Hammond Landowners Assn. v. City of Weed CA3
The Hammond Landowners Association (Association) filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging the decision of the City of Weed’s City Council to certify a final environmental impact report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) and approve a project to construct and operate a Love’s Travel Stop. The trial court denied the writ petition. The Association now contends the EIR’s discussion of the project’s impacts on traffic, noise, general plan consistency, aesthetics and alternatives is inadequate and the City failed to recirculate the EIR after it added significant new information to the draft EIR.
We conclude the EIR’s discussion of noise impacts violated CEQA because it did not consider the magnitude of noise increase caused by the project in evaluating the potential significant environment effects of changes in noise levels.
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