Land Use Impacts Technical Report August 2014 Prepared by Land Use Impacts Technical Report August 2014 Prepared by: The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Land Use Impacts Technical Report Table of Contents Table of Contents PREFACE ............................................................................................................................... P-1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose of the Report ...................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Organization ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Impact Evaluation ................................................................................. 1-2 1.2 Description of the Mid-Coast Corridor .............................................................. 1-3 1.3 Alternatives under Consideration ..................................................................... 1-5 1.3.1 No-Build Alternative .............................................................................. 1-5 1.3.2 Build Alternative ................................................................................. 1-13 2.0 REGULATORY CONTEXT ......................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Federal ............................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1.1 National Environmental Policy Act ........................................................ 2-1 2.1.2 U.S. Department of Transportation Act ................................................. 2-2 2.1.3 Coastal Zone Management Act ............................................................ 2-2 2.2 State ................................................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.1 California Environmental Quality Act .................................................... 2-3 2.2.2 California Coastal Commission ............................................................. 2-4 2.2.3 University of California, San Diego ....................................................... 2-6 2.2.4 California Department of Parks and Recreation—Old Town San Diego State Historic Park Resource Management Plan and General Development Plan................................................................... 2-9 2.2.5 San Diego Unified Port District ............................................................. 2-9 2.3 Regional ........................................................................................................ 2-13 2.3.1 San Diego Association of Governments ............................................. 2-13 2.3.2 San Diego County Regional Airport Authority ..................................... 2-18 2.4 Local .............................................................................................................. 2-19 2.4.1 Land Use Plans .................................................................................. 2-19 2.4.2 Other Plans ........................................................................................ 2-32 2.4.3 Land Development Guidelines and Regulations ................................. 2-37 3.0 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Study Area ....................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Data Sources ................................................................................................... 3-1 3.3 Impacts Assessment ........................................................................................ 3-1 3.4 Impact Determination ....................................................................................... 3-3 3.4.1 National Environmental Policy Act Guidance ........................................ 3-3 3.4.2 California Environmental Quality Act Guidance .................................... 3-4 4.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Existing Land Uses and Zoning ........................................................................ 4-1 4.2 Key Activity Centers and High-Trip Generators .............................................. 4-18 4.2.1 University City .................................................................................... 4-18 4.2.2 University of California, San Diego ..................................................... 4-18 4.2.3 Westfield UTC Shopping Center ......................................................... 4-18 4.2.4 Regional Hospitals ............................................................................. 4-19 MID-COAST CORRIDOR TRANSIT PROJECT August 2014 i Land Use Impacts Technical Report Table of Contents 4.2.5 University of San Diego ...................................................................... 4-19 4.2.6 Mission Bay Regional Park ................................................................. 4-19 4.2.7 Old Town San Diego State Historic Park ............................................ 4-19 4.2.8 Other Major Activity Centers ............................................................... 4-19 5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Direct and Indirect Impacts .............................................................................. 5-1 5.1.1 No-Build Alternative .............................................................................. 5-1 5.1.2 Build Alternative ................................................................................... 5-3 5.2 Cumulative Impacts ....................................................................................... 5-36 5.2.1 No-Build Alternative ............................................................................ 5-36 5.2.2 Build Alternative ................................................................................. 5-37 5.3 Construction Impacts ..................................................................................... 5-37 6.0 MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................... 6-1 7.0 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT DETERMINATION ....................... 7-1 7.1 Significance Criteria and Application ................................................................ 7-1 7.1.1 No-Build Alternative .............................................................................. 7-1 7.1.2 Build Alternative ................................................................................... 7-1 7.2 Significance after Mitigation ............................................................................. 7-3 7.3 Cumulative Impacts ......................................................................................... 7-3 8.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 8-1 MID-COAST CORRIDOR TRANSIT PROJECT ii August 2014 Land Use Impacts Technical Report Table of Contents List of Figures Figure 1-1. Mid-Coast Corridor........................................................................................... 1-4 Figure 1-2. No-Build Alternative Transportation Improvements .......................................... 1-7 Figure 1-3. No-Build Alternative Major Bus Routes ............................................................ 1-9 Figure 1-4. No-Build Alternative Bus Route 150 ............................................................... 1-11 Figure 1-5. No-Build Alternative Trolley Operating Plan in 2030 ....................................... 1-12 Figure 1-6. Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project ................................................................. 1-14 Figure 1-7. Conceptual Plan and Profile of Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project ................ 1-17 Figure 1-8. Genesee Avenue Design Concepts ............................................................... 1-22 Figure 1-9. Visual Simulation of Genesee Avenue with Center Columns ......................... 1-23 Figure 1-10. Visual Simulation of Genesee Avenue with Straddle Bents ............................ 1-23 Figure 1-11. Site Concept for Tecolote Road Station ......................................................... 1-25 Figure 1-12. Site Concept for Clairemont Drive Station ...................................................... 1-26 Figure 1-13. Site Concept for Balboa Avenue Station ........................................................ 1-27 Figure 1-14. Site Concept for Nobel Drive Station .............................................................. 1-28 Figure 1-15. Site Concept for Optional VA Medical Center Station ..................................... 1-29 Figure 1-16. Site Concepts for UCSD West Station (Build Alternative and VA Medical Center Station Option) ................................................................................... 1-30 Figure 1-17. Site Concept for UCSD East Station .............................................................. 1-31 Figure 1-18. Site Concepts for Executive Drive Station, with and without Genesee Avenue Design Option ................................................................................... 1-32 Figure 1-19. Site Concepts for UTC Transit Center, with and without Genesee Avenue Design Option