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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 9-18 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />(iii) If the development proponent requests a modification pursuant to <br />subdivision (g), then the time during which the approval shall remain valid <br />shall be extended for the number of days between the submittal of a <br />modification request and the date of its final approval, plus an additional <br />180 days to allow time to obtain a building permit. If litigation is filed <br />relating to the modification request, the time shall be further extended <br />during the pendency of the litigation. The extension required by this <br />paragraph shall only apply to the first request for a modification submitted <br />by the development proponent. <br /> <br />(g) (i)(A) A development proponent may request a modification to a development <br />that has been approved under the streamlined, ministerial approval process <br />provided in subdivision (b) if that request is submitted to the local <br />government before the issuance of the final building permit required for <br />construction of the development. <br /> <br /> (i)(B) Except as provided in paragraph (g)(iiii), the local government shall <br />approve a modification if it determines that the modification is consistent <br />with the objective planning standards specified in subdivision (a) that were <br />in effect when the original development application was first submitted. <br /> <br /> (i)(C) The local government shall evaluate any modifications requested pursuant <br />to this subdivision for consistency with the objective planning standards <br />using the same assumptions and analytical methodology that the local <br />government originally used to assess consistency for the development that <br />was approved for streamlined, ministerial approval pursuant to subdivision <br />(b). <br /> <br />(i)(D) A guideline that is adopted or amended by the Department of Housing and <br />Community Development after a development is approved through the <br />streamlined, ministerial approval process described in subdivision (b) shall <br />not be used as a basis to deny proposed modifications. <br /> <br />(ii) Upon receipt of the development proponent’s application requesting a <br />modification, the local government shall determine if the requested <br />modification is consistent with the objective planning standard and either <br />approve or deny the modification request within 60 days after submission <br />of the modification, or within 90 days if design review is required. <br /> <br />(iii) Notwithstanding paragraph (g)(i), the local government may apply <br />objective planning standards adopted after the development application was <br />first submitted to the requested modification in any of the following <br />instances: <br /> <br />(A) The development is revised such that the total number of residential <br />units or total square footage of construction changes by 15 percent