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FINAL ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 330 SCH #[PHONE REDACTED] VOLUME I prepared for: CITY OF ANAHEIM Contact: Sheri Vander Dussen, AICP Planning Director prepared by: THE PLANNING CENTER Contact: William Halligan, Esq. Director of Environmental Services CERTIFIED: MAY 25, 2004 ---PAGE BREAK--- FINAL ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 330 SCH #[PHONE REDACTED] VOLUME I prepared for: CITY OF ANAHEIM City of Anaheim Planning Department 200 South Anaheim Boulevard Anaheim, CA 92805 Contact: Sheri Vander Dussen, AICP Planning Director prepared by: THE PLANNING CENTER 1580 Metro Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Tel: [PHONE REDACTED] • Fax: [PHONE REDACTED] E-mail: [EMAIL REDACTED] Website: www.planningcenter.com Contact: William Halligan, Esq. Director of Environmental Services COA-06.0L CERTIFIED: MAY 25, 2004 ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Anaheim General Plan and Zoning Code Update EIR City of Anaheim • Page i 1. EXECUTIVE 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL 1.2.1 EIR 1.2.2 Type and Purpose of this DEIR 1.3 PROJECT 1.4 PROJECT SUMMARY 1.5 SUMMARY OF PROJECT 1.5.1 No-Project/Existing General Plan Alternative 1.5.2 Corridors 1.5.3 Reduced Intensity 1.6 SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, MITIGATION MEASURES, AND LEVELS OF SIGNIFICANCE AFTER 2. 2.1 PURPOSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 2.2 NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND INITIAL STUDY 2.3 SCOPE OF THIS 2.3.1 Impacts Considered Less Than 2.3.2 Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts 2.3.3 Unavoidable Significant Adverse 2.4 INCORPORATION BY 2.5 FINAL EIR CERTIFICATION 2.6 ISSUES TO BE 2.7 AREAS OF 2.8 MITIGATION 3. ENVIRONMENTAL 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 3.3 ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN (JULY 4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 4.1 PROJECT 4.2 STATEMENT OF 4.3 PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS 4.3.1 General Plan 4.3.2 Physical Development Under the Proposed General Plan 4.3.3 Community Policy Areas 4-18 4.3.4 Zoning 4-21 4.3.5 Amendment No. 5 to the Anaheim Resort Specific 4-29 4.3.6 Amendment No. 2 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan 4-33 4.3.7 Proposed MPAH Amendments 4-33 4.4 INTENDED USES OF THIS 4-37 ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Page ii • The Planning Center May 2004 5. ENVIRONMENTAL 5.1 AESTHETICS 5.1.1 5.1.2 Environmental Setting 5.1.3 Thresholds of Significance 5.1.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5.1.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-12 5.2 AIR 5-13 5.2.1 5-13 5.2.2 Environmental Setting 5-13 5.2.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-23 5.2.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-24 5.2.5 Significant Unavoidable 5-34 5.3 BIOLOGICAL 5-35 5.3.1 5-35 5.3.2 Environmental Setting 5-35 5.3.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-40 5.3.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-41 5.3.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-47 5.4 CULTURAL 5-49 5.4.1 5-49 5.4.2 Environmental Setting 5-49 5.4.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-53 5.4.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-54 5.4.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-56 5.5 GEOLOGY AND 5-57 5.5.1 5-57 5.5.2 Environmental Setting 5-57 5.5.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-79 5.5.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-79 5.5.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-83 5.6 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 5-85 5.6.1 5-85 5.6.2 Environmental Setting 5-85 5.6.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-88 5.6.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-89 5.6.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-104 5.7 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY 5-105 5.7.1 5-105 5.7.2 Environmental Setting 5-105 5.7.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-122 5.7.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-123 5.7.