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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br /> <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 9-5 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />(A) A coastal zone, as defined in Division 20 (commencing with Section <br />30000) of the Public Resources Code. <br /> <br />(B) Either prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance, as <br />defined pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and <br />monitoring criteria, as modified for California, and designated on the maps <br />prepared by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of <br />Conservation, or land zoned or designated for agricultural protection or <br />preservation by a local ballot measure that was approved by the voters of that <br />jurisdiction. <br /> <br />(C) Wetlands, as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Manual. <br /> <br />(D) Within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as determined by the <br />Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 51178, or within a <br />high or very high fire hazard severity zone as indicated on maps adopted by the <br />Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4202 of the Public <br />Resources Code. This subparagraph does not apply to sites excluded from the <br />specified hazard zones by a local agency, pursuant to subdivision (b) of <br />Government Code section 51179, or sites that have adopted fire hazard mitigation <br />measures pursuant to existing building standards or state fire mitigation measures <br />applicable to the development. <br /> <br />(E) A hazardous waste site that is listed pursuant to Government Code <br />section 65962.5 or a hazardous waste site designated by the Department of Toxic <br />Substances Control pursuant to Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code, <br />unless either of the following apply: <br /> <br />(i) The site is an underground storage tank site that received a uniform <br />closure letter issued pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 25296.10 of the Health <br />and Safety Code based on closure criteria established by the State Water Resources <br />Control Board for residential use or residential mixed uses. This section does not <br />alter or change the conditions to remove a site from the list of hazardous waste sites <br />listed pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; or <br /> <br />(ii) The State Department of Public Health, State Water Resources Control <br />Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, or a local agency making a <br />determination pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25296.10 of the Health and <br />Safety Code, has otherwise determined that the site is suitable for residential use or <br />residential mixed uses. <br />. <br /> <br />(F) Within a delineated earthquake fault zone as determined by the State <br />Geologist in any official maps published by the State Geologist, unless the <br />development complies with applicable seismic protection building code standards