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Building and Public Works Departments. The site is not located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. The flood hazard maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicate that the subject property is not located within a 100-year flood zone. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. 5. Whether streets, buildings, and other manmade structures have been designed and located in such manner to complement the natural terrain and landscape: The project site is in a developed area of the City and would not involve the extension of any new public streets. The building and parking areas would be located in an area of the site where the grades are not steep. The proposed building will be compatible in size and scale with surrounding strictures. Of the 33 trees to be removed, only one is an oak tree (an 8-inch diameter valley oak). Other trees to be removed include black locust, plum, tree of heaven, black wood acacia, black walnut, elderberry, and magnolia, most of these being in fair to poor condition. New landscaping would be installed to mitigate the loss of the existing trees. Therefore, staff believes that this finding can be made. 6. Whether adequate public safety measures have been incorporated into the design of the plan: The public improvements associated with this project would be consistent with City design standards. As conditioned, the driveway entrances would be located and configured to provide adequate line-of--sight viewing distance and to facilitate efficient ingress/egress to and from the project site. Adequate access would be provided to the building for police, fire, and other emergency vehicles. The building would also be equipped with automatic fire suppression systems (sprinklers) and an on-site fire hydrant would be installed. Although the site is not located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone, it would be subject to seismic shaking during an earthquake. The State of California provides minimum standards for building design through the California Building Standards Code. The California Uniform Building Code is based on the UBC and has been modified for California conditions with numerous more detailed and/or stringent regulations. Specific seismic safety requirements are set forth in Chapter 23 of the UBC. The State earthquake protection law requires that buildings be designed to resist stresses produced by lateral forces caused by earthquakes. The City implements the requirements of the California Code through its building permit process. The proposed project will be required to comply with the applicable codes and standards to provide earthquake resistant design to meet or exceed the current seismic requirements. Site specific soils analyses would be conducted in conjunction with the building permit review. Page - 19