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Appendix E (Initial Study/Part 2) Page 11 anticipated to be less than sign cant. 13. b. Preliminary plans show a total of 60 off-street pazking spaces. This is inconsistent with the curnent Zoning Code which requires 1.2 off-street spaces per unit, plus 1 per employee (or 73 spaces total). A pazking survey submitted to the City by the applicant shows that parking for affordable senior housing does not have as high a need for on-site parking as a typical apartment building. Typically, a senior couple living together does not have two cars, as is common in younger apartment dwellers. Also, seniors are much more likely to utilize mass transit if accessible to nearby amenities. The project site is located along a major roadway, with a bus stop located out front of the building. The building is also within walking distance of downtown, for those residents able to walk a few blocks. Therefore, staff anticipates parking impacts to be less than significant. 14. a., b., e. This in-fill project which is located on a site previously developed with commercial uses is located in an area currently served by the City's police, fire and refuse collection services. There will be no need for new governmental services. Guy Pelham, Deputy Fire Mazshall of the Alameda County Fire Department indicates that a project fire flow of 2,000 gallons per minute (gpm) will be required. This is required due to the development of a three-story residential structure and is in addition to sprinklers installed in the buildings. The closest fire flow pipe was last tested several years ago and had a flow of 2,084 gpm. Due to the neazby developments constructed in the intervening years, it is not known whether adequate fire flow exists for the proposed project. This is a potentially significant impact. Mitigation: Prior to issuance of a building permit, the fire flow shall be tested and an adequate fire flow of at least 2,000 gpm must be achieved. If an adequate flow is not available, the applicant shall include measures to the satisfaction of the Alameda County Fire Department. Implementation of this mitigation measure would result in a less than significant impact. 16. a.-f. This in fill project which is located on a site previously developed with commercial uses is served by public utilities. Water, gas, electricity, telephone, sewer, storm water and cable tv services of sufficient capacity are. presently available or can be extended from abutting streets with no unusual problems anticipated. 17. b. Please refer to the discussion under item 10. e. above. 18. The proposed apartment building will be 2-3 stories in height. The underlying zoning requires a front (E. 14"' Street) setback of 20 feet and side setbacks of 30 feet. The pazking lot is proposed at the rear of the lot, which abuts adjacent single-family residences to the east.- Due to the distance separating the two uses, no significant visual impacts aze anticipated. In addition, due to the developed nature of the E. 14"' Street frontage, visual impacts along this heavily- traveled corridor are anticipated to be minimal. With proposed landscaping, this is not anticipated to result in a significant visual impact. ABHOW Senior Housing - IS -Part 2