Item 22 - Resolution Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines Resolution

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA 2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-19 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP (e) Transit stop access and safety improvements, including, but not limited to, the installation of transit bulbs and the installation of transit boarding islands. (4) A project for the designation and conversion of general purpose lanes to high- occupancy vehicle lanes or bus-only lanes, or highway shoulders to part-time transit lanes, for use either during peak congestion hours or all day on highways with existing public transit service or where a public transit agency will be implementing public transit service as identified in a short range transit plan. (5) A project for the institution or increase of bus rapid transit, bus, or light rail service, including the construction or rehabilitation of stations, terminals, or existing operations facilities, which will be exclusively used by zero-emission, near-zero emission, low oxide of nitrogen engine, compressed natural gas fuel, fuel cell, or hybrid powertrain buses or light rail vehicles, on existing public rights-of-way or existing highway rights-of-way, whether or not the right-of-way is in use for public mass transit. The project shall be located on a site that is wholly within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban cluster, as designated by the United State Census Bureau. (6) A project to construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission transit buses, provided the project is carried out by a public transit agency that is subject to, and in compliance with, the State Air Resources Board's Innovative Clean Transit regulations (Article 4.3 (commencing with Section 2023) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations) and the project is located on property owned by the transit agency or within an existing public right- of-way. A lead agency applying an exemption pursuant to this paragraph for hydrogen refueling infrastructure or facilities necessary to refuel or maintain zero-emission public transit buses, trains, or ferries shall hold a noticed public hearing and give notice of the meeting consistent with Public Resources Code section 21080.25(b)(6)(B). (7) The maintenance, repair, relocation, replacement, or removal of any utility infrastructure associated with a project identified in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive. (8) A project that consists exclusively of a combination of any of the components of a project identified in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive. (9) A planning decision carried out by a local agency to reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements or institute parking maximums, remove or restrict parking, or implement transportation demand management requirements or programs. Additional conditions apply to a project otherwise exempt under this section if the project exceeds fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), as set forth in Public Resources Code section 21080.25(d)-(e).