Chapter: 19.04 Environmental Guidelines and Procedures
Section: 19.04.100 Significant effect.
A.
If any of the effects of a project may have a substantial
adverse impact on the environment, regardless of whether the overall effect of the
project is adverse or beneficial, then an environmental impact report must be prepared where
discretionary governmental action is involved.
B.
Both primary or direct,
and secondary or indirect consequences shall be considered. Primary
consequences are immediately related to the project, while secondary
consequences are related more to consequences on other than the project site
itself.
C.
Where there is, or is
anticipated to be, a substantial body of opinion that considers or will
consider the effect to be adverse, an environmental impact report must be
prepared to explore the environmental effects involved.
D.
In every case, where any
of the following conditions are found to exist as a result of the project, the
project shall be found to have significant impact on the environment:
1.
Impacts which have the potential to degrade the quality of
the environment or curtail the range of the environment;
2. An impact which achieves
short-term impact, to the disadvantage of long-term impact, is one which occurs in a relatively brief,
definable period. A long-term impact will endure well into the future;
3. Impacts which are
small on any one resource but which
have
substantial impact when
all impacts are considered together;
4. The environmental effects of the project will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. (Ord. 79-16 § 17.10, 1979.)