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ISSUES: PotentiallyLess Than Less Than Significant Significant with Significant No g Mitigation g Impact Incorporated Impact Impact I. Aesthetics. Except as provided in Public Resources Code Section 21099, would the project: a) Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? ❑ ❑ X ❑ b) Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings ❑ 1:11:1within a state scenic highway? c) In non-urbanized areas, substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of public views of the site and its surroundings? (Public views are those that are experienced ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ from publicly accessible vantage point). If the project is in an X urbanized area, would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality? d) Create a new source of substantial light or glare which would ❑ ❑ ❑ adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area? X❑ Impact Discussion: a) Less-than-Significant Impact. San Joaquin County is set within the greater San Joaquin Valley, with the delta and large expanses of generally flat, agricultural lands and urban development framed by the foothills of the Diablo Range to the west and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the east.According to the County's General Plan, scenic resources within the County include waterways, hilltops, and oak groves (County of San Joaquin 2016). The project site is located in a generally flat area and is surrounded by industrial development to the south and west and agricultural uses to the north and east. The project would involve the development of three, approximately 45-foot- tall warehouse buildings on a vacant site, which could potentially obstruct views of scenic resources, if there were scenic resources located within the vicinity of the project site. However, no scenic resources identified by the County's General Plan (i.e., waterways, hilltops, or oak groves) are located within the vicinity of the project. Agricultural lands are located adjacent to the project site; however, given the presence of the existing industrial uses immediately south and west of the project site, as well as the presence of industrial and residential development in the greater project area, the viewshed that the project site is located within would not be considered to contain expansive views of agricultural lands. The project site is not located within a scenic vista nor would it affect any local scenic resources. Therefore, the project would have a less-than-significant impact associated with scenic vistas. This issue will not be further discussed in the EIR. b) Less-than-Significant Impact. There are two officially designated state scenic highways in San Joaquin County: 1- 580 and 1-5 (Caltrans 2020). 1-580 is located approximately 1.5 miles southwest of the project site. Views toward the project site from 1-580 primarily consist of rolling hills covered in low grasses, agricultural uses, and industrial uses adjacent to the project site. Industrial uses adjacent to the project site would block views of the project from 1-580, and rolling hills intermittently block views toward the project site. 1-5 is located approximately 11.8 miles southeast of the project site. Due to distance, intervening terrain, and development, the project site not visible from 1-5. In addition, the County has designated 26 roadways within the County as local scenic routes (County of San Joaquin 2016). The nearest locally designated scenic routes are 1-580 and Corral Hollow Road,which extends to the southwest from 1-580, and does not have views of the project site.Therefore,the project would have a less-than-significant impact associated with scenic resources within a state- or locally designated scenic highway. This issue will not be further discussed in the EIR. c) Less than Significant Impact. Per California Public Resources Code, Section 21071, the project site is located in a Enter project#s. —Initial Study 6