SU0007300 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

F7 t , 5.Other CEQA Considerations �i y environmental resources during the same time period.The"cumulative setting"includes other projects either with night-time operations or 24 hour operations. Such uses could include industrial, 24-hour retail,or large residential projects that could be expected to create night time activity. The project area consists of agricultural land uses(primarily orchards). Other land uses in the area include existing rural residences on agriculturally zoned land. Like the project site, all the parcels surrounding the site are zoned AG-40(40 acre minimum)with a General Plan Designation of General Agriculture(AG). The project applicant also owns and operates a sand quarry northeast k of the project site on the north side of'E.River Road. This sand quarry would not be involved in the proposed nighttime operations. There are no proposed or approved development projects in the area. In addition,there are no past 4 projects which would create additional night time effects that have not been accounted for in the R I existing project setting. ` 1 5.2.3 Cumulative Impacts DBased on the information in Section 5.2.2,Cumulative Setting,there are no significant cumulative effects associated with the proposed project. 5.3 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts �- 5.3.1 Introduction CEQA Guidelines 21100(b)(2) and 15126.2(b)require that any significant and unavoidable effect "—� on the environment must be identified. In addition, CEQA Guidelines 15093(a)allows the decision- making agency to determine if the benefits of a proposed project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental impacts of implementing the project. The County can approve a project with unavoidable adverse impacts if it prepares and adopts a"Statement of Overriding Considerations" setting forth the specific reasons for making such a judgment. A list of unavoidable adverse impacts t ; identified in this EIR is provided below.For each of the unavoidable adverse impacts,the County must.prepare and adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations if the County approves the project. 1 5.3.2 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts ' Noise Application of the proposed optimized haul truck operating parameters in Mitigation Measure 3.4.1 "-' would be expected to effectively mitigate project-related noise exposure from the perspective of the Tt 1 applicable County noise exposure level criteria and noise exposure level increase criteria.However, application of the optimized haul truck operating parameters would not appreciably mitigate the ?T significant increase in probability of residential awakenings due to project haul truck operations. r , -f 7 1 ,.. Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit 5-3 ESA 1211085 Draft EIR - April 2011