2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
General
Plan
are
not
required
by
law
to
be
submitted
to
the
voters
for
approval.
Moreover,
the
adopted
General
Plan
does
not
contain
any
provisions
requiring
a
public
vote
to
approve
development
within
the
Baylands.
2.4.19
Master
Response
19,
Land
Use:
Environmental
Impacts
and
Land
Use
Compatibility
in
Relation
to
Specific
Locations
Comments
Several
comments
requested
analysis
of
impacts
of
proposed
Baylands
development
on
specific
geographic
locations,
while
additional
comments
expressed
concerns
regarding
the
compatibility
between
proposed
Baylands
development
and
surrounding
land
uses
including
Visitacion
Valley
(Little
Hollywood,
Executive
Park,
and
the
future
Schlage
Lock
development)
and
the
Kinder
Morgan
Tank
Farm.
Response
Land
use
compatibility
speaks
to
the
extent
to
which
adjacent
or
proximate
land
uses
can
function
harmoniously
and
thereby
minimize
impacts
on
each
other.
Issues
of
land
use
compatibility
are
considered
during
CEQA
review
in
relation
to
specific
environmental
impacts
so
that
Lead
Agencies
can
identify
and
ultimately
minimize
(or
eliminate)
a
project’s
impacts
on
adjacent
or
proximate
uses
that
could
constrain
the
utility
or
desirability
of
these
uses.
While
“land
use
compatibility”
is
not
a
specific
threshold
of
significance
within
CEQA
and
is
therefore
typically
addressed
as
part
of
the
planning
review
of
a
project,
CEQA
requires
that
the
Lead
Agency
consider
surrounding
land
uses
when
evaluating
environmental
impacts
related
to
a
proposed
project.
“Land
use
compatibility”
is
thus
a
planning
concept
that
is
informed
largely
by
analysis
of
various
environmental
factors,
i.e.,
a
land
use
may
ultimately
be
considered
incompatible
by
a
Lead
Agency
in
its
planning
review
process
because
the
use’s
siting
in
a
particular
location
would
result
in
significant
environmental
effects
under
CEQA.
CEQA
documents
are
typically
organized
by
environmental
resources
and
issues,
rather
than
by
the
geographic
location
where
environmental
effects
would
be
experienced.
Therefore,
whether
or
not
development
of
the
Baylands
would
be
“compatible”
with
various
adjacent
land
uses
is
addressed
throughout
the
Draft
EIR
in
its
analysis
of
environmental
effects.
Resource
areas
that
are
addressed
under
CEQA
and
that
contribute
to
land
use
compatibility
include:
Aesthetics
and
Visual
Resources
impacts
on
scenic
vistas
and
changes
to
the
visual
character
of
the
Project
Site
that
affect
the
surrounding
community
(typically
measured
in
terms
of
the
relative
intensity,
height,
and
bulk
of
proposed
development
in
relation
to
existing
development).
Uses
that
disrupt
scenic
vistas
as
viewed
from
adjacent
and
proximate
properties
and
uses
that
affect
the
community
character
of
nearby
lands
could
be
“incompatible”
with
the
uses
of
those
nearby
lands.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-47
May
2015
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