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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) AFFORDABLE HOUSMG <br />A city, county, or city and county with a housing sustainability district would be entitled <br />to a zoning incentive payment, subject to appropriation of funds for that purpose, and require that <br />one-half of the amount be paid when the department approves the zone and one-half of the <br />amount be paid when the department verifies that permits for the construction of the units have <br />issued within the zone, provided that the city, county, or city and county has received a <br />certificate of compliance for the applicable year. If the agency reduces the density of sites within <br />the district from specified levels set forth in the Senate Bill 73, the agency would be required to <br />return the full amount of zoning incentive payments it has received to the department. The bill <br />also authorizes a developer to develop a project in a housing sustainability district in accordance <br />with the already existing land use approval procedures that would otherwise apply to the parcel <br />in the absence of the establishment of the housing sustainability district pursuant to its <br />provisions, as provided. <br />As it relates specifically to CEQA, a Lead Agency designating a housing sustainability <br />district is required to prepare an EIR pursuant to Government Code section 66201 to identify and <br />mitigate, to the extent feasible, environmental impacts resulting from the designation. The EIR <br />shall identify mitigation measures that may be undertaken by housing projects in the housing <br />sustainability district to mitigate the environmental impacts identified in the EIR. Housing <br />projects undertaken in the housing sustainability districts that meet specified requirements, <br />including if the project satisfies certain design review standards applicable to development <br />projects within the district provided the project is "complementary to adjacent buildings and <br />structures and is consistent with the [agency's] general plan," are exempt under CEQA. <br />2019 City of Sauna Ana Local Guidelines <br />®Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />75D-158 <br />