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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) INITIAL STUDY <br /> <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 5-8 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />Table 1 <br />VMT Impact Thresholds <br />Methods Project Threshold Cumulative Threshold <br />• Consistency check with <br />the Southern California <br />Association of <br />Governments (SCAG) <br />Regional Transportation <br />Plan/Sustainable <br />Communities Strategy <br />(RTP/SCS). <br />- Is the proposed <br />project within the <br />growth projections in <br />the RTP/SCS? <br />NA A significant impact would occur if <br />the project is determined to be <br />inconsistent with the RTP/SCS. <br />Land Use Projects <br />• Transit Priority Area <br />(TPA) screening. <br />Presumed less than <br />significant VMT impact <br />for projects located in <br />TPAs. <br />Project presumption applies under <br />cumulative conditions as long as <br />project is consistent with SCAG <br />RTP/SCS. <br />• Low VMT area <br />screening. <br />Presumed less than <br />significant VMT impact <br />for projects located in <br />low VMT generating <br />model traffic analysis <br />zones (TAZs). These <br />TAZs generate total daily <br />VMT/SP that is 15% less <br />than the baseline level for <br />the County. <br />Project presumption applies under <br />cumulative conditions as long as <br />project is consistent with SCAG <br />RTP/SCS. <br />• Project type screening. Local serving retail <br />projects (Per OPR’s <br />Technical Advisory less <br />than 50,000 square feet) <br />and neighborhood <br />schools are presumed to <br />have a less than <br />significant VMT impact. <br />Projects that generate <br />less than 110 daily trips <br />do not require VMT <br />analysis. <br />Project presumption applies under <br />cumulative conditions as long as <br />project is consistent with SCAG <br />RTP/SCS. <br />3 -63