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92 ensure adequate emergency response and evacuation procedures are planned for and maintained on a development- by-development basis (p. 4.9-26). The impact was found to be less than significant. The Housing Component design would be required to comply with all applicable City codes and regulations pertaining to emergency access, as well as fire protection and security. With compliance with the requirements described above, the proposed Housing Component would not impair or interfere with emergency access, and the impact is considered less than significant. As a result, this component would be consistent with the analysis in the GPU EIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. g. The Focused GPU EIR noted that the foothill neighborhoods west of Alameda de las Pulgas are designated a Very High Fire Hazard Zone (VHSZ) and face increased fire hazards (Focused GPU EIR, pp. 4.9-26 – 4.9-27). Development in the VHFHSZ must comply with California Building Code building design and defensible space requirements intended protect against the risk of wildfire. In addition, the Public Safety Element of the General Plan contains policies and implementation programs that would avoid or minimize threats to future development due to wildfire hazard. With continued adherence to the fire protection regulations and policies, the Focused GPU EIR found this impact would be less than significant. The Housing Component site is located in an urban environment that is not adjacent to the wildlands and VHFHSZ in the Focused GPU EIR Planning EIR. Therefore, the project component would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. The project component is subject to the City’s Municipal Code requirements related to fire protection in non-wildland areas, and continued implementation of these Municipal Code fire regulations would ensure the Housing Component’s impacts related to fire hazard are less than significant. This component would be consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the Housing Component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant effects or off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the Focused GPU EIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the Focused GPU EIR, and (4) the Focused GPU EIR concluded a less-than-significant impact. Therefore, component-specific impacts would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. For these reasons, the hazardous and hazardous materials impacts of the proposed Housing Component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the Focused GPU EIR and this project component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 92 of 148