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse 5-132 5.8 LAND USE AND RELEVANT 5-133 5.8.1 5-133 5.8.2 Environmental Setting 5-133 5.8.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-145 5.8.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-146 ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Anaheim General Plan and Zoning Code Update EIR City of Anaheim • Page iii 5.8.5 Significant Unavoidable 5-158 5.9 MINERAL 5-159 5.9.1 5-159 5.9.2 Environmental Setting 5-159 5.9.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-160 5.9.4 Analysis of Environmental Impacts 5-160 5.9.5 Significant Unavoidable 5-163 5.10 NOISE 5.10.1 5-165 5.10.2 Environmental 5-168 5.10.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-180 5.10.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-181 5.10.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-198 5.11 POLICE AND FIRE 5-199 5.11.1 5-199 5.11.2 Environmental 5-199 5.11.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-201 5.11.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-201 5.11.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-202 5.12 POPULATION AND 5-203 5.12.1 5-203 5.12.2 Environmental 5-203 5.12.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-208 5.12.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-208 5.12.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-212 5.13 PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES 5-213 5.13.1 5-213 5.13.2 Environmental 5-213 5.13.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-232 5.13.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-232 5.13.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-249 5.14 5-251 5.14.1 5-251 5.14.2 Environmental 5-251 5.14.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-259 5.14.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-259 5.14.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-262 5.15 TRAFFIC AND 5-263 5.15.1 5-263 5.15.2 Environmental 5-263 5.15.3 Thresholds of Significance 5-295 5.15.4 Analysis of Environmental 5-295 5.15.5 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 5-321 6. CUMULATIVE 6.1 6.2 ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING CUMULATIVE 6.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Page iv • The Planning Center May 2004 6.4 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO AIR QUALITY 6.5 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 6.6 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO CULTURAL RESOURCES 6.7 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO GEOLOGY AND SOILS 6.8 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS 6.9 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO HYDROLOGY AND WATER 6.10 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO LAND USE AND RELEVANT PLANNING 6.11 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO MINERAL 6.12 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO 6.13 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO POLICE AND FIRE 6.14 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO POPULATION AND 6.15 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES 6.16 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO 6.17 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION 7. SIGNIFICANT UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS 8. ALTERNATIVES 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.1.1 Purpose and 8.1.2 Project 8.2 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND REJECTED DURING THE SCOPING/PROJECT PLANNING 8.2.1 Alternatives Considered During the General Plan Visioning 8.2.2 Alternative Development Areas 8.3 ALTERNATIVES SELECTED FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS 8.4 NO-PROJECT/EXISTING GENERAL PLAN 8.4.1 Aesthetics 8.4.2 Air Quality 8.4.3 Biological Impacts 8.4.4 Cultural Resources 8.4.5 Geology and Soils 8.4.6 Hazards and Hazardous Materials 8.4.7 Hydrology and Water Quality 8.4.8 Land Use and Relevant Planning 8.4.9 Mineral 8.4.10 8.4.11 Police and Fire 8.4.12 Population and Housing 8.4.13 Public Services and Facilities 8.4.14 8.4.15 Transportation and Circulation 8.4.16 8.5 CORRIDORS 8.5.1 Aesthetics 8-10 8.5.2 Air Quality 8-10 8.5.3 Biological Impacts 8-10 ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Anaheim General Plan and Zoning Code Update EIR City of Anaheim • Page v 8.5.4 Cultural Resources 8-10 8.5.5 Geology and Soils 8-11 8.5.6 Hazards and Hazardous Materials 8-11 8.5.7 Hydrology and Water Quality 8-11 8.5.8 Land Use and Relevant Planning 8-11 8.5.9 Mineral 8-12 8.5.10 8-12 8.5.11 Police and Fire 8-12 8.5.12 Population and Housing 8-12 8.5.13 Public Services and Facilities 8-13 8.5.14 8-13 8.5.15 Transportation and 8-13 8.5.16 8-13 8.6 REDUCED INTENSITY ALTERNATIVE 8-13 8.6.1 Aesthetics 8-14 8.6.2 Air Quality 8-14 8.6.3 Biological Impacts 8-14 8.6.4 Cultural Resources 8-14 8.6.5 Geology and Soils 8-14 8.6.6 Hazards and Hazardous Materials 8-15 8.6.7 Hydrology and Water Quality 8-15 8.6.8 Land Use and Relevant Planning 8-15 8.6.9 Mineral 8-15 8.6.10 8-15 8.6.11 Police and Fire 8-15 8.6.12 Population and Housing 8-15 8.6.13 Public Services and Facilities 8-16 8.6.14 8-16 8.6.15 Transportation and 8-16 8.6.16 8-16 8.7 ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR 8-16 9. SIGNIFICANT IRREVERSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES 10. GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS 10.1 INTRODUCTION 10-1 10.2 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF 10-2 11. IMPACTS FOUND NOT TO BE 12. ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS CONTACTED 13. REPORT PREPARATION PERSONNEL 14. ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Section Page Page vi • The Planning Center May 2004 APPENDICES A. NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND INITIAL STUDY B. COMMENTS ON NOTICE OF PREPARATION, INITIAL STUDY, AND SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE C. ANAHEIM RESORT EXPANSION AREA UPDATED AND MODIFIED MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 0085A D. UPDATED AND MODIFIED MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 106 FOR THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE E. ANAHEIM RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 92-2, AMENDMENT NO. 5 – SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN F. AIR QUALITY DATA G. NOISE DATA H. TRAFFIC STUDY DATA I. GEOTECHNICAL STUDY J. WATER SYSTEM BASELINE CONDITIONS K. SEWER SYSTEM BASELINE CONDITIONS L. FIRE DEFENSE ANALYSIS M. CITY OF ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WATER, WASTEWATER, AND DRAINAGE REPORT N. CITY OF ANAHEIM GENERAL DRAINAGE REPORT: BASELINE CONDITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS ---PAGE BREAK--- List of Figures Figure Page Anaheim General Plan and Zoning Code Update EIR City of Anaheim • Page vii Figure 3.2-1 Regional Location Figure 3.3-1 Existing Anaheim General Plan Land Use Figure 4.3-1 Community Policy Figure 4.3-2 Recommended Land Use Figure 4.3-3 The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Proposed Expansion Area 4-31 Figure 4.3-4 Northeast Area Specific Plan Amendment No. 4-35 Figure 5.1-1 Green Element Figure 5.3-1 Location of the NCCP Central/Coastal Subregion within the City of Anaheim 5-40 Figure 5.5-1 Generalized Geologic Map 5-59 Figure 5.5-2 Regional Fault Location 5-65 Figure 5.5-3 Seismic and Geologic Hazards 5-71 Figure 5.5-4 Mining Activity and Oil and Gas 5-75 Figure 5.5-5 Dam Inundation Map 5-77 Figure 5.6-1 Emergency Facilities and Hazardous 5-95 Figure 5.6-2 Fire Protection 5-101 Figure 5.7-1 Existing Storm Drain System Map 5-107 Figure 5.7-2 Existing Storm Drain Conditions 5-111 Figure 5.7-3 Flood Hazard Areas 5-115 Figure 5.8-1 Redevelopment Areas 5-139 Figure 5.8-2 Specific Plan and The Platinum Triangle 5-141 Figure 5.9-1 Mineral Resource 5-161 Figure 5.10-1 Noise Monitoring 5-171 Figure 5.10-2 Land Use Compatibility For Community Noise Environments 5-178 Figure 5.10-3 Future Roadway Noise 5-187 Figure 5.10-3 Future Roadway Noise Contours page 2 of 5-189 Figure 5.10-4 Future Freeway and Railroad Noise Contours 5-191 Figure 5.13-1 Water Distribution System Map 5-223 Figure 5.13-2 Sanitary Sewer System 5-227 Figure 5.14-1 Location of Parks within the City of Anaheim 5-253 Figure 5.15-1 Existing Roadway Network 5-267 Figure 5.15-2 Existing Bus 5-271 Figure 5.15-3 Existing Bicycle 5-273 Figure 5.15-4 Truck 5-275 Figure 5.15-5 2002 Average Daily Traffic 5-279 