NS-3072 - Repealing and Reenacting in Its Entirety Article XXI to Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Prohibiting Short-Term Rentals

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CUL-4 For projects with ground disturbance e.g., grading, excavation, trenching, boring, or demolition that extend below the current gradepriorto issuance of any permits required to conduct ground -disturbing activities, the City shall require an Archaeological Resources Assessment be conducted under the supervision of an archaeologist that meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professionally Qualified Standards in either prehistoric or historic archaeology. Assessments shall include a California Historical Resources Information System records search at the South Central Coastal Information Center and of the Sacred Land Files maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission. The records searches will detern-uine if the proposed project area has been previously surveyed for archaeological resources., identify and characterize the results of previous cultural resource surveys, and disclose any cultural resources that have been recorded and/or evaluated. If unpaved surfaces are present within the project area, and the entire project area has not been previously surveyed within the past 10 years, a Phase I pedestrian survey shall be undertaken in proposed project areas to locate any surface cultural materials that may be present. CUL-5 If potentially significant archaeological resources are identified, and impacts cannot be avoided, a Phase 11 Testing and Evaluation investigation shall be performed by an archaeologist who meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards to determine significance prior to any ground -disturbing activities. If resources are determined significant or unique through Phase 11 testing, and site avoidance is not possible, appropriate site -specific mitigation measures shall be undertaken. These might include a Phase III data recovery program implemented by a qualified archaeologist and performed in accordance With the Office of Historical Preservation's "Archaeological Resource Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format" (OHP 1990) and "Guidelines for Archaeological Research Designs" (OHP 1991). CUL-6 If the archaeological assessment did not identify archaeological resources but found the area to be highly sensitive for archaeological resources, ftffd a Native American monitor approved by a California Native American Tribe identified by the Native American He Commission as culturally affiliated with the project area shall monitor all ground -disturbing construction and 12re-construction activities in areas of high sensitivity. The archaeologist shall inform all construction personnel 12rior to construction activities of the proper Drocedures in the event of an archaeological discovery.- The training shall be held in conjunction with the project's initial on -site safety meeting and shall explain the itnl2ortance and legal basis for the protection of ai 'ficant archaeolo r.,;ical resources. The Native American monitor shall_ be invited to participate in this training In the event that archaeological resources (arti acts or features) are exJ20sed during round -disturbing activities, construct -ion activities in the immediate vicinily of the discovery shall be halted while the resources are evaluated for significance by an archaeologist who meets the Secretary's Standards. This will include tribal consultation and coordination with the Native American monitor in the case of a 1prehistoric archaeological resource or tribal resource. If the discovery groves to be significant. the long - Ordinance NS-3072