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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2019) DEFINITIONS 2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 11-10 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP is five (5) inches or more in diameter at breast height. (Public Resources Code Section 21083.4(a).) 11.52 “Oak Woodlands” means an oak stand with a greater than 10 percent canopy cover or that may have historically supported greater than 10 percent canopy cover. (Fish & Game Code Section 1361(h).) 11.53 “Offsite Facility” means a facility that serves more than one generator of hazardous waste. (Public Resources Code Section 21151.1(h).) 11.54 “Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, city, county, city and county, town, the state, and any of the agencies which may be political subdivisions of such entities, and, to the extent permitted by federal law, the United States, or any of its agencies or political subdivisions. 11.55 “Pipeline” as defined in these Local Guidelines depends on the context. Please see Local Guidelines Sections 3.11 and 3.12 for specific definitions. 11.56 “Private Project” means a project which will be carried out by a person other than a governmental agency, but which will need a discretionary approval from the City. Private projects will normally be those listed in subsections (2) and (3) of Local Guidelines Section 11.57. 11.57 “Project” means the whole of an action or activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the environment, and is any of the following: (1) A discretionary activity directly undertaken by the City including but not limited to public works construction and related activities, clearing or grading of land, or improvements to existing public structures; (2) A discretionary activity which involves a public agency’s issuance to a person of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use, or which is supported, in whole or in part, through contracts, grants, subsidies, loans or other forms of assistance by the City; or (3) A discretionary project proposed to be carried out or approved by public agencies, including but not limited to the enactment and amendment of local General Plans or elements thereof, the enactment of zoning ordinances, the issuance of zoning variances, the issuance of conditional use permits and the approval of tentative subdivision maps. The presence of any real degree of control over the manner in which a project is completed makes it a discretionary project. 3 -166