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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA <br /> <br />Class 5: Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations. Minor alterations in land use <br />limitations in areas with an average slope of less than 20% which do not result in any changes in <br />land use or density. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15305.) <br />Class 6: Information Collection. Basic data collection, research, experimental <br />management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major <br />disturbance to an environmental resource. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15306.) <br />Class 7: Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources. Actions <br />taken by regulatory agencies as authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the <br />maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource where the regulatory process <br />involves procedures for protection of the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15307.) <br />Class 8: Actions By Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment. Actions <br />taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the <br />maintenance, restoration, enhancement or protection of the environment where the regulatory <br />process involves procedures for protection of the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines Section <br />15308.) <br />Class 9: Inspection. Inspection activities, including, but not limited to, inquiries into the <br />performance of an operation and examinations of the quality, health or safety of a project. (State <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15309.) <br />Class 10: Loans. Loans made by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Veterans <br />Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1943, mortgages for the purchase of existing structures where <br />the loan will not be used for new construction and the purchase of such mortgages by financial <br />institutions. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15310.) <br />Class 11: Accessory Structures. Construction or replacement of minor structures <br />accessory or appurtenant to existing commercial, industrial, or institutional facilities, including, <br />but not limited to, on-premise signs; small parking lots; and placement of seasonal or temporary <br />use items, such as lifeguard towers, mobile food units, portable restrooms or similar items in <br />generally the same locations from time to time in publicly owned parks, stadiums or other <br />facilities designed for public use. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15311.) <br />Class 12: Surplus Government Property Sales. Sales of surplus government property, <br />except for certain parcels of land located in an area of statewide, regional or area-wide concern <br />identified in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15206(b)(4). However, even if the surplus property <br />to be sold is located in any of those areas, its sale is exempt if: <br />(a) The property does not have significant values for wildlife or other environmental <br />purposes; and <br />(b) Any one of the following three conditions is met: <br />1. The property is of such size, shape, or inaccessibility that it is incapable of <br />independent development or use; <br />2. The property to be sold would qualify for an exemption under any other <br />class of categorical exemption in the State CEQA Guidelines; or <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-21 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br /> <br />