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Hana Japan Restaurant Project <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />78 <br />May 2025 <br />XX. WILDFIRE. <br />If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands <br />classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, <br />would the project: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No Impact <br />a. Substantially impair an adopted emergency response <br />plan or emergency evacuation plan?     <br />b. Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, <br />exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project <br />occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire <br />or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br />    <br />c. Require the installation or maintenance of associated <br />infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency <br />water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may <br />exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or <br />ongoing impacts to the environment? <br />    <br />d. Expose people or structures to significant risks, <br />including downslope or downstream flooding or <br />landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope <br />instability, or drainage changes? <br />    <br /> <br />Discussion <br />a-d. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Fire <br />and Resource Assessment Program, the project site is not located within or near a <br />VHFHSZ or State Responsibility Area.47 As the proposed project site is consistent with <br />zoning and General Plan land use designations for the site, any impacts related to wildland <br />fires as a result of General Plan buildout have already been anticipated by the City and <br />analyzed in the City’s General Plan EIR, which concluded that a less-than-significant <br />impact would occur. Additionally, the proposed project would include fire sprinklers and <br />other fire suppression features, consistent with the CBSC and California Fire Code (CFC). <br />Therefore, the proposed project would not be expected to be subject to or result in <br />substantial adverse effects related to wildfires, and a less-than-significant impact would <br />occur. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />47 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Available at: <br />https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones. <br />Accessed September 2024.