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Environmental Checklist <br />Land Use and Planning <br />Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 77 <br />The General Plan has a number of policies that are applicable to the project. A discussion of project <br />consistency with selected policies is provided in Table 12 5. <br />Table 12 Project Consistency with Selected City of San Leandro General Plan Policies <br />General Plan Policy Project Consistency <br />Policy LU-1.14: Construction Impacts. Ensure that construction <br />activities are regulated and monitored in a manner that <br />minimizes the potential for adverse off-site impacts such as noise, <br />dust, erosion, exposure to hazardous materials, and truck traffic. <br />Consistent. As part of the permit application <br />process, the project would be required to have an <br />erosion control and sedimentation control and <br />drainage plan to reduce risk of erosion and <br />sedimentation which would also minimize the <br />potential for dust and erosion to occur as a result <br />of construction. Construction-related activities <br />would be limited to between the hours of 7:00 a.m. <br />and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays, or between 8:00 a.m. <br />and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday and Saturday as detailed <br />in SLMC Section 4.1.1115. <br />Policy LU-2.8: Alterations, Additions, and Infill. Ensure that <br />alterations, additions, and infill development are compatible with <br />existing homes and maintain aesthetically pleasing <br />neighborhoods. <br />Consistent. The project would undergo site plan <br />approval as detailed in SLZC Chapter 5.12 which <br />would ensure that the infill development is <br />compatible with existing residences. <br />Policy LU-2.17: Constrained Sites. Focus new housing <br />development on underutilized or infill sites on the city’s flatter <br />lands, rather than on previously undeveloped sites in the hills. <br />Development on sites with significant geologic, hydrologic, or <br />land stability constraints should be strongly discouraged. <br />Consistent. The project would be constructed on <br />an infill site within the city’s flatter land. <br />Policy LU-3.4: Promotion of Infill. Encourage infill development <br />on vacant or underused sites within residential areas. <br />Consistent. The project would increase the number <br />of housing units on the project site from two units, <br />one of which is currently unoccupied, to a total of <br />18 units which would increase the number of <br />residences in the area. <br />Policy LU-3.111: Conversion of non-residential land to housing <br />and public uses. Encourage the development of new housing on <br />underutilized commercial and industrial sites which meet the <br />following criteria: <br />Sites on the edges of commercial or industrial areas, adjacent to <br />established residential areas. <br />Sites where continued use with commercial or industrial activities <br />could perpetuate existing land use conflicts. <br />Sites with adequate infrastructure, access, and road capacity. <br />Sites which are not constrained by external environmental <br />factors, including freeway, railroad, and airport noise. <br />Sites where conflicts with surrounding uses would not be created <br />in the event of re-use. <br />Sites which lack “prime” qualities for commercial or industrial <br />development, such as direct freeway or rail access. <br />Publicly-owned land which is not being used to its fullest <br />potential. <br />Sites meeting the above criteria should also be considered for <br />churches, libraries, parks, community facilities, and other uses <br />that provide necessary services and advance the quality of life in <br />the community <br />Consistent. The project site is located immediately <br />south of industrial uses and is adjacent to <br />residential uses to the west, south, and east, and <br />therefore qualifies as a site on the edges of <br />commercial or industrial areas and adjacent to <br />established residential areas. The project would <br />involve rezoning of the western portion of the site <br />from IP to RS(PD) and the eastern portion of the <br />site from RS to RS(PD)in order to encourage the <br />development of new housing on underutilized <br />commercial and industrial sites. <br />5 Project consistency with other General Plan policies adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect are <br />discussed in their respective sections.