Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.4 Biological Resourcesof the natural resource system for wildlife habitat, water quality throughsub-basin stormwater collection and for recreation opportunities.Action 11.1.1Action 11.1.2Action 11.1.6Where land or structural improvements are necessary to the barrancas orriver, development should comply with the Ventura County WatershedProtection District standards and permit requirements, and require theincorporation of aesthetic and ecologically sensitive design treatments.To the extent possible, preserve the Brown and Franklin Barrancas and theSanta Clara River in their natural state.Require landscape that conserves and re-establishes native habitat in theriparian corridors, protects drainage processes, reduces water demand,retains runoff, and recharges groundwater supplies.With adherence to the regulatory framework, applicable 2005 General Plan actions andimplementation of the Community Plan’s policies and actions, impacts to riparian andwetland habitats would be reduced to a less than significant level.Mitigation Measures. Compliance with regulatory framework and the General Planactions in association with implementation of the Community Plan’s policies and actions wouldreduce impacts to riparian, wetland, and aquatic resources to a less than significant level.Mitigation is not required.Significance After Mitigation. Impacts would be less than significant withoutmitigation.Impact BIO-2The Project would generally avoid sensitive habitat,including areas with mature trees. Based on reconnaissancestudies of the Project Area and with implementation ofCommunity Plan policies and actions, impacts to sensitivehabitats would be Class III, less than significant.Sensitive habitat within the Project Area is limited to relatively undeveloped portions of BrownBarranca, the outlet of Franklin-Wason Barranca, and the Santa Clara River. As discussedunder Impact BIO-1, existing regulations, including policies and actions outlined in the 2005General Plan, ensure impacts to these features are avoided and/or mitigated. The 2005 GeneralPlan addresses impacts to mature trees as follows:Action 1.23Require, where appropriate, the preservation of healthy tree windrowsassociated with current and former agricultural uses, and incorporate treesinto the design of new developments.Action 1.24 Require new development to maintain all indigenous tree species orprovide adequately sized replacement native trees on a 3:1 basis.Along with Policy 11A (discussed under Impact BIO-1), the proposed Community Plan includesthe following actions that address potential impacts to sensitive habitat, including mature trees:4.4-14City of Ventura