Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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South Coast Technology Center Project CEQA Exemption 15183 (1) The project is consistent with: (A) A community plan adopted as part of a general plan, (8) A zoning action which zoned or designated the parcel on which the project would be located to accommodate a particular density of development, or (C) A general plan of a local agency, and (2) An EIR was certified by the lead agency for the zoning action, the community plan, or the general plan. Further, as set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(e), the 15183 exemption applies when all feasible mitigation measures identified in the applicable certified EIR are implemented by the public agency with jurisdiction to require such mitigation measures. CEQA Guidelines Sections 15183(a) through 15183(c) describe the limitations on environmental review and the examination of environmental effects for projects that qualify for an exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. These sections state: (a) CEQA mandates that projects which are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project -specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This streamlines the review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies. (b) In approving a project meeting the requirements of this section, a public agency shall limit its examination of environmental effects to those which the agency determines, in an initial study or other analysis: (1) Are peculiar to the project or the parcel on which the project would be located, (2) Were not analyzed as significant effects in a prior EIR on the zoning action, general plan, or community plan, with which the project is consistent, (3) Are potentially significant off -site impacts and cumulative impacts which were not discussed in the prior EIR prepared for the general plan, community plan or zoning action, or (4) Are previously identified significant effects which, as a result of substantial new information which was not known at the time the EIR was certified, are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the prior EIR. (c) If an impact is not peculiar to the parcel or to the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the prior EIR, or can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards, as contemplated by subdivision (e) below, then an additional EIR need not be prepared for the project solely on the basis of that impact. As demonstrated throughout this memorandum, the Project would qualify for an exemption from CEQA as a project consistent with a community plan or zoning under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. In this case, the general plan is the City's General Plan Update for which the corresponding GPU PER was certified. This memorandum provides the limited examination of environmental effects for the Project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(b), evaluating whether there are impacts that are peculiar to the Project or the Project Site, impacts not analyzed as significant effects in the GPU PER, potentially significant off -site or cumulative impacts not July 2024 Page 2