Resolution No. 3966RESOLUTION NO 3966
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CYPRESS REPEALING NO 3432 AND
ADOPTING LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES
FOR THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT
WHEREAS, by Resolution No 3432 adopted by the
City Council of the City of Cypress on August 8 1988 the
City Council adopted the State Guidelines for implementation
of the California Environmental Quality Act as the local
procedures for meeting the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act, ("CEQA") Public Resources Code
Section 21000 et seq and,
WHEREAS subsequent to the adoption of Resolution
3432 significant changes have taken place in CEQA which
mandate that the local procedures and guidelines be updated
in order to be consistent with changes in State law
administrative regulation and case laws developed by
California courts
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 Resolution No 3432 adopted by the City
Council of the City of Cypress August 8 1988 is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 2 The City Council of the City of
Cypress hereby adopts the local guidelines set forth in
Attachment A, "City of Cypress Guidelines for Implementing
the California Environmental Quality Act," attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in
full as the local guidelines and procedures for implementing
CEQA as required by 14 California Code of Regulations 15022
SECTION 3 The City Clerk shall certify as to the
adoption of this Resolution
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Cypress at a regular meeting held,/7104014‘
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MAYOR OF THE CLTY OF CYPRESS
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CITY CLERK HE C Y OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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Cypress California
Resolution was duly
Council of the City
of July
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ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
adopted at a regular meeting of the City
of Cypress, held on the 22nd day
1991 by the following roll call vote
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SECTION 1. Authority
These procedures are adopted to implement the
California Environmental Quality Act ('CEQA') Public
Resources Code Section 21000 et seq. and the State CEQA
Guidelines ('State Guidelines") 14 California Code of
Regulations Section 15000 et seq. All time periods set out
herein shall be calendar days unless otherwise indicated
SECTION 2. Relationship to State Guidelines
The procedures established herein implement and
tailor the general provisions of the State Guidelines to the
specific operations of the City of Cypress These Local
Guidelines are not intended to replace the State Guide-
lines If any section of these Local Guidelines is in
conflict with or contrary to any provision of the State
Guidelines as they now exist or may be amended hereafter
the State Guidelines shall control
SECTION 3. Delegation of Responsibility to
Planning Director
The Planning Director ( Director ) shall be
responsible for the following CEQA functions
(1) Determining whether a project is exempt
(2) Conducting an Initial Study and deciding
whether to prepare a Negative Declaration or
Draft Environmental Impact Report ( EIR )
(3) Preparing a Negative Declaration or Draft EIR
(4) Determining that a Negative Declaration has
been completed within a period of one -hundred
and five (105) days or an EIR within a period
of one (1) year from the date when the City
accepted an application as complete
(5) Preparing responses to comments on
environmental documents
(6) Filing notices required or authorized by CEQA
the State Guidelines or this Resolution
(7) Consulting with and obtaining comments from
other public agencies and the public
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Assuring adequate opportunity and time for
public review and public commentary and
Developing procedures for a mitigation
monitoring and reporting program for those
mitigation measures imposed as conditions of
approval in order to reduce or eliminate a
significant environmental effect
SECTION 4. Requests for Notice
Whenever a member of the public files a written
request with the City Clerk to receive copies of notices
prepared pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections
21080 4 Environmental Impact Report
Determined by Lead Agency (Decision
to Prepare FIR)
21092 Public Notice of Preparation of
Environmental Impact Report or
Negative Declaration Publication
21152 Local Agency Approval or
Determination to Carry out Project
Notice Contents Public Inspection
Posting
The Director shall cause a copy of said Notice to be mailed
to such individual A 'written request shall be defined to
include the payment of a fee as set by Resolution of the
City Council Unless a fee is not set by Resolution of the
City Council no written request for notice shall be valid
unless and until the fee is paid All written requests
shall be valid for one (1) calendar year and may be renewed
annually by submitting a new written request and payment of
the fee set by Resolution of the City Council The
