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Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 5-1 5 Effects Found Not To Be Significant Section 15128 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines requires that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) briefly describe potential environmental effects that were determined not to be significant and, therefore, were not discussed in detail in the EIR. The environmental issues discussed in the following sections are not considered significant for the 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center (Project). The reasons for these less- than-significant impact or no impact determinations are discussed herein. 5.1 Aesthetics Scenic Vistas 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 San Joaquin County General Plan, scenic resources within San Joaquin 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 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 San Joaquin County 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 pres ence 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 with regard to scenic vistas. Scenic Resources There are two officially designated state scenic highways in San Joaquin County: Interstate (I) 580 and I-5 (Caltrans 2020). I-580 is located approximately 1.5 miles southwest of the Project site. Views toward the Project site from I - 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 I-580, and rolling hills intermittently block views toward the Project site. I-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 I-5. In addition, the County of San Joaquin (County) has designated 26 roadways within San Joaquin County as local scenic routes (County of San Joaquin 2016). The nearest locally designated scenic routes are I -580 and Corral Hollow Road, which extends to the southwest from I-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.