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Section 4.0 – Environmental Setting and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />City of Redwood City 15 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Sandpiper Elementary School Facilities Expansion November 2016 <br />turf field. Existing development in the project area includes one- and two-story, single- and multi- <br />family residences that are similar in appearance and of contemporary style. <br /> <br />4.1.1.2 State Scenic Highway <br /> <br />The project site is not located within a designated scenic vista or view corridor, and is not visible <br />from a designated scenic highway. The nearest officially designated state scenic highway is <br />Interstate 280, which is located approximately 4.75 miles southwest of the project site. 5 Sandpiper <br />Elementary School is not visible from Interstate 280 nor is the campus visible from a San Mateo <br />County designated scenic corridor.6 <br /> <br />4.1.2 Environmental Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />AESTHETICS <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />Beneficial <br />Impact <br />Information <br />Source(s) <br />Would the project: <br />1) Have a substantial adverse <br />effect on a scenic vista? 1,2 <br />2) Substantially damage scenic <br />resources, including, but not <br />limited to, trees, rock <br />outcroppings, and historic <br />buildings within a state scenic <br />highway? <br /> 1,4 <br />3) Substantially degrade the <br />existing visual character or <br />quality of the site and its <br />surroundings? <br /> 1,2 <br />4) Create a new source of <br />substantial light or glare which <br />would adversely affect day or <br />nighttime views in the area? <br /> 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 Caltrans. “California Scenic Highway Mapping System: Santa Mateo County.” Accessed July 29, 2016. <br />Available at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/16_livability/scenic_highways/ <br />6 San Mateo County. San Mateo County General Plan: Scenic View Corridors. March 2010. <br />7.A. - Page 46