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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 9-16 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />(d) (i) Any design review or public oversight of the development may be <br />conducted by the local government’s planning commission or any equivalent board or commission <br />responsible for review and approval of development projects, or the city council or board of <br />supervisors, as appropriate. That design review or public oversight shall be objective and be strictly <br />focused on assessing compliance with criteria required for streamlined projects, as well as any <br />reasonable 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 />and if the development is consistent with all objective standards, the local government shall <br />approve the development as follows and shall not in any way inhibit, chill, or preclude the <br />ministerial approval provided by this section or its effect, as applicable: <br /> <br />(A) Within 90 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 180 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 development is consistent with the requirements of subparagraph (A) <br />or (B) of paragraph (ix) of subdivision (a) and is consistent with all objective subdivision standards <br />in the local subdivision ordinance, an application for a subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision <br />Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Government Code section 66410)) shall be exempt from <br />the requirements of CEQA and shall be subject to the public oversight timelines set forth in <br />paragraph (i). <br /> <br />(iii) If a local government determines that a development submitted pursuant to <br />this section is in conflict with any of the standards imposed pursuant to paragraph (i), it shall <br />provide the development proponent written documentation of which objective standard or <br />standards the development conflicts with, and an explanation for the reason or reasons the <br />development conflicts with that objective standard or standards consistent with the timelines <br />described in paragraph (i) of subdivision (c). <br /> <br />(e) (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 section <br />in any of the following instances: <br /> <br />(A) The development is located within one-half mile of public transit. <br /> <br />(B) The development is located within an architecturally and historically <br />significant historic district. <br /> <br />(C) When on-street parking permits are required but not offered to the <br />occupants of the development.