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Initial Study Draft Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration 7 9. Project Description The project is a speculative development construction of a one-story, 52,269 square-foot warehouse structure with 15 truck bays for truck parking, which would include up to 5,000 square feet of office space. The project would also include construction of a surface parking lot with 64 vehicle parking spaces,14 bicycle parking spaces, as well as on-site landscaping. Figure 4 shows the proposed site plan, and Figure 5 shows the proposed elevations from each direction. The project would require a lot line adjustment (merger) to create a single lot. The project would also require a rezone from Commercial Community, Assembly Use Overlay (CC (AU)) to Industrial General (IG). The proposed warehouse would be 47 feet in height, which would exceed the height limit of 35 feet for IG Districts. Pursuant to SLZC Section 2.12.312, a maximum building height of 50 feet in the IG District may be approved by the Zoning Enforcement Official. The structure’s interior area would consist primarily of warehouse space, with the proposed office space, an electrical room, and a fire pump room located at the northern end of the structure. The west side of the structure would have 15 dock doors for vehicle shipping and receiving access. The structure would be surrounded by 26-foot wide internal drive aisles and parking to the north and south, with vehicle maneuvering space provided to the west. Two drive-in doors would also be provided along the dock doors on the structure’s west side. A trash enclosure would be located on the western side of the structure. Materials for the exterior of the structure would include concrete painted off-white and beige neutral colors, with wood paneling and windows located on the northern and southern faces of the structure. Windows would be treated with grey glazing and set in black metal trim. Wall-mounted and pole light fixtures would be located on the structure’s exterior and in the parking areas to provide nighttime lighting. A final photometric plan would be required at the building permit stage and the project would be conditioned to meet the applicable provisions of SLZC Section 4.08.156, Lighting. Landscaping and Open Space There are 23 trees on the project site. Demolition and site preparation would include the removal of 10 trees. Of the 10 trees to be removed, eight trees are located within the proposed construction footprint and two trees are located within the proposed parking and driveway areas. Trees to be removed would include coast redwoods, valley oaks, ginkgo, loquat, and Victorian box trees. None of these trees are street trees and thus, would not be subject to SLMC Chapter 5-2 (Appendix A). As part of the proposed site landscaping, the project would involve planting 12 trees along the site’s frontage with Washington Avenue and 17 trees within the parking areas of the project site. Landscaping for the project would consist of trees, shrubs, grasses, and groundcover plants along the perimeter of the project site, around the proposed warehouse structure, and a maintained area along the western boundary of the project site. Approximately 15 percent of the site’s area, or approximately 21,000 square feet, would include landscaping that would comply with the State’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) and bioswales that would help with stormwater treatment.