Copper Ridge Residential and Commercial Project

Copper Ridge Residential and Commercial Project

Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Copper Ridge Residential and Commercial Project The proposed Project consists of the annexation of 141.85 acres for the proposed development of a 650-unit multi-family (300 units) and single-family (350 units) residential subdivision and a 5.45-acre Neighborhood Mixed Use site on approximately 83.61 acres of the annexation area proposed to be developed over 5 phases. In order for the Project to be constructed, approval of the following entitlements is required: • Annexation165: a request to annex approximately 141.85 acres into the City of Hanford City Limits from the Kings County Jurisdiction. The annexation area is a combination of the Project Site (83.61 acres) and an area to the north, not proposed to be developed at this time (58.24 acres). • General Plan Amendment No. 0009-24: a request to change the land use designation from a combination of Low- and Medium-Density Residential to Medium-Density Residential (78.16 acres) and Neighborhood Mixed Use (5.45 acres) for 83.61 acres of the project site. • Prezone No. 0013-24: a request to prezone the properties as a R-M Medium-Density Residential (78.16 acres) and MX-N Neighborhood Mixed Use (5.45 acres), consistent with the proposed General Plan Amendment and R-L-5 Low-Density Residential (51.92 acres) and C-N Neighborhood Commercial (6.32 acres), consistent with the General Plan Designation. • Tentative Subdivision Map 00012-24: a request to subdivide 83.61 acres of the annexation area into a 650-unit multi-family (300 units) and single-family (350 units) residential subdivision and a 5.45-acre Neighborhood Mixed Use site. • Planned Unit Development No. 0037-24: a request to allow various deviations from the regulation of the R-M Medium-Density Residential zone district for the residential subdivision, including reduced lot size, lot width, lot depth, setbacks, and increased driveway paved surface allowance.

Hanford

Kings

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Residential (650-unit multi-family (300 units) and single-family (350 units) )(Units 650, Acres 78.16), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 37700, Acres 5.45, Employees 20)

General Plan Amendment, Planned Unit Development, Prezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems