Santa Maria Airport Business Park Specific Plan Amendment

Santa Maria Airport Business Park Specific Plan Amendment

The subject of this Initial Study/Notice of Preparation (IS/NOP) is a proposed General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, and Zoning Modification of an approximately 28-acre parcel (Assessor’s Parcel Number [APN] 111-231-011) at the southeast corner of the Specific Plan area (project site). The project site is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of State Route (SR) 135 and Union Valley Parkway (see Figures 1 and 2). The City is preparing a Supplemental EIR (SEIR) to evaluate these changes. The proposed land use designation changes are as follows: 1) Amend the designations on the western side of Foxenwood Lane (estimated at 19.3 acres in the Specific Plan) from Community Facilities (CF) and Detention Basin (DB) to Light Industrial (LI); and 2) Amend the designations on the east to Airport Commercial (AC) and Detention Basin (DB). Although the Revised Project does not currently propose any particular development at the project site, a Conceptual Development Plan was developed to represent a reasonable development scenario of the project site for the purposes of evaluation in the IS and the SEIR.

Santa Maria

Santa Barbara

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Office (Conceptual under land use proposed)(Sq. Ft. 82,100, Acres 1.8, Employees 273), Commercial (Conceptual under land use proposed)(Sq. Ft. 82,400, Acres 1.9, Employees 165), Industrial (Conceptual under land use proposed)(Sq. Ft. 100,000, Acres 2.3, Employees 77), Other (Detention Basin - approx 30 Acre Feet)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife