2019-050 -Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2019) NEGATIVE DECLARATION The City requires requests for notices to be in writing and to be renewed annually. If the City is not otherwise required by CEQA or another regulation to provide notice, the City may charge a fee for providing notices to individuals or organizations that have submitted written requests to receive such notices, unless the request is made by another public agency. If the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration has been submitted to the State Clearinghouse for circulation, the public review period shall be at least as long as the period of review by the State Clearinghouse. (See Local Guidelines Section 6.10.) Day one of the state review period shall be the date that the State Clearinghouse distributes the document to state agencies. If the Lead Agency is submitting a Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration to the State Clearinghouse, the Notice of Completion form may be used. The Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration shall contain the following information: (a) The period during which comments shall be received; (b) The date, time and place of any public meetings or hearings on the proposed project; (c) A brief description of the proposed project and its location; (d) The address where copies of the proposed Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration and all documents incorporated by reference in the proposed Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration are available for review; (e) A description of how the proposed Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration can be obtained in electronic format; (f) located, if (see Local Guidelines Section 2.04); and (g) The significant effects on the environment, if any, anticipated as a result of the proposed project. 6.05 P ROJECTS A FFECTING M ILITARY S ERVICES; D EPARTMENT OF D EFENSE N OTIFICATION. CEQA imposes additional requirements to provide notice to potentially affected military agencies when: (a) The project meets one of the following three criteria: (1) The project includes a general plan amendment; (2) The project is of statewide, regional, or area-wide significance; or (3) The project relates to a public use airport or certain lands surrounding a public use airport; and (b) 11.42 of these Local Guidelines) has provided its contact office and address and notified the Lead Agency of the specific boundaries of a -11.37 2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 6-3 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP