Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | SUMMARYTopic Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3Alternatives 2 and 3.Regardless, newcommercial and industrialoperations could occur nearexisting or new residencesand other sensitivereceivers, and operationscould cause noise levels toexceed Kitsap County’s andthe City of Bremerton'snoise ordinance.residences and other sensitivereceivers, and operations couldcause noise levels to exceed theKitsap County’s and City ofBremerton's noise ordinance.development to exceednoise thresholds in theKitsap County’s and City ofBremerton's noiseordinance and impactnearby sensitive receivers.Hazardous MaterialsContamination and ExposureNon-residential land useswould make up 87 percentof the land area in the UGA.The potential forcontamination of soil andwater from land uses wouldlikely be greatest under thisland use breakdown, ascompared to the actionalternatives.Redevelopment ofindustrial or commercialproperties to residentialuses would also have anassociated risk of humanexposure to contaminants.Under this alternative, the landuse breakdown within the UGAwould not include an industrialcomponent. The potential forcontamination of soil and waterfrom future land uses would belower under Alternative 2 thanunder Alternative 1.Implementation of theWatershed Characterization &Framework Plan and GorstSubarea Plan would helpaddress flooding andstormwater infiltration issuesthroughout the watershed,which would help minimize theamount of flooding ontodeveloped areas and associatedmovement of hazardousmaterials in surface water.Similar to Alternative 2.Land Use PatternsLand Use PatternsLand use patterns wouldremain similar to existingconditions. Current zoningwould promote a gradualtransition toward morecommercial development inthe Gorst UGA.Land use patterns in the GorstUGA would transition awayfrom industrial uses to a greaterproportion of commercial andresidential uses. New land usedesignations and zoning wouldtake effect along Sinclair Inlet,causing existing industrial usesto eventually redevelop ascommercial uses or open spaceas dictated by the subarea plan.Changes in land usepatterns would be subtledue to implementation ofmixed-use zoning. Industrialuses would transition tocommercial, residential,office, or mixed-usedevelopment.Lands Use CompatibilityBecause the Gorst UGAcontains a large amount ofresidential developmentwithin commercially-zonedareas, some temporaryincompatibilities may ariseas new commercialdevelopment occursSome temporaryincompatibilities could arise asnew commercial developmentoccurs adjacent to existingresidential uses. In locationswhere residences are adjacentto industrial uses, the transitionof these properties toCommercial developmentwould be designed for amixed-use environmentwith associated designguidelines, therebyreducing the potential forincompatibilities withexisting residentialDraft | June 2013 1-15