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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br />Parks Act, Health and Safety Code section 18200, or the Special Occupancy Parks Act, <br />Health and Safety Code section 18860. <br /> <br />(b) (i) If a local government determines that a development submitted pursuant to <br />this section is in conflict with any of the objective planning standards specified in subdivision <br />(a), it shall provide the development proponent written documentation of which standard or <br />standards the development conflicts with, and an explanation for the reason or reasons the <br />development conflicts with that standard or standards, as follows: <br /> <br />(A) Within 60 days of submittal of the development to the local <br />government pursuant to this section if the development contains 150 or fewer <br />housing units. <br /> <br />(B) Within 90 days of submittal of the development to the local <br />government pursuant to this section if the development contains more than 150 <br />housing units. <br /> <br />(ii) If the local government fails to provide the required documentation <br />pursuant to paragraph (1), the development shall be deemed to satisfy the objective <br />planning standards specified in subdivision (a). <br /> <br />(c) Any design review or public oversight of the development may be conducted by <br />for review and approval of development projects, or the city council or board of supervisors, as <br />appropriate. That design review or public oversight shall be objective and be strictly focused on <br />assessing compliance with criteria required for streamlined projects, as well as any reasonable <br />objective design standards published and adopted by ordinance or resolution by a local <br />jurisdiction before submission of a development application, and shall be broadly applicable to <br />development within the jurisdiction. That design review or public oversight shall be completed <br />as follows and shall not in any way inhibit, chill, or preclude the ministerial approval provided <br />by this section or its effect, as applicable: <br /> <br />(i) Within 90 days of submittal of the development to the local government <br />pursuant to this section if the development contains 150 or fewer housing units. <br /> <br />(ii) Within 180 days of submittal of the development to the local government <br />pursuant to this section if the development contains more than 150 housing units. <br /> <br />(d) (i) Notwithstanding any other law, a local government, whether or not it has <br />adopted an ordinance governing parking requirements in multifamily developments, shall not <br />impose parking standards for a streamlined development that was approved pursuant to this <br />section in any of the following instances: <br /> <br />(A) The development is located within one-half mile of public transit. <br /> <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 9-9 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br /> <br />