provisions of Public Resources Code §21092 2 relative to
substantial compliance shall be applicable to this Section
SECTION 5. Preliminary Review
A Review for Completeness
The Director shall determine
for a permit or other entitlement for
shall notify the applicant in writing
days from the receipt of the applicat
application is incomplete the notice
whether an application
use is complete and
within thirty (30)
on If the
shall list and
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thoroughly describe the specific information required to
complete the application If no written determination of
the completeness of the application is made within the
thirty (30) day period the application will be deemed
complete on the thirtieth (30th) day Upon resubmittal of
the application a new thirty (30) day period shall begin
If the application and materials are determined to
be incomplete within fifteen (L5) days of the date of the
notice the applicant may appeal the decision in writing to
the City Council The City Council shall issue a written
determination within forty-five (45) days after receipt of
the written appeal The determination of the City Council
shall be final
B Review for Exemptions
As part of the preliminary review the Director
shall determine whether a particular activity is exempt from
CEQA If the Director determines that an activity is exempt
from CEQA, the Director shall issue a Notice of Exemption as
set forth in Section 6(D) herein
SECTION 6. Procedures for Identifying Activities
Exempt from CEQA
A Application of CEQA
The requirements of CEQA apply to all discretionary
projects which may have a significant effect on the
environment In particular CEQA applies to discretionary
private projects that are carried out approved or financed
by a public agency Possible exemptions from CEQA include
the following
(1) The activity is not a project
(2) The project is statutorily exempt pursuant to
Article 18 of the State Guidelines
(3) The project is categorically exempt pursuant to
Article 19 of the State Guidelines or
(4) It can be established with certainty that there
is no possibility that the activity may have a
significant effect on the environment
B Ministerial Projects Or Permits
A ministerial project is one approved or denied by
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a decision which a public official or a public agency makes
that involves only the use of fixed standards or objective
measurements without personal judgment or discretion
Ministerial projects are exempt from the requirements of
CEQA and no environmental documents are required The
following is a non-exclusive list of actions which the City
Council has determined to be ministerial in nature
(1) Approval of final subdivision maps
(2) Approval of individual utility service
connections and disconnections
(3) Issuance of health regulatory licenses
(4) Issuance of permits to install individual
sewage disposal systems and
(5) The issuance of a building permit shall be
deemed a ministerial act if the Planning and
Building Departments exercise no discretion in
the issuance of the building permit If the
permit involves both discretionary and
ministerial actions the permit shall not be
deemed a ministerial act
C Categorical Exemptions
The City Council hereby finds those classes of
activities set forth in Sections 15301 through 15329 of the
State Guidelines to be categorically exempt with the
following exceptions
(1) Location Classes 3 4 5 6 and 11 of the
State Guidelines are qualified by consideration
of the location of the project A project that
is ordinarily insignificant in its impact on
the environment may in a particularly
sensitive environment be significant
Therefore these classes are considered to
apply to all instances except where the
project may impact on an environmental resource
of hazardous or critical concern where
designated precisely mapped and officially
adopted pursuant to law by federal state or
local agencies
(2) Cumulative Impact All exemptions of these
classes are inapplicable when the cumulative
impact of successive projects of the same type
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in the same place over time is significant
for example annual additions to an existing
building under Class I of State Guidelines
(3) Significant Effect A categorical exemption
shall not be used for an activity where there
is a reasonable possibility that the activity
will have a significant effect on the environ-
ment due to unusual circumstances
D Notice of Exemption
If it is determined that a project is exempt then
after approval of the project the Director may cause a
Notice of Exemption to be filed in the form and manner
required by the State Guidelines The notice may be filed
with the County Clerk of the County of Orange
SECTION 7. Procedures for Conducting Initial Studies
A. Determination That Initial Study Should Be
Conducted
If a project is subject to the requirements of
CEQA and it is not determined that the project is
exempt the Director shall cause an Initial Study to be
conducted to determine if the project may have a
significant effect on the environment If it can be
determined that an EIR will clearly be required for a
