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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) TYPES OF EIRS <br /> <br />(c) Infill Projects and Tiering. <br /> <br />Cer <br />defined as a project with residential, retail, and/or commercial uses, a transit station, a school, or <br />a public office building. It must be located in an urban area on a previously developed site or on <br />an undeveloped site that is surrounded by developed uses. The project must be either consistent <br />with land use pl <br />targets, feature a small walkable community project, or where a sustainable communities or <br />alternative planning strategy has not yet been adopted for the area, include a residential density <br />of at least 20 units per acre or a floor area ratio of at least 0.75. The project must also meet a <br />number of standards related to energy efficiency that are not yet defined but which SB 226 <br />directs the Office of Planning and Research to prepare. <br /> <br />If an EIR was certified for a planning level decision by a city or county (such as a <br />General Plan or Spec <br />limited to those effects on the environment that: 1) are specific to the project or to the project site <br />and were not addressed as significant effects in the prior EIR; or 2) substantial new information <br />shows will be more significant than described in the prior EIR. <br />a Mitigated Negative Declaration cannot be adopted, then the subsequent EIR for such a project <br />need not consider alternative locations, densities, and building intensities or growth-inducing <br />impacts. <br />(d) Statement of Overriding Considerations. <br /> <br />A Lead Agency may also tier off of a previously prepared Statement of Overriding <br />Considerations if certain conditions are met. (See Local Guidelines Section 7.37.) <br />8.03 P ROJECT EIR. <br />The most common type of EIR examines the environmental impacts of a specific <br />development project and focuses primarily on the changes in the environment that would result <br />from the development project. <br />If the EIR for a redevelopment plan is a Project EIR, all public and private activities or <br />undertakings pursuant to or in furtherance of the Redevelopment Plan shall constitute a single <br />project, which shall be deemed approved at the time of the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan. <br />Although the City will probably not act as a Lead Agency for a Redevelopment Plan, the City <br />may act as a Responsible Agency. (State Guideline Section 15180.) <br />8.04 S UBSEQUENT EIR. <br />A Subsequent EIR is required when a previous EIR has been prepared and certified, or a <br />Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration has been adopted, for a project and at <br />least one of the three following situations occur: <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 8-2 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br /> <br />