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Grana' Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 3.0 General Commercial on the west side of Grand Avenue from Seventeenth Street to First Street. General Commercial on the east side of Grand Avenue from Seventeenth Street to Fifleenth Street and from Fourteenth Street to First Street. Low Density Residential from just north of Fifteenth Street to I-5. Other Relevant Land Use programs in the General Plan Land Use Element: Inter -City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan — This Plan designates segments of Grand Avenue in the project limits as part of this Redevelopment Plan which involves 525 acres designed to provide a commuter rail station and supporting uses. (LU Appendix pp. A-7) • Enterprise Zone — A 7,000 -acre part of the City of Santa Ana was designated by the State as a California Enterprise Zone which includes almost all of the Grand Avenue project area. This designation provides tax incentive programs to new businesses within the Enterprise Zone. The goal of the program is to revitalize the economy by bringing in new businesses through the tax incentives. Federal Empowerment Zone - hi 1999, the City of Santa Ana received the only Urban Empowerment Zone Designation in California. This zone affects the area between First and Fourth Streets on both sides of Grand Avenue in the study area. The Zone is expected to enhance the quality of life for the City's residents and businesses within the Zone. This Zone includes new educational opportunities, job training and skill development, mentoring and apprenticeship programs, childcare, enhanced recreational opportunities, tax exempt financing for businesses, and access to other federal programs and services. 3.2.2 THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE RELATED TO LAND USE AND PLANNING Land use impacts are considered significant if the proposed project will conflict with the adopted plans and goals of the community as expressed in the City of Santa Ana General Plan. In addition, the following would be considered significant adverse impacts of the proposed project related to land use: • Inconsistency or conflict with an adopted land use designation or intensity and indirect or secondary environmental impacts are created. • Substantial or extreme use incompatibility. • Development or conversion of General Plan designated open space to a more intensive land use. • Incompatible land uses in an aircraft accident potential area. as defined in an airport land use plan. F: IPROJ-ENMGrand eirWew Text- Gran&Section 3 Sp1it&ction 3.2.doc Page 3.2-2