The California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Section 15162 Findings:
Application: General Plan Amendment #21-03 & Zone Change #429 – Environmental Review #21- 47 Assessor Parcel Number or Location: Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN’s): 170-010-001 to -039; 170- 022-001 to -003; 170-030-001 to -028; 170-041-001 to -003; 170-044-001
Previous Initial Study/EIR Reference: This site was previously reviewed through the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan (SCH#2008071069).
Original Project Date: The EIR for the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan was adopted by the Merced City Council by Resolution #2011-63 on January 4, 2012.
Section A - Previous Studies
Yes No
1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project that will require major revisions of the previous project EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects? X
Comment/Finding: The proposed General Plan Amendment changing the General Plan land use designation to Low-Medium Density Residential and the proposed Zone Change to change the zoning designation to Residential Planned Development (RP -D) #63 would be reverting the property back to the land use designations reviewed under the EIR for the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan (small lot single-family dwellings). Therefore, there are no substantial changes from what was analyzed with the original EIR.
Yes No
2. Substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken that will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects?
X
Comment/Finding: There have been no changes in the circumstances under which the project is undertaken that would require major revisions in the previous E IR. There are no new significant environmental effects or substantial increases in the se verity of previously identified environmental effects, and the area under consideration remains the same area previously evaluated.
Yes No
3. New information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have been know with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, has been revealed? (If “Yes” is checked, go to Section “B” below) X
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