Goal N-1: Land Use Compatibility – Implementation Actions [Table N-3 part 1]:

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Implementation Action

Agency /
Time Frame

Goal N-1: Ensure that existing and future land uses are compatible with current and projected local and regional noise conditions.

1.1

City equipment. As feasible and practical, new equipment purchased by the City will meet noise performance standards consistent with the best available noise reduction technology.

PWA/Finance Ongoing

1.2

OC Streetcar. Monitor implementation of mitigation measures outlined in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the OC Streetcar.

PWA Ongoing

1.3

Noise evaluation. Continue to evaluate the noise impacts of new projects during the development review process; consider requirements for noise analysis conducted by an acoustical specialist for projects involving land uses where operations are likely to impact adjacent noise-sensitive land uses.

PBA 2022-2024

1.4

Agency coordination. Continue to coordinate with California Department of Transportation and OCTA to evaluate the need for sound barriers or other mitigation strategies along segments of the freeways and transit travel ways that impact existing noise-sensitive land uses.

PWA Ongoing

1.5

Noise ordinance. Update the City’s noise ordinance to provide more detail about acceptable noise standards for land uses.

PBA/PD 2022-2027

1.6

Noise mitigation in impacted areas. Evaluate options to expand noise mitigation in areas that are planned for growth but where ambient noise levels already exceed noise standards.

PBA 2022

1.7

Disclosure statements. As part of any approvals of noise-sensitive projects where reduction of exterior noise to the maximum levels specified in the City’s General Plan or noise ordinance is not reasonably feasible, require the developer to issue disclosure statements—to be identified on all real estate transfers associated with the affected property—that identifies regular exposure to noise.

PBA 2022

1.8

Site mobility. Develop standards to ensure that on-site mobility does not generate excessive noise.

PBA 2022

1.9

Adjacent jurisdictions. Continue to monitor development projects in adjacent jurisdictions and comment on projects with the potential for noise impacts in Santa Ana.

PBA Ongoing