ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW “STORAGE- WAREHOUSE, INDOOR STORAGE” FACILITIES WITHIN THE CI – COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND USE PERMIT AND DESIGN REVIEW TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 50,064 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 597 HELMAN LANE (WEST END OF BLODGETT STREET) TO BE USED AS MOVING AND STORAGE FACILITY WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE OF CONATINERS. THE PROJECT INCLUDES TEMINATING BLODGETT STREET WITH A NEW CUL-DE-SAC ON THE PROJECT SITE. ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST AND INITIAL STUDY DRAFT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION JUNE 2021 ZONING AMENDMENT AND COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST AND INITIAL STUDY Project Title: Zoning Code Text Amendment and Sandell Distribution Warehouse Lead agency name and address: City of Cotati Community Development Department 201 West Sierra Avenue Cotati, CA 94931 Contact person and email: Joel Galbraith, Senior Planner [email protected] Zoning Amendment to allow Storage-Warehouse, indoor storage within CI Zoning District Project Location: Parcels zoned as CI Commercial/Industrial District city-wide Description of project: The proposed project includes a text amendment to Section 17.22.020 (Allowable Land Uses and Planning Permit Requirements) of the Cotati Municipal Code to allow Storage-Warehouse, Indoor Storage within the CI Zoning District, with approval of a Use Permit. Sandell Distribution Warehouse Facility Project Location: 597 Helman Lane at the west end of Blodgettt Street (APN 046-073- 006), City of Cotati, Sonoma County, CA File Number: PA#21/03 and PA#21/07 Project sponsor’s name and address Albert Sandell and Property Owners: 3348 Paradise Drive Tiburon, CA 94920 General Plan Designation: Commercial Industrial Zoning: Commercial/Industrial District (CI) Description of project: The proposed project includes the construction of a 50,064-square-foot warehouse building to operate as a moving and storage company. The project includes loading areas, outdoor storage, paved parking areas, sidewalks, and landscaping, and the construction of a cul-de-sac to terminate the west end of Blodgett Street. Surrounding land uses and setting; The project site is surrounded by land designated as Commercial briefly describe the project’s Industrial to the north, east, and south, and Rural Residential is located surroundings: west of the project site, across Washoe Creek. Laguna de Santa Rosa abuts the site to the north. Other public agencies whose U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and approval is required (e.g. permits, Wildlife. financial approval, or participation agreements): Have California Native American The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) was notified on tribes traditionally and culturally March 1, 2021. The City has not received a request from FIGR for affiliated with the project area formal consultation. requested consultation pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.3.1? If so, has consultation begun? i City of Cotati [PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] Zoning Amendment, RCFE & Commercial Building ii IS/MND City of Cotati TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE # 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 6 1.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2. INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ................................................................................................... 6 1.3. CITY OF COTATI GENERAL PLAN AND EIR (TIERINIG) .................................................................................................. 6 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 7 2.1. ZONING AMENDMENT TO ALLOW STORAGE-WAREHOUSE WITHIN CI ZONING DISTRICT ................................................ 7 2.2. WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND FACILITIES ...................................................................................................................... 7 3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED ............................................................... 14 4. DETERMINATION ........................................................................................................................ 15 5. EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................................. 16 5.1. AESTHETICS .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 5.2. AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES ............................................................................................................... 18 5.3. AIR QUALITY ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.4. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................... 35 5.5. CULTURAL RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................................. 45 5.6. ENERGY .................................................................................................................................................................... 49 5.7. GEOLOGY AND SOILS ................................................................................................................................................ 53 5.8. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ................................................................................................................................... 58 5.9. HAZARDS/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ............................................................................................................................ 60 5.10. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ............................................................................................................................ 64 5.11. LAND USE AND PLANNING ......................................................................................................................................... 72 5.12. MINERAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................................ 74 5.13. NOISE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 75 5.14. POPULATION AND HOUSING....................................................................................................................................... 79 5.15. PUBLIC SERVICES ...................................................................................................................................................... 81 5.16. RECREATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 83 5.17. TRANSPORTATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 84 5.18. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................. 87 5.19. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................. 89 5.20. WILDFIRE ................................................................................................................................................................. 94 5.21. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE CAL. PUB. RES. CODE §15065) ................................................................ 95 6. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................ 98 6.1. TECHNICAL APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................ 98 6.2. OTHER DOCUMENTS REFERENCED ............................................................................................................................. 98 7. MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM ........................................................ 100 Zoning Amendment, RCFE & Commercial Building iii IS/MND City of Cotati ACRONMYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AFY acre feet a year Air Basin San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin APN Assessor Parcel Numbers AQP Air Quality Plan APN Assessor Parcel Number ARB California Air Resources BAAQMD Bay Area Air Quality Management District BMP Best Management Practice CalEEMod California Emissions Estimator Model CBC California Building Code CCR California Code of Regulations CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CIP Capital Improvement Program CI Commercial/Industrial (Cotati Zoning District) CORP Army Corps of Engineers CNEL community noise equivalent level CNPS California Native Plant Society CRHR California Register of Historical Resources CRPUSD Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District CTS California Tiger Salamander dBA A-weighted decibel DEIR Draft Environmental Impact Report DPM