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Home My WebLink AboutPC RES 2463I 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 2463 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OV TUSTIN, FINDING THAT THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE EAST TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN IS ADEQUATE TO SERVE AS THE PROGRAM EIR FOR VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 13274, DESIGN REVIEW 87-37, CUP 87-30 AND VARIANCE 87-06 WITH THE ADOPTION OF AN ADDENDUM TO SAID EIR AND ALL FEASIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as fol 1 ows- I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows- A® Vesting Tentative Tract Map 13274, Design Review 87-37, CUP 87-30 and Variance 87-06 and respective development plans are considered "projects" pursuant to the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act; and B. The projects are Covered by a previously certified final environmental i~act report for the East Tustin Specific Plan which serves as a Program EIR for the proposed project. II. The East Tustin Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (85-2), previously certified on March 17, 1986 was considered prior to approval of these projects. The Planning Commission hereby finds' this project is within the scope of the East Tustin Specific Plan previously approved; the effects of this project, relating to grading, drainage, circulation, public services and utilities, were examined in the Program EIR, (particularly in the Traffic Analysis contained in Appendix 'G' of the Technical Appendices for said EIR, which addressed a larger project than proposed), and an addendum to Final EIR 85-2 addressing light and glare, contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. All feasible mitigation measures and alternatives developed in the Program EIR are incorporated into this project. The Final EIR, with addendum, is therefore determined to be adequate to serve as a Program EIR for this project and satisfies all requirements of CEQA. Applicable mitigation measures identified in the Final EIR have been incorporated into this project which mitigates -any potential significant' environmental effects thereof. The mitigation measures are identified as Conditions on Exhibits A, B and C of Resolution No. 2464 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 Resolution 2463 page ~o approving Destgn Revtew 87-37, CUP 87-30, Variance 87-06 and Exhibtt A ot= Resolution No. 2465 recommending approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map 13274. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tusttn at a regular meeting held on the 11th day of January, 1988 · PENNI FOLEY, Secretary KATHY WE I~J, Chairman EXHIBIT A DRAFT ADDENDUM TO EIR 85-2 FOR EAST TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE #85052217) RESOLUTION NO. 2463 · January 11, 1987 .m~TRODUCTION ~ March 17, 1986, the Tusttn City Council certified as complete the East Tustin ~ecific Plan_Final Environmental Impact Report 85-2 (EIR 85-2). EIR 85-2 addressed the )tential environmental 'impacts associated with the development of a +1,740-acre master )anned community proposed in the City of Tustin. EIR 85-2 was prepared as a program iR in accordance with Section 15168 of the CEQA Guidelines. Pursuant to Section 5188(c) of the CEQA Guidelines, all "subsequent activities in the program must be (amined in light of the program EIR to determine whether an additional environmental )cument must be prepared." In conformance with the provisions of CEQA, an addendum to IR 85-2 covering Assessment District 85-1 was certified by the Tustin City Council on ~ly 21, 1986, Subsequently, a Supplemental EIR to EIR 85-2, covering the East Tustin )ecific Plan Development Agreement was certified by the Tustin City Council on October ~ 1986 1 conformance with Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines, this document is an addendum ) EIR 85-2: An addendum can be prepared when changes are made to a proposed project ~d such changes do not create any new significant impacts, substantially worsen any ignificant impacts, or substantially lessen any significant impacts already addressed ~ the EIR prepared for the project. This is the case with the increase in light 'xture height for the proposed project. Per Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines, this (dendum will be attached to the certified final EIR 85-2 for consideration by the .~cision-making body in its review of proposed development on the Mixed Use site in the ~st Tustin Specific Plan {the "Tustin Market Place"). !OJECT DESCRIPTION ~e applicant for the "Tustin Market Place" has requested a variance to utilize Fgh-mast lighting fixtures to illuminate 60+ acres of parking lot (pursuant to the East ~stin Specific Plan, light fixtures in th~-Mixed Use District (Sector 12) have a 35 >or height limit). Said light fixtures are proposed to be placed on a total of eight )) 90 foot high towers with a maximum of four (4) fixtures per side of each tower (10' 10' square). The justifications for this proposal are summarized as follows' The ability to provide the high levels of illumination required of a major shopping mall while keeping the source brightness to acceptable levels is not practical at low mounting heights. (The high lighting level would require a bright-source, directly visible at the low mounting heights, even with sharp cut-off fixtures.) The desired method of providing high levels of illumination is directly from overhead, thus placing the source out of the area of visual use. Sharp cut-off lighting fixtures mounted at low levels even when closely spaced, leave considerable dark areas between cars and behind landscaping. The prevqntion of vandalism, theft, etc. is a major component in the elimination of dark areas to a minimum by providing vertical illumination of the area between cars, etc. Exhibit A Resolution-No. 2463 Page two 4. The reduction in source glare, high uniform lighting levels (in accordance with I.E.S. standards) and the vertical illumination between objects leads to a more visible parking and walking area that substantially improves the safety of people in relation to traffic concerns. he, environmental impacts from incident light trespass from shielded lighting fi'xtures mounted above the thirty-five foot level is less than or equal to the thirty-five foot poletop lighting method. The use of sharp cut-off lighting fixtures with visors aimed to l'imit the incident light to the property line will not have a significant impact .when compared to the approved lighting criteria. Calculations have demonstrated that the abi. lity to reduce spillover is greater with high-mast lighting than low-mast due to the grater ability to focus the bulbs. This will result in a reduced impact on future mms, i;dents in the multiple family residence to the north of Bryan Avenue. Viewed from hiFlil~s, ide residences, the two forms of lighting would have a similar impact; that of a l'a, rge, illuminated site. Lastly, the ref-lective quality of both systems off surfaces s~clt, as asphalt, cars, glass, leaves, etc. is the same. ALTERNATIVES NO; Project- Under this alternative, the project would be illuminated with light fixtures at a maximum height of 35 feet. Spillover from this type of fixture would be greater than the high-mast fixtures due to the inability to move and "focus" the fixture hea.d!. Shadow areas would also result, creating more opportunities for vandalism, theft, et¢~ Reduced Height - Under this alternative, the light fixtures could be mounted above 35 fee. t,. b'bt less than 90 feet. The benefits of high-mast lighting would diminish as the --~x~cures were lowered below 90 feet, thereby necessitating more towers' on which to mount i~gh~ts. ~r.lqr~-r~ATI ON MEASURES The high-mast light fixtures shall be turned off no later than one (1) hour after closing of the last tenant in either the hard or soft goods section of the project. 2'. Spill lighting shall be controlled by optical, cut-off shielding, directional 'and vertical aiming methods. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, PENNI FOLEY, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Recording Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Tusttn, California; that Resolution No. ~-~2~/~ ~. was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the .T~stin Planning Commission, he]d on the //t-K_ day of L-~_~L, , ,-.~ '~- , Recording Secretary