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EIR-Pruneyard Inn-1986 Scott Lefaver, AICP 565 Chapman Ct. Santa Clara, Ca. 95050 A DRAFT (408) 243-5719 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE CAMPBELL INN EXPANSION APRIL 1986 prepared by: Scott Lefaver, AICP 565 Chapman Court Santa Clara, CA 95050 Prepared for: The City of Campbell Department of Planning 70 North First Campbell, CA 95008 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 project Site Location and Characteristics..............l Project Description....................................l Intended Use of This EIR................................7 2. SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Land Use And planning........................... 3.1.1 Existing Land Use........................... 3.1.2 Campbell General Plan and 3 .1. 3 Impacts.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.4 Mitigation Measures....................... . .12 ...12 zoning...............12 .....15 .....16 Traffic And Circulation 3.2.1 Existing Setting...............................16 3.2.2 Impacts........................................ .17 3.2.3 Mitigation Measures............................2l Parking 3.3.1 Existing Setting...............................25 3.3.2 Impacts........................................26 3.3.3 Mitigation Measures............................27 Visual 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 character Existing Setting...............................27 View Corridors and View Opportunities..........27 ......28 ")1'\ ......"".. Impacts.......... ~....................... ~it¡gaL¡on Measures...................... 3.4.4 Flood 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 Control/Flood Channel Existing Conditions............................31 I m pa c t s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Mitigation.................................... .37 vegetation and Wildlife 3.6.1 Existing Conditions............................37 3.6.2 Impacts........................................ 38 3.6.3 Mitigation.....................................39 4. ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED ACTION 4.1 4.2 No Project.................................. . . . . . .39 Reduced Project........... ........................39 i 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. FIGURE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS................................40 GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION.............40 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS........................................ .40 EFFECTS NOT FOUND TO BE SIGNIFICANT........................41 REFERENCES CITED AND PERSONS CONSULTED.....................42 PREPARERS OF THIS REPORT.................................. 42 LIST OF APPENDICES........................................ 42 LIST OF FIGURES TITLE PAGE 2 3 5 6 13 18 19 32 33 Regional Setting Local Setting proposed project Site Plan Proposed Building Elevations Zoning Map Existing Driveway Traffic Project Traffic Channel Cross Section proposed Maintenance Access LIST OF TABLES TITLE ~ 4 7 Mitigation 8 17 22 24 25 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 proposed project Site Coverage proposed Project Summary Summary of Potential Impacts & Existing Traffic Volumes Summary of Traffic Survey (U-Turns) Level Of Service Summary Existing parking Summary of Open Parking Summary of parking (Hedley & Stark) ii APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) A. B. C.' D. Initial Study Traffic Report Hydrology Report Correspondence iii 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 proiect site Location and Characteristics The proposed project site is located at 675 East Campbell Avenue in the City of Campbell in Santa Clara 'County. The Assessor Parcel Numbers are 279-46-1, 2, 3, and 4. The 5.5 acre (239,580 square feet) site, of which 19,691 square feet are now developed as the Campbell Inn (Site and Basement Level Plans, Hedley and Stark, 2/19/86). The site is bounded on the north and east by Highway 17, on the west by the Los Gatos Creek, professional offices and Poplar Avenue. To the south is Campbell Avenue, Campbell Park (open space) and a restaurant. Figure 1 represents the regional set- ting and Figure 2 shows the local setting. The project site is utilized by the Campbell Inn for parking, an access road and a tennis court. A small amount (less than 15,000 square feet) is undeveloped land. The topography of the site is generally level, but abruptly falls off along the Los Gatos Creek. 1.2 proiect Description The project applicant, Mr. Fred Sahadi, owner of the present Campbell Inn, proposes to expand the Campbell Inn by 73 rooms (62,083 square feet, including balconies). Presently the Inn contains 94 rooms with a floor area of 39,982 square feet and a building coverage of 19,691 square feet. Included in the expan- sion will be the 73 rooms, a laundry area, storage area, equip- ment and maintenance areas. The presept parking lot, containing 103 spaces, would be expanded by 43 spaces. The proposed total number of parking spaces would be as follows: Standard spaces Compact spaces Handicap spaces TOTAL 84 59 3 146 uncovered spaces The parking ratio will be .874:1. be .874 parking spaces. The expansion will be located adjacent to and cantelevered over the Los Gatos Creek. Large structural columns will be used to anchor the building to the creek channel's side. For every room there will 1