Aesthetics and Visual Studies

UltraSystems conducts visual analyses to provide a basis for assessing potential project impacts in terms of CEQA and NEPA significance criteria. The assessment includes:

• An inventory of potentially sensitive viewing areas, including scenic vistas, major view corridors, historic buildings and monuments;
• Visual simulations to provide a simulation of the view’s appearance once the project is in place;
• Identification of the project’s potential aesthetic impacts by comparison of existing views with simulations and in association with land use regulations; and
• Evaluation of mitigation measures or revised design features, if significant impacts are identified.

UltraSystems aesthetic and visual studies meet resource agency guidelines and CEQA and NEPA regulations.