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Hana Japan Restaurant Project <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />79 <br />May 2025 <br />XXI. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF <br /> SIGNIFICANCE. <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 <br />Impact <br />a. Does the project have the potential to substantially <br />degrade the quality of the environment, substantially <br />reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a <br />fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining <br />levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal <br />community, substantially reduce the number or restrict <br />the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or <br />eliminate important examples of the major periods of <br />California history or prehistory? <br />    <br />b. Does the project have impacts that are individually <br />limited, but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively <br />considerable" means that the incremental effects of a <br />project are considerable when viewed in connection <br />with the effects of past projects, the effects of other <br />current projects, and the effects of probable future <br />projects)? <br />    <br />c. Does the project have environmental effects which will <br />cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, <br />either directly or indirectly? <br />    <br /> <br />Discussion <br />a. As discussed in Section IV, Biological Resources, of this IS/MND, while the potential exists <br />for western burrowing owl, Crotch’s bumble bee, and/or nesting birds and raptors <br />protected by the MBTA to occur on-site or within the site vicinity, Mitigation Measures IV- <br />1 through IV-4 would ensure that impacts to special-status species would be less than <br />significant. The project site is not known to contain a previous archaeological site or any <br />cultural or tribal cultural resources. However, the potential exists for such resources to <br />occur beneath the ground surface. As such, Mitigation Measures V-1 and V-2 ensure that, <br />in the event that cultural and/or tribal cultural resources are discovered within the project <br />site, such resources would be protected in compliance with the requirements of CEQA <br />and other State standards. <br /> <br />Considering the above, the proposed project would not degrade the quality of the <br />environment, substantially reduce or impact the habitat of fish or wildlife species, cause <br />fish or wildlife populations to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant <br />or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered <br />plant or animal, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history <br />or prehistory. Therefore, a less-than-significant impact would occur. <br /> <br />b. Development of the proposed project in conjunction with other projects within the City <br />could incrementally contribute to cumulative impacts in the area. However, as <br />demonstrated in this IS/MND, all potential environmental impacts that could occur as a <br />result of project development would be reduced to a less-than-significant level through <br />compliance with the mitigation measures included herein, as well as applicable General <br />Plan policies, Municipal Code standards, and other applicable local and State regulations. <br />In addition, the project would be consistent with the site’s existing land use and zoning <br />designations. <br /> <br />As noted in Section 21083.3 of the CEQA Guidelines, where a project is consistent with <br />zoning and general plan designations for the site, and an EIR has been certified with