3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

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1 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The approximately 2.7-acre Project Site is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Lomita Boulevard. The Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) for the Project Site are , , , , , and (which is located within the City of Torrance). The Project Site is currently zoned for Light Manufacturing and General Commercial uses. The Site is L shaped with frontages on both Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards. Inside the L shape is a Shell gas station that is located at the northeastern corner of the intersection of Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards. Figure 3- provides an aerial map of the Project Site and surrounding area. Land use and zoning maps are provided in Figures 3-2 and 3-3, respectively. The Project Site is currently developed with a number of small commercial buildings and support structures that make up an equipment rental yard known as A- Coast Rentals. The Site contains a large number of vehicles, equipment, and maintenance areas used in support of the rental of construction equipment. The vehicles include large semi-tractor trailer trucks with flat beds used for delivery of rental equipment, forklifts, scissor lifts, cranes, temporary fencing, portable toilets, and temporary electrical poles. The Project Site also contains a 2,000-gallon above-ground diesel tank, a 500-gallon above-ground gasoline tank, and two high pressured propane tanks, all used to dispense fuel for rental equipment and support vehicles. The equipment maintenance area is used for changing of vehicle oils and lubricants, equipment repairs, and washing. Figures 3-4 and 3-5 provide views of the existing land uses on the Project Site. The existing buildings on the Project Site do not possess any distinctive architectural characteristics and there is no natural open space on the Project Site. The Project Site is within a raised hill area that descends generally to the southwest stepping down from the parcels north and east of the Site. However, there are no scenic views available from the Project Site, or in the general Project vicinity. Surrounding Uses The Project Site is immediately adjacent to a Shell gas station located to the south and west of the Project Site at the corner of Crenshaw and Lomita Boulevards. Other surrounding uses include the following: Conoco Phillips Tank Petroleum Storage to the west across Crenshaw Boulevard; the Torrance Crossroads Center to the southwest; a mix of retail, commercial, and residential uses to the south; a mix of retail, commercial, residential, and church uses to the east; and a mix of retail, commercial, and residential uses to the north. Photographs of the surrounding land uses are provided in Figures 3-6 and 3-7. Existing Street System The principal local network of streets serving the Project Site is Lomita Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard. Picerne Lomita Apartments 3. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page 3-

2 City of Lomita November 206 Public Transit Torrance Transit, Metro, and Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) operate several bus lines within the Project area, including Torrance Transit Route 5, Torrance Transit Route 7, Torrance Transit Route 9, Torrance Transit Route 0, Metro Route 232, and LADOT Commuter Express 448. RELATED PROJECTS Section 530 of the State CEQA Guidelines requires that an EIR consider the significant environmental effects of a proposed project as well as the project s cumulative impacts. CEQA defines a cumulative impact as an impact that is created as a result of the combination of the project evaluated in the EIR together with other projects causing related impacts (State CEQA Guidelines Section 5355). As stated in State CEQA Guidelines Section 530(a)(), the cumulative impacts discussion in an EIR need not discuss impacts that do not result in part from the project evaluated in the EIR. Cumulative impacts may be analyzed by considering a list of past, present, and probable future projects producing related or cumulative impacts (State CEQA Guidelines Section 530(b)()(A)). All projects that are proposed (i.e., with pending applications), recently approved, under construction, or reasonably foreseeable that could contribute to a cumulative impact on the local environment when considered in conjunction with the proposed project are included in an EIR. These projects can include, if necessary, projects outside of the control of the lead agency. If a concise list of related projects is not available, cumulative impacts may be analyzed using the regional or area-wide growth projections contained in an adopted or certified general plan or related planning document. The analysis includes both related projects and cumulative impacts (which takes into account ambient growth per the traffic study). In this Draft EIR, cumulative impact analyses are provided for each environmental issue discussed in Section 4, Environmental Impact Analysis, and can be found in each respective subsection (e.g., Air Quality, Transportation/Traffic, etc.). The list of related projects is based on research at the cities of Lomita, Los Angeles, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, and Torrance. Though the buildout years of many of these related projects are uncertain and may be well beyond the buildout year of the Project, and notwithstanding that some may never be approved or developed, they were all considered as part of the traffic study and conservatively assumed to be completed by the Project buildout year, regardless of their actual buildout date. Table 3-, Related Projects List, provides the related projects that were considered in each cumulative impact analysis. The locations of the related projects are depicted in Figure 3-8, Related Projects Location Map. Picerne Lomita Apartments 3. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page 3-2

