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<br />Meadowlark Development - Austin Property - Environmental Checklist <br /> <br /> Less Than <br /> Potentially Significant Less Than <br /> Significant With Mitigation Significant No <br />Issues (Continued) Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br />Geolo2V and Soils <br />Would the project: <br /> iv) Landslides? D D [K] D <br />b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? D D [K] D <br />c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or D D [K] D <br /> that would become unstable as a result of the project, <br /> and potentially result in on- or off-site landslide, lateral <br /> spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse? <br />d) Be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1- D D [K] D <br /> B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating sub- <br /> stantial risks to lifc or property? <br />e) Have soils incapable of adequately supporting thc use D D D [K] <br /> of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal sys- <br /> tems where sewers are not available for the disposal of <br /> wastewater? <br />Discussion <br /> <br />a-i-iii) The subject site is located in the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone as delineated by the Cali- <br />fornia Division of Mines and Geology. The project would be subject to potential damage from <br />earthquake ground shaking as a maximum intensity ofVlll of the Modified Mercalli Scale, <br /> <br />The State of California provides minimum standards for building design through the California <br />Building Standards Code (California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 24), The California Uni- <br />form Building Code is based on the UBC and has been modified for California conditions with <br />numerous more detailed and/or stringent rcgulations, Specific seismic safety requiremcnts arc <br />set forth in Chaptcr 23 of the UBC, The State earthquakc protection law requires that buildings <br />bc designed to resist stresses produced by lateral forces caused by earthquakes. The City imple- <br />ments the requirements of the California Code through its building permit process, The pro- <br />poscd project will be required to comply with the applicable codes and standards to provide <br />earthquake resistant design to meet or exceed the current seismic Zone 8 rcquirements, There- <br />fore, this would be a less-than-significant-impact. <br /> <br />a-iv) The site was analyzed by Berlogar Geotcchnical Consultants8 with their findings peer-reviewed <br />by Cotton, Shires, and Associates. The analysis determined that the site will support the pro- <br />posed development in its proposed configuration with standard engineering practices. Therefore, <br />this would be a less-than-significant-impact. <br /> <br />PGPA-ll/PUD-58/PTR-7813 <br /> <br />Page 20 of 36 <br /> <br />July 19,2006 <br />