ARCHIVED REPORTS_2000 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING,IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES A. LAND USE The zoning ordinance provides that uses within the M-2 District are permitted unless they are or may become obnoxious or offensive due to the emission of odor,dust, smoke,noise, gas, fumes, cinders, vibration,glare,refuse matter, or water-carried waste. A process to review and report on any complaint filed against a use for any of the above reasons is also provided. Where an M-2 zone abuts a residential zone,the ordinance stipulates that a six (6)foot solid masonry fence,the design of which is to be approved by the Community Development Director, shall be erected and maintained along the property line between the M-2 and residential zone when development occurs on the M-2 parcel. The project site is also within a designated Commercial and Industrial Area of the City of Stockton's Enterprise Zone, part of the California Enterprise Zone Program. The Enterprise Zone program is designed to attract and retain businesses in designated geographic areas.(City of Stockton, 1992). IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA The land use analysis presented below evaluates the consistency of the proposed project with the type and intensities of the existing and planned land uses on and surrounding the project site. According to Appendix G,Environmental Checklist,of the CEQA Guidelines(Governor's Office 1999),a project may have a significant effect on the environment if it would physically divide an established community; conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect; or conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan. Potential land use conflicts or incompatibility, however, are usually the result of other environmental effects such as the generation of noise or objectionable odors. Please refer to other sections of this SEIR for more detailed discussion of these relevant environmental effects. IMPACT STATEMENTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Impact A.1: Implementation of the proposed expansion would intensify transfer station operations in the project area,and the increased activity and proposed zoning changes could result in land use conflicts with adjacent uses. (Significant) .The non-industrial uses adjacent to the project site consist of the residences in the small R-1 district to the west, and the Trinity Community Church on Pershing Avenue adjacent to the site. The proposed use for the area west of Pershing,closest to the residences,would essentially be the continued use of the area for bin storage, although at a potentially higher level of use than under current conditions. Compared to other proposed uses of the project site,the continuation of bin storage is viewed as having a relatively low impact and would buffer residences from waste processing activities on the eastern half of the project site. Materials receiving and processing would take place east of Pershing Avenue,approximately 450 feet from the western boundary of the site. The nearest residences are located on the west side of Temple Street(south of Faye Siorkton Scavenger Transfer Station Expansion III.A.6 'ESA 1990190