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Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.4 Biological ResourcesAction 1.11Action 1.12Action 1.13Action 1.14Action 1.15Policy 1CAction 1.16Action 1.17Action 1.18Action 1.19Action 1.20Action 1.21Action 1.22Action 1.23Require that sensitive wetland and coastal areas be preserved as undevelopedopen space wherever feasible and that future developments result in no netloss of wetlands or “natural” coastal areas.Updated the provisions of the Hillside Management Program as necessary toensure protection of open space lands.Recommend that the City’s Sphere of Influence boundary be coterminouswith the existing City limits in the hillsides in order to preserve the hillsidesas open space.Work with established land conservation organizations toward establishing aVentura hillsides preserve.Actively seek local, State, and federal funding sources to achieve preservationof the hillsides.Improve protection for native plants and animals.Comply with directives from regulatory authorities to update and enforcestormwater quality and watershed protection measures that limit impacts toaquatic ecosystems and that preserve and restore the beneficial uses of naturalwatercourses and wetlands in the City.Require development to mitigate its impacts on wildlife through thedevelopment review process.Require new development adjacent to rivers, creeks, and barrancas to usenative or non-invasive plant species, preferably drought tolerant, forlandscaping.Require projects near watercourses, shoreline areas, and other sensitivehabitat areas to include surveys for State and/or federally listed sensitivespecies and to provide appropriate buffers and other mitigation necessary toprotect habitat for listed species.Conduct coastal dredging in accordance with the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers and California Department of Fish and Game requirements inorder to avoid impacts to sensitive fish and bird species.Work with State Parks on restoring the Alessandro Lagoon and pursuefunding cooperatively.Adopt development code provisions to protect mature trees, as defined byminimum height, canopy, and/or trunk diameter.Require, where appropriate, the preservation of healthy tree windrowsassociated with current and former agricultural uses, and incorporate treesinto the design of new developments.4.4-11City of Ventura
Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.4 Biological ResourcesAction 1.24Require new development to maintain all indigenous tree species or provideadequately sized replacement native trees on a 3:1 basis.The City of Ventura Tree Ordinance, Sec. 20.150.210 of the Municipal Code, requires a tree permitas follows: “It is unlawful for any person to plant, prune, deface, destroy, or remove or in anymanner injure any tree or shrub on any street in the city without first obtaining a permit fromthe parks manager to do so. Whenever a tree is removed or destroyed pursuant to any treepermit, it will be unlawful for the permittee to fail, refuse, or neglect to plant another tree, of thekind and size specified in the permit to replace the one destroyed or removed, within 40 daysafter the permit was issued.”4.4.2 Impact Analysisa. Methodology and Significance Thresholds. Impacts were assessed using availableliterature regarding the existing biological resources within the Project Area, aerialphotography, and field surveys of the Project Area conducted at various times over the pastthree years (Padre Associates 2007, Rincon Consultants 2008a-c).CEQA Statute 21001(c) states that it is the policy of the state of California to “prevent theelimination of fish and wildlife species due to man’s activities, ensure that fish and wildlifepopulations do not drop below self-perpetuating levels, and preserve for future generationsrepresentations of all plant and animal communities.” Environmental impacts relative tobiological resources may be assessed using impact significance based on the CEQA Guidelinesand federal, state and local plans, regulations, and ordinances. Impacts to flora and fauna maybe determined to be significant even if they do not directly affect rare, threatened, orendangered species.Significant impacts to biological resources could occur if Project Area development would:• Substantially affect rare, threatened or endangered species• Interfere substantially with the movement of any resident or migratory fish orwildlife species• Substantially diminish habitat for fish, wildlife or plants• Substantially affect federally protected wetlands• Have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable; or involvethe alteration or conversion of biological resources (locally important species orlocally important communities) identified as significant within the county or regionb. Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures.Impact BIO-1The Project would largely avoid impacts to riparian andwetland habitats by emphasizing preservation of theexisting natural habitats and restoration of those areas thathave been previously altered by human impacts. Potentialimpacts could occur in certain locations, but would beaddressed through implementation of proposed CommunityPlan policies and actions. Impacts would be Class III, lessthan significant.4.4-12City of Ventura
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