Noise Impact Zone. JWA does not affect noise in the project vicinity. Other Noise Levels Santiago Park is located approximately 115 feet to the south of the project site. Amtrak railroad tracks are located east of the project site, with the closest segment being approximately 1,800 feet east of the project site. Based on Amtrak schedules, trains pass through the project area approximately 20 times per day at approximately 20 miles per hour. Farther south along the tracks, there is a train crossing at Fairhaven Avenue, approximately 2,000 feet east of the project site. Based on general practice, it is assumed that trains blow their horn at this crossing for safety purposes. Sensitive Receptors Sensitive receptors are land uses that are sensitive to increases in ambient noise levels. For purposes of CEQA, the City of Santa Ana General Plan Noise Element considers a sensitive receptor to be residences, hospitals, schools, churches, libraries, and parks. Sensitive receptors are commonly determined based on a radius from the project site and then counting the number of sensitive receptors within that radius. Because of the intensity of nearby development, rather than utilizing this method, existing receptors for the project were determined by starting from the project site and radiating out to determine those closest to the project. This latter method is preferred because noise impacts would diminish at each further receptor; therefore, the nearest sensitive receptors would generally represent a worst -case scenario related to noise, and further receptors would experience decreased impacts. The City of Santa Ana sets forth interior and exterior noise standards for residences, hospitals, schools, churches, libraries, and parks. Existing sensitive receptors near the project site are summarized in Table 4.5 -3. The closest sensitive receptors are residential land uses associated with Town and Country Manor located within the project site. Santiago Park is located across Memory Lane, approximately 115 feet south of southern boundary of the project site. Residents at the City Place mixed use development are located across Lawson Way, approximately 95 feet west of the project site. Single - family homes are located across Memory Lane off Santiago Avenue, approximately 500 feet east of the southeast corner of the project site. The nearest church to the project site is the Community Bible Church located within Town and Country Manor approximately 65 feet from the from the project site. CNI College, a vocational school, is the closest school to the project site, located approximately 250 feet from the northern project boundary within the Town and Country Center and offering surgical technology and vocational nursing at this location. Although Michael Brandman Associates 4.5 -5 H\Cl t(PN -Rn) 327b32]003MMVB2]0030 Sec01 Noi�.doc