Figure 5.15-6 Analyzed 5-281 Figure 5.15-7 ATAM Model Flow Chart 5-285 Figure 5.15-8 ATAM Post-Processor LOS 5-287 Figure 5.15-9 Critical 5-291 Figure 5.15-10 General Plan Update 5-297 Figure 5.15-11 General Plan Update LOS E and 5-299 Figure 5.15-12 Planned Roadway 5-303 Figure 5.15-13 Proposed 10-Year Transit Plan 5-307 Figure 5.15-14 General Plan Update with Modified LOS E and F 5-313 ---PAGE BREAK--- List of Tables Table Page Page viii • The Planning Center May 2004 Table 1.2-1 Summary of Environmental Table 3.3-1 Existing General Plan Land Use Table 4.3-1 General Plan Land Use Comparison 4-11 Table 4.3-2 Recommended Land Use Alternative 4-12 Table 4.3-3 Residential Land Use 4-23 Table 4.3-4 Non-Residential Land Use Designations Table 5.2-1 Ambient Air Quality Standards for Criteria 5-18 Table 5.2-2 Attainment Status for the 5-19 Table 5.2-3 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Summary for the Central And North Orange County Monitoring Stations 5-22 Table 5.2-4 Thresholds of 5-24 Table 5.2-5 Projected Emissions Associated With General Plan Buildout 5-25 Table 5.2-6 Year 2025 Projected Co Concentrations at Major Intersections in the Project Area 5-31 Table 5.5-1 Principal Active 5-68 Table 5.5-2 Historical 5-69 Table 5.7-1 Drainage 5-110 Table 5.7-2 Summary of Hydrologic Results (Peak Flows) 5-110 Table 5.7-3 Local Facility Baseline Conditions Summary 5-113 Table 5.7-4 Beneficial Uses of Receiving Waters 5-119 Table 5.8-1 Existing Land Use Distribution (2002) 5-134 Table 5.8-2 Existing General Plan Land Use 5-137 Table 5.8-3 Buildout Statistical Summary of the Recommended 5-150 Table 5.8-4 Consistency With SCAG Regional Policies 5-151 Table 5.10-1 Human Reaction to Typical Vibration Levels 5-168 Table 5.10-2 FHWA Design Noise Levels 5-174 Table 5.10-3 Summary of EPA/FRA Railroad Noise 5-176 Table 5.10-4 Normally Compatible Community Sound 5-177 Table 5.10-5 County of Orange Maximum Allowable Ambient Noise 5-179 Table 5.10-6 Noise Levels Generated by Typical Construction 5-182 Table 5.10-7 Buildout Traffic Volumes and Resultant Noise Levels Along Major Roadways Subject to Potentially Significant 5-183 Table 5.11-1 Fire Protection 5-199 Table 5.12-1 Population Growth 5-203 Table 5.12-2 Racial and Ethnic 5-204 Table 5.12-3 Composition of Housing 5-204 Table 5.12-4 Employment by Sector 5-207 Table 5.12-5 Buildout Statistical 5-209 Table 5.13-1 Anaheim City School District Capacity and 5-214 Table 5.13-2 Anaheim Union High School District Capacity and Enrollment for Junior High Schools Table 5.13-3 Anaheim Union High School District Capacity and Enrollment for High 5-215 Table 5.13-4 Orange Unified School District Capacity and 5-216 Table 5.13-5 Savanna School District Enrollment 5-217 Table 5.13-6 Magnolia School District 5-218 Table 5.13-7 Centralia School District Enrollment 5-218 Table 5.13-8 Fullerton School District Enrollment 5-219 Table 5.13-9 Fullerton Joint Union High School District Enrollment 5-219 Table 5.13-10 Placentia-Yorba Linda School District 5-220 ---PAGE BREAK--- List of Tables Table Page Anaheim General Plan and Zoning Code Update EIR City of Anaheim • Page ix Table 5.13-11 Garden Grove Unified School District Enrollment 5-220 Table 5.13-12 Buena Park School District 5-221 Table 5.13-13 Current and Projected Water Supplies (AFY) 5-225 Table 5.13-14 Projected Student Generation Through General Plan Buildout 5-233 Table 5.13-15 Existing Versus Proposed General Plan Water Consumption At 5-238 Table 5.13-16 Existing Versus Proposed General Plan Wastewater Generation At Buildout 5-242 Table 5.14-1 Neighborhood Parks Located Within the City of 5-255 Table 5.14-2 Community 5-256 Table 5.14-3 Inventory of Existing 5-259 Table 5.15-1 Intersection Level of 5-283 Table 5.15-2 2002 LOS 5-284 Table 5.15-3 Future Existing General Plan Peak Hour 5-294 Table 5.15-4 Traffic Load and Capacity of Street System 5-295 Table 5.15-5 Future Updated General Plan Peak Hour 5-301 Table 5.15-6 Updated General Plan with Lane Modifications LOS 5-311 Table 5.15-7 Updated General Plan with Lane Modifications LOS & VIC Ratios 5-311 Table 6.1-1 City of Anaheim and SCAG Growth Table 8.1-1 Buildout Statistical ---PAGE 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