75D - PH - VMT AND CEQA GUIDELINES

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2019) DEFINITIONS 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. The term "project" refers to the activity which is being approved and which may be subject to several discretionary approvals by governmental agencies. The term "project" does not mean each separate governmental approval. 11.58 "Project -Specific Effects" means all the direct or indirect environmental effects of a project other than cumulative effects and growth -inducing effects. (Public Resources Code Section 21065.3; State CEQA Guidelines Section 151910).) 11.59 "Public Water System" means a system for the provision of piped water to the public for human consumption that has 3,000 or more service connections. A public water system includes all of the following: (A) Any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facility under control of the operator of the system which is used primarily in connection with the system; (B) Any collection or pretreatment storage facility not under the control of the operator that is used primarily in connection with the system; (C) Any person who treats water on behalf of one or more public water systems for the purpose of rendering it safe for human consumption. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15155.) 11.60 "Qualified Urban Use" means any residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses. (Public Resources Code Section 21072; State CEQA Guidelines Section 15191(k).) 11.61 "Residential" means a use consisting of either residential units only or residential units and primarily neighborhood -serving goods, services, or retail uses that do not exceed 15% of the total floor area of the project. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15191(1).) Residential, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21159.24, shall mean a use consisting of either of the following: (1) Residential units only. (2) Residential units and primarily neighborhood -serving goods, services, or retail uses that do not exceed 25 percent of the total building square footage of the project. 11.62 "Responsible Agency" means a public agency which proposes to carry out or approve a project for which a Lead Agency has prepared the environmental documents. For the purposes of CEQA, the term "Responsible Agency" includes all federal, state, regional and local public agencies other than the Lead Agency which have discretionary approval power over the project. 11.63 'Riparian areas" mean those areas transitional between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and that are distinguished by gradients in biophysical conditions, 2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines I 1-1 1 ®Best Best & Krieger LLP 75D-173