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

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.6 Geological Hazardsand swell when wetted and shrink when dried. The Project Area does not contain high soilexpansion zones. Detailed geotechnical studies at a site-specific level would be necessary priorto development to evaluate the potential for geologic and soil hazards, including expansivesoils, for these conditions to be minimize or corrected during construction. Large-scalesettlement problems would not be significant provided that adequate soil and foundationstudies are performed prior to construction and that CBC guidelines and appropriate sitespecificmitigation are followed.Mitigation Measures. Compliance with the California Building Code andimplementation of General Plan Action 7.7 would reduce impacts due to expansive soils to aless than significant level. Additional mitigation is not required.Significance After Mitigation. Impacts would be less than significant with theimplementation of CBC requirements and General Plan Action 7.7.c. Cumulative Impacts. Implementation of the Project, in combination with past,present, and potential future cumulative development in the area, increase the populationdensity of the Saticoy & Wells Project Area. Citywide development anticipated through 2025includes an estimated of 8,300 dwelling units and about 5.2 million square feet of retail, office,industrial, and hotel spaces. Cumulative development within the City would increase thenumber of people and structures susceptible to risks from geologic hazards, including surfacerupture, groundshaking, liquefaction, and landslides. However, adherence to the CBC, 2005General Plan policies, and Community Plan policies would reduce the risk resulting frompotential geologic hazards to a less than significant level.4.6-11City of Ventura