2023-051 - Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEOA plan or zoning ordinance contains provisions to mitigate the risk of a wildland fire hazard; (9) The project site does not have an unusually high risk of fire or explosion from materials stored or used on nearby properties; (10) The project site does not present a risk of a public health exposure at a level that would exceed the standards established by any state or federal agency; (11) Either the project site is not within a delineated earthquake fault zone, or a seismic hazard zone, as determined pursuant to Section 2622 and 2696 of the Public Resources Code respectively, or the applicable general plan or zoning ordinance contains provisions to mitigate the risk of an earthquake or seismic hazard; (12) Either the project site does not present a landslide hazard, flood plain, flood way, or restriction zone, or the applicable general plan or zoning ordinance contains provisions to mitigate the risk of a landslide or flood; (13) The project site is not located on developed open space; (14) The project site is not located within the boundaries of a state conservancy; (15) The project site has not been divided into smaller projects to qualify for one or more of the exemptions for affordable housing, agricultural housing, or residential infill housing projects found in the subsequent sections; and (16) The project meets the requirements set forth in either Public Resources Code sections 21159.22, 21159.23 or 21159.24. (Reference: State CEQA Guidelines, § 15192.) B. Specific Requirements for Agricultural Housing. CEQA does not apply to the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing for agricultural employees that meets all of the general requirements described above in Section A and meets the following additional criteria: (1) The project either: (a) Is affordable to lower income households, lacks public financial assistance, and the developer has provided sufficient legal commitments to ensure the continued availability and use of the housing units for lower income households for a period of at least fifteen (15) years; or (b) If public financial assistance exists for the project, then the project must be housing for very low-, low-, or moderate -income 2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-9 ®Best Best & Krieger LLP