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City of San Leandro 880 Doolittle Drive Industrial Project 3-2 The project site is nearly flat and currently occupied by two vacant industrial masonry buildings and has a General Plan land use designation of General Industrial. The site is zoned Industrial General District, as defined by the City’s Zoning Ordinance. Uses permitted in the Industrial General designation include a wide range of manufacturing, transportation, food and beverage processing, technology, warehousing, vehicle storage, office-flex, and distribution uses. A limited range of commercial uses are also permitted in areas designated Industrial General. 3.3 Cumulative Development In addition to the specific impacts of individual projects, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) to consider potential cumulative impacts of the proposed project. The CEQA Guidelines define “cumulative impacts” as two or more individual impacts that, when considered together, are substantial or will compound other environmental impacts (CEQA Guidelines Sections 15065 and 15355). Cumulative impacts are the combined changes in the environment that result from the incremental impact of development of the proposed project and other nearby past, pending, and planned projects. For example, noise impacts of two nearby projects may be less than significant when analyzed separately but could have a significant impact when analyzed together. Cumulative impact analysis allows the EIR to provide a reasonable forecast of future environmental conditions and can more accurately gauge the effects of a series of projects. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15130, the discussion in this EIR focuses on the identification of any significant cumulative impacts and, where present, the extent to which the proposed project would constitute a considerable contribution to the cumulative impact. CEQA requires cumulative impact analysis in EIRs to consider either a list of past, planned and pending projects that may contribute to cumulative effects or a forecast of future development potential. Past projects include those land uses that have been previously developed and comprise the existing environment. Pending projects include those projects recently approved or under construction. Planned projects are those that are reasonably foreseeable, such as those for which an application is on file and in process with a local planning department. Past, currently planned and pending projects in San Leandro are listed in Table 3-1. In particular, the projects are either located in proximity or along the same major arterial and collector roads as the project site and construction schedules may overlap. These projects are considered in the cumulative analyses in Section 4.0, Environmental Impact Analysis.