3 City of Lomita November 206 Table 3- Related Projects List No. Project Name Location/Address Description City of Lomita Narbonne Avenue Narbonne Avenue townhomes and 3,500 sf specialty retail 2. Starbucks Pacific Coast Hwy 850 sf Starbucks with drive-thru (replacing 6,65 sf retail building) Narbonne Avenue 2456 Narbonne Avenue 22 townhomes and 3,700 sf commercial th and Narbonne Multi-Use SEC of 250 th St & Narbonne 4,28 sf warehouse, 20 condominium du,,528 Development Ave sf office building, and 507 sf retail City of Torrance 5. CUP Sepulveda Blvd 30 bed assisted living and skilled nursing 6. CUP Hawthorne Blvd 0,023 sf child day care center 7. CUP Sepulveda 4,5 sf auto service building with 4 service bays 8. CUP Garnier St 36,865 sf medical office building 9. Costco MOD Lomita Blvd 6,500 sf Costco warehouse with car wash, 20-position fueling station, and 75,000 sf medical office building (relocation of existing 48,000 sf Costco, to be replaced with repurposed existing warehouse; credit for 35,209 sf office/medical office building) 0. CUP Hawthorne Blvd,500 sf restaurant and 2,000 sf bank building. CUP Hawthorne Blvd 2,700 sf office and 8 residential units 2. CUP Arlington Ave 4-unit residential condos (replacing 4,000 sf retail/office) 3. CUP Sepulveda Blvd 2,970 sf commercial/retail building (replacing 72 sf restaurant) 4. CUP SWC of Via Valmonte & Hawthorne Blvd 305-unit multi-family residential development City of Rolling Hills Estates Palos Verdes Drive East 263 Palos Verdes Drive East Notes: du = dwelling unit sf = square feet Source: Linscott, Law & Greenspan Engineers, single-family residences, 338-seat dining, 7,50 sf fitness center, 5 tennis courts, and 00- member country club Picerne Lomita Apartments 3. Environmental Setting Draft Environmental Impact Report Page 3-3

4 W. 239TH ST Proter Ranch San Fernando Lake View Terrace Angeles National Forest Northridge Van Burbank Nuys 70 North Hollywood Glendale 2 0 Pasadena Encino 34 Toluca 20 Sherman Lake Oaks Eagle South Rock Pasadena West Silver Irwindale Hollywood Lake Alhambra Baldwin Park Beverly Hills Brentwood Beverly Hills 0 Los Angeles Monterey Park City of 0 60 Industry Vernon Hacienda Baldwin Heights Hills Huntington Pico Park Rivera 605 Santa Monica 90 Inglewood Marina Del Rey 70 Whittier Los Angeles 0 South Gate Culver City Montebello International Downey Airport El Segund 05 Hawthorne Paramount Manhattan Compton Norwalk La Mirada Beach 9 Hermosa 5 Beach Gardena Lakewood Cerritos 07 Redondo Beach Torrance 405 Lomita Carson Signal Hill Anaheim PROJECT Pacific Ocean LOCATION Long Beach 22 Rancho Palos Huntington Verdes Beach 405 CRENSHAW BLVD Miles PENNSYLVANIA AVE LOMITA BLVD Legend Project Site Source: Google Maps, 206. Figure 3- Aerial Map

5 Lucille Ave General Plan Land Use Designations Downtown Overlay Residential (Agricultural) Residential (Low Density) Residential (Medium Density) Residential (High Density) Commercial Industrial/Manufacturing Publicly Owned Land Mixed Use Overlay Project Site 24st St Crenshaw Blvd Lomita Blvd rd S Pennsylvania Ave 246th St Moon Ave Source: Lomita GIA Data Layers, th Pl 247th St Figure 3-2 City of Lomita Land Use Map 247th St 24

6 Lucille Ave city of lomita zoning Mixed Use Overlay Agriculture, Non-Commercial (A) Commercial, General (CG) Commercial Planned Development (CPD) Commercial, (CR) Downtown Commercial (DC) Light Manufacturing & Commercial (MC) Open Space (OS) Single Family Residential (R) R-6000 (R-6000) R-7000 (R-7000) R-7500 (R-7500) Single Family Parking (RP) Residential Variable Density /5000 SF (RVD500) Residential Variable Density /2500 SF (RVD2500) Residential Variable Density /2200 SF (RVD2200) Residential Variable Density /500 SF (RVD500) Residential Variable Density /452 SF (RVD452) Residential Variable Density /000 SF (RVD000) Project Site 24st St Lomita Dr 243rd St Alliene Ave 246th St Moon Ave 246th Pl 247th St 247th St 247th St Source: City of Lomita, th St nsylvania Ave 249th St Figure 3-3 City of Lomita Zoning Map

7 SITE View Location Map 2 3 CRENSHAW BLVD. LOMITA BLVD. LOMITA BLVD. & CRENSHAW BLVD. CORNER VEHICULAR TRAVEL TRAVEL LOMITA BLVD. BLVD. ENTRY/ EXIT CRENSHAW BLVD. VEHICULAR TRAVEL VEHICULAR TRAVEL RETAIL ST. MARK S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL RETAIL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PETROLEUM STORAGE TORRANCE CROSSROADS ROADS RETAIL CENTER ENTRY/EXIT Source: TCA Architects, 206. Figure 3-4 Views of the Project Site

8 CURRENT SITE USE CURRENT SITE USE CURRENT SITE USE Source: TCA Architects, 206. Figure 3-5 Views of the Project Site

9 2 237th Pl Pl th St. St. Mobile Mobile Home Home Park Park & Food Mobile Mobile Home Home ParkPar & Food FoodSer vice & Food Crenshaw Blvd. Blvd. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Ave Ave. W W 239th 2 S St.. Mobile M M Mo obile ile Home Home Park P Par Park 246th 246th St. St th S St. W W 239th 239th St. St. 24st 24st 243rd St. St. St. Office Depot Sam s Club Vons Gen Korean BBQ Torrance Crossroads Center Torrance Crossroads Center Food Source: TCA Architects, 206. SITE Gas s Station aton Nishiyamayo Academy General Public Forming Swimming Corporation Pool Gas Station Figure 3-6 Views of the Surrounding Uses Church Bowling Alley Granite & Marble Slab Yard Motel Daycare Self Storage Storage Conoco Phillips Tanks Petroleum Storage S Conoco Phillips Tank Tank Facility Facility 3 Food od Serv Food Food Home Depot Bank Home Goods Goods Lowe s St. Mark s s Presbyterian Church LomitaBlvd. 2 Single-Family Residential Multi-Family Residential Religious Bus Station (Torrance Transit) 2 3 CONOCO PHILLIPS TANKS PETROLEUM STORAGE TORRANCE CROSSROADS RETAIL CENTER ST. MARK S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Skypark Skypark Dr. IHOP LEGEND /Commercial Industrial

10 2 237th 37th Pl Pl th h St. St. Mobile Mobile Home Home Park Park & Food Mobile Mobile Home Home Park & Food FoodSe vice & Food Crenshaw Blvd. Blvd. Pennsylvania Ave Ave. W W 239th 2 th St. S. Mobile M Mo M obile Home Home Park P Par Park 246th 246th St. St. 238th 2 th St. S. W W 239th 239th St. St. 24st 24st 243rd St. St. St. Office Depot Sam s Club Vons Gen Korean BBQ Torrance Crossroads Center Torrance Crossroads Center Food Source: TCA Architects, 206. SITE Gas s Station aton Nishiyamayo Academy General Public Forming Swimming Corporation Pool Gas Station Figure 3-7 Views of the Surrounding Uses Church Bowling Alley Granite & Marble Slab Yard Motel Daycare Self Storage Storage Conoco Phillips Tanks Petroleum Storage S Conoco Phillips Tank Tank Facility Facility Food Food od Serv Food Home Depot Bank Home Goods Goods Lowe s 6 St. Mark s s Presbyterian Church 4 5 Single-Family Residential Multi-Family Residential Religious Bus Station (Torrance Transit) SHELL GAS STATION COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL RETAIL & FOOD SERVICE LomitaBlvd. Skypark Skypark Dr. IHOP LEGEND /Commercial Industrial

11 Source: Linscott Law & Greenspan Engineers, 206. Not to Scale Figure 3-8 Related Projects Location Map