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<br />2. Implement Mitigations 5-7 (Internal Visual Relationship of Project Development to
<br />Electrical Transmission Lines) and 13-1 (Project Compatibility with the Existing Noise
<br />Environment) identified in chapters 5 (Visual Factors) and 13 (Noise) of the EIR in order
<br />to reduce the potential visual and noise impacts of the existing electrical transmission
<br />lines to less-than-significant levels.
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<br />Findings: Implementation of these measures would reduce this potential land
<br />use compatibility impact to a less-than-significant level.
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<br />B. Industrial and Airport Compatibilitv
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<br />Potential Impact 4-1 a: The proposed project would be located in the vicinity of existing,
<br />extended-hour heavy commercial and industrial uses in the Bair Island Road/Seaport
<br />Boulevard/Port of Redwood City area, as well as below existing San Carlos Airport flight
<br />operations. Activities associated with the existing heavy commercial and industrial uses in the
<br />area (e.g., asphalt batch plant, concrete ready mix batch plant, heavy equipment yards, metal
<br />recycling operations) present potential incompatibilities with the proposed residential component
<br />of the project, including possible visual impacts (light intrusion and glare, visual distraction),
<br />traffic conflicts, noise and vibration, air quality (especially dust), and City land use policies
<br />regarding compatibility between future uses and existing heavy commercial and industrial uses
<br />in the area. Each of these environmental issues has been individually evaluated and discussed
<br />in the EIR, including in chapters 4 (Land Use), 5 (Visual Factors), 7 (Transportation and
<br />Circulation), 13 (Noise), and 15 (Air Quality). Similarly, potential impacts on the proposed
<br />project associated with San Carlos Airport overflights have been evaluated and discussed in
<br />EIR chapter 13 (Noise).
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<br />The EIR concludes that, based on factors of distance and separation, industrial traffic patterns,
<br />prevailing winds, and applicable noise attenuation requirements, such impacts would be less-
<br />than-significant. Nevertheless, the introduction of multi-story residences in the vicinity of
<br />existing heavy commercial and industrial activities in the Bair Island Road/Seaport
<br />Boulevard/Port of Redwood City area and beneath San Carlos Airport overflights could result in
<br />an increase in nuisance complaints about, and requests to limit, some of these heavy
<br />commercial, industrial, and airport operations and associated visual, traffic, noise/vibration, and
<br />air quality nuisance aspects.
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<br />Mitigation 4-1a: To inform potential project residents of the existing heavy
<br />commercial and industrial activities in the Bair Island Road/ Seaport Boulevard/Port of Redwood
<br />City area, flight operations from San Carlos Airport, and possible perceptions of associated
<br />nuisance characteristics, the EIR authors recommend that the City establish, as a condition of
<br />project approval, a requirement, formulated to run with the project property title, that: (1)
<br />prospective project residents (including prospective purchasers and tenants) of all project
<br />residential units shall be notified in writing by the seller or person offering a unit for rent that
<br />there are existing extended-hour, heavy commercial and industrial activities in the area, as well
<br />as airport flight operations associated with San Carlos Airport, that may have perceived daytime
<br />and nighttime visual, traffic, noise/vibration, and/or air quality-related nuisance effects; and (2)
<br />this written disclosure shall be included in the sale and rental agreement materials to be signed
<br />by the prospective project residents. This disclosure document would require the
<br />buyer's/tenant's initials and acknowledgment, and the same disclosure language would also be
<br />included in the property Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs).
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