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7 – Alternatives Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 7-5 Alternative 1 would not require or result in construction or operation of industrial or other land uses at the Project site. Implementation of this alternative would not result in any air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or energy use during construction or operation. No new temporary or permanent sources of noise or vibration would be introduced onto the site. Alternative 1 would not generate any temporary or permanent vehicle trips at the Project site and on the surrounding roadway network. This alternative would also not require the use of local or regional water supplies. As construction would no longer occur at the Project site under this alternative, the potential for inadvertent discovery of cultural and tribal cultural resources (TCRs) would be avoided. Similarly, Alternative 1 has no potential to impact sensitive biological resources as construction and operation of industrial uses at the Project site would no longer occur. Alternative 1 Conclusion and Relation to Project Objectives Mitigation to reduce impacts to air quality, cultural resources, TCRs, and biological resources, which would be required of the Project, would no longer be necessary under Alternative 1. The Project’s significant and unavoidable operational air quality impact would be avoided under this alternative. Overall, the Alternative 1 would not result in any significant impacts. However, Alternative 1 would also not meet any of the Project Objectives. 7.3.2 No Project/Other Development Alternative (Alternative 2) Description of Alternative 2 Under Alternative 2, the Project site would be redeveloped with other land uses, consistent with the underlying industrial designations and zoning. According to the County’s General Plan, the General Industrial Zone is intended to provide for a full range of industrial activities whose location and operation tend to have moderate to high nuisance characteristics, and therefore, require segregation from other land uses (County of San Joaquin 2016). Typical uses include manufacturing, distribution, storage, and wholesaling. Similarly, the I-G Zone is intended to provide for a wide range of manufacturing, distribution, and storage uses. It is assumed that Alternative 2 would involve development of a land use that would be permissible either by right or by Site Approval, Special Purpose Plan, Improvement Plan, or Use Permit, including the aforementioned land uses listed above. It is also assumed that those uses would share a similar development intensity/floor -area- ratio/site coverage as the Project. Land uses that are expressly not allowed in the I-G zone—specifically residential— would not be considered under Alternative 2. As previously described, the underlying I-G zone provides for a full range of industrial uses and similar activities. Uses under Alternative 2 could include agricultural sales, auction yards, automotive rentals and repair, light and heavy construction services, manufacturing, heavy equipment sales and repair, heavy and hazardous materials industry, recycling services, truck sales and repair, vehicle storage, and utility services. Given that the Project buildings are intended to be used for light warehousing and distribution uses as defined by the San Joaquin County Ordinance Code (Section 9-115.585), Alternative 2 could include substantially more intensive industrial uses when compared to the Project.