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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor <br />Draft EIR <br />SECTION 4: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANAL <br />4.1 - Aesthetics <br />4.1.1 - Introduction <br />Aesthetics <br />This section describes the existing aesthetics setting and potential effects from project implementation <br />on the site and its surrounding area. Descriptions and analysis in this section are based on: <br />• Site visits by staff of Michael Brandman Associates (MBA) <br />• A site photographic survey prepared by MBA, showing the visual baseline condition from <br />surrounding vantage points (see Exhibits 4.1 -1, and 4.1 -la through 4.1 -1 c) <br />• Visual simulations prepared by MBA (see Exhibits 4.1 -2 through 4.1 -6) <br />• A shade /shadow analysis prepared by Focus 360, assessing shade and shadow impacts through <br />graphic simulation (see Exhibits 4.1 -7 through 4.1 -10) <br />A comment letter addressing aesthetics on the Notice of Preparation (NOP) of the FIR for the Park <br />View at Town and Country Manor project, contained in Appendix A, was received by the City of <br />Santa Ana from the City of Orange. The City of Orange requests that the FIR evaluate the project's <br />aesthetic compatibility with the adjacent properties and the surrounding Orange community, <br />addressing views, shade /shadow effects, privacy issues, height, scale, materials, and landscape <br />interface. <br />4.1.2 - Existing Conditions <br />Visual Characteristics of the Project Site and Vicinity <br />The project site is approximately 2.5 acres in size, located within the larger 8.29 acre Town and <br />Country Manor Campus. Town and Country Manor is located adjacent to a major business district in <br />the City of Santa Ana in Orange County, California. The project site, currently occupied by an open <br />grassy area and parking lot, is situated at the northeast corner of Memory Lane and Lawson Way, <br />across the street from Santiago Park and one block east of Main Street (see Exhibit 3 -2). The project <br />site occupies the southwest portion of the existing campus for Town & Country Manor. The <br />8.29 -acre property occupied by Town and Country Manor is triangular in shape and tapers eastward <br />away from the project site. Local access to the project site is provided from Main Street, Memory <br />Lane, and Lawson Way. Regional access to the project site is provided by Interstate 5 (I -5) to the <br />west and State Route 22 (SR -22) to the north. <br />Main Street is one of the primary commercial corridors in Santa Ana and is largely developed in the <br />project area with low to high intensity commercial and retail uses. Existing buildings in the project <br />area range from one to 16 stories in height, with no uniform architectural style. The project site is <br />bounded on the north by existing Town and Country Manor buildings, low -rise office buildings and <br />parking lot (in the City of Orange), and the SR -22 freeway. To the east lies the balance of the Town <br />Michael Brandman Associates 4.1 -1 <br />H \Cl t (PNJN)b327b32]003MMVB2]0030 Sec l Ae9h .d¢ <br />