Item 22 - Resolution Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines Resolution

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2023) NEGATIVE DECLARATION 2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 6-11 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP (2) Projects for the cancellation of a Williamson Act contract covering 100 or more acres; (3) Projects in one of the following Environmentally Sensitive Areas: (a) Lake Tahoe Basin; (b) Santa Monica Mountains Zone; (c) Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; (d) Suisun Marsh; (e) Coastal Zone, as defined by the California Coastal Act; (f) Areas within one-quarter mile of a river designated as wild and scenic; or (g) Areas within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission; (4) Projects that would affect sensitive wildlife habitats or the habitats of any rare, threatened, or endangered species; (5) Projects that would interfere with water quality standards; and (6) Projects that would provide housing, jobs, or occupancy for 500 or more people within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant. A Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration may also be submitted to the State Clearinghouse for circulation if a state agency has special expertise with regard to the environmental impacts involved. The public review period for a Negative Declaration or a Mitigated Negative Declaration shall not be less than twenty (20) days. The review period, however, shall be at least thirty (30) days if the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration is for a proposed project where a state agency is the lead agency, a responsible agency, or a trustee agency; a state agency otherwise has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project; or the proposed project is of sufficient statewide, regional, or areawide significance as determined pursuant to the guidelines certified and adopted pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15206. When the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration is submitted to the State Clearinghouse for state agency review, the review period begins (day one) on the date that the State Clearinghouse distributes the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration to state agencies. The State Clearinghouse is required to distribute the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration to state agencies within three (3) working days from the date the State Clearinghouse receives the document, as long as the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration is complete when submitted to the State Clearinghouse. If the document submitted to the State Clearinghouse is not complete, the State Clearinghouse must notify the Lead Agency. The review period for the public and all other agencies may run concurrently with the state agency review period established by the State Clearinghouse, but the public review period cannot conclude before the state agency review period does. The review period for the public shall be at least as long as the review period established by the State Clearinghouse.