HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.A._Impacts_Found_To_Be_Less_Than_SignificantIV. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
A. IMPACTS FOUND TO BE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT
The project site is located in an urban area and is not located on agricultural lands or in an area of mineral
resources. Additionally, the project does not propose any residential uses and would not directly increase
the number of residents in the City resulting to impacts to recreation. As allowed under Section 15128 of
the CEQA Guidelines this section discusses why impacts to these environmental topics were determined
to be less than significant and are therefore not discussed in detail in the EIR.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
The Project would not result in the conversion of state-designated agricultural land from agricultural use
to another non-agricultural use.
According to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP),
the project site is designated as urban or built-up land and does not contain prime farmland, unique
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farmland, or farmland of statewide importance. Therefore, development of the proposed project would
not result in any impacts related to the conversion of important farmland. No significant impact would
occur.
The Project would not result in the conversion of land zoned for agricultural use or under a Williamson
Act contract from agricultural use to non-agricultural use.
No lands on the project site are zoned for
agricultural use nor is the site subject to a Williamson Act Contract. Therefore, development of the
proposed project would not conflict with zoning for agricultural use or a Williamson Act contract. No
significant impacts would occur.
The Project would not involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or
nature, could result in conversion of Farmland to non-agricultural use.
As stated above, development of
the proposed project would not convert any Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland or Farmland of Statewide
Importance to a non-agricultural use. Therefore, development of the proposed project would not result in
any impacts to agricultural resources as related to conversion of farmland to non-agricultural use. No
significant impacts would occur.
MINERAL RESOURCES
The Project would not result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value
to the region and the residents of the state nor would it result in the loss of availability of a locally-
important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land
use plan.
The project site is not designated by the State, the South San Francisco General Plan, or East of
101 Area Plan as an area of mineral resource. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in the loss
of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the
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California Division of Land Resource Protection, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Overview,
website: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dlrp/FMMP/overview/survey_area_map.htm, Accessed August 21, 2008.
Gateway Business Park Master Plan IV.A. Impacts Found To Be Less Than Significant
Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-1
City of South San Francisco October 2009
State. Furthermore, as the site is currently developed, the project would not alter its status with respect to
the availability of mineral resources. No significant impact would occur and no additional analysis of this
issue is warranted in the EIR.
RECREATION
The project would not increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational
facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated.
The
proposed project does not include the development of residential land uses. Employees associated with
the project would likely visit parks and recreational facilities near their places of residency and not their
place of employment. Therefore, development of the proposed project would not result in substantial
physical deterioration of existing nearby recreational facilities, and no impact would occur.
The project does not include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of
recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment.
The project does
not include development of recreational facilities. Additionally, employees generated by the development
of the proposed project would likely utilize parks and recreational facilities near their places of residency
and not their place of employment. Therefore, the project would not include recreational facilities or
require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse effect on the
environment, as a result, no impact would occur.
Gateway Business Park Master Plan IV.A. Impacts Found To Be Less Than Significant
Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-2