project then further initial review of the project
shall not be required and work may begin directly on
the EIR process
All phases of project planning implementation
and operation must be considered in the Initial Study of
the project To meet the requirements of this section
the Director may use an Initial Study or similar
analysis prepared pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act
The Director shall determine whether or not a
project may have a significant effect on the
environment If it is determined that there is no
substantial evidence that the project or any of its
aspects may cause a significant effect on the
environment the Director shall cause a Negative
Declaration to be prepared
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If any aspects of the project either
individually or cumulatively may cause a significant
effect on the environment regardless of whether the
overall effect of the project is adverse or beneficial
then an EIR must be prepared The existence of a public
controversy does not without more require preparation
of an EIR and statements in an EIR and comments
relative to an EIR are not determinative of whether the
project may have a significant effect on the
environment
B Contents
An Initial Study shalt contain in brief form
(1) A description of the project including the
location of the project
(2) An identification of the environmental setting
(3) An identification of environmental effects by
use of a checklist matrix or other method
(4) A discussion of ways to mitigate the signifi-
cant effects identified If any
(5) An examination of whether the project is com-
patible with existing zoning plans and other
applicable land use controls and
(6) The name of the person or persons who prepared
or participated in the Initial Study
C Uses
The Initial Study shall be used to provide in-
formation to use as Lhe basis for the determination of
whether a Negative Declaration or an EIR shall be prepared
for a project
Where a project is revised in response to an
Initial Study so that potential adverse effects are
mitigated to a point where no significant environmental
effects will occur a Negative Declaration shall be prepared
instead of an EIR if the project will still result in one
or more significant effects on the environment after
mitigation measures are added to the project an EIR shall
be prepared
When the Initial Study concludes that no EIR is
necessary the Study shall also provide documentation of the
factual basis for the finding that the project will not have
a significant effect on the environment
The SIR shall emphasize study of the impacts deter-
mined to be significant and can omit further examination of
those impacts found to be clearly insignificant in the
Initial Study
D Submission of Data
Any person may submit any information in any form
to the Director to assist in the preparation of an Initial
Study
E Format
Forms for an applicant s project description and a
review form for use by the Director shall be provided by the
Planning Department When used together these forms shall
meet the requirements for an Initial Study These forms
shall provide for a substantive written description of the
project and its potential effects
F Consultation
As soon as the Director has determined that a
project is not exempt and that an Initial Study shall be
required to determine whether a Negative Declaration or an
EIR is required the Planning Department shall consult with
all Responsible Agencies and all Trustee Agencies
responsible for resources affected by the project as
required by Section 15063(g) of the State Guidelines
During or immediately after preparation of an
Initial Study for a private project the Planning Department
may consult with the applicant to determine if the applicant
is willing to modify the project to reduce or avoid the
significant effects identified in the Initial Study
G Time Limits
The Director shall determine within thirty (30)
days after accepting an application as complete whether it
i5 necessary to prepare an EIR or a Negative Declaration
and if so whether a previously prepared EIR or Negative
Declaration may be used The thirty (30) day period may be
extended fifteen (15) days upon the consent of both the
Director and the project applicant
SECTION 8. Procedures for the Preparation of
Negative Declarations
A General
A Negative Declaration shall be prepared for a
project which
(1) the Director finds on the basis of an Initial
Study will not have a significant effect on
the environment or
(2) where the Initial Study identified potential
effects but the effects have been mitigated to
the point of insignificance
B Consultation
Before completing a Negative Declaration the
Director shall consider the proposed Negative Declaration
together with any comments received during the public review
process pursuant to Section 15074(b) of the State
Guidelines
C Contents
A Negative Declaration circulated for public review
shall include
(1) A brief description of the project including
the commonly used name for the project if any
(2) The location of the project and the name of the
project proponent
(3)
A proposed finding that the project will not
have a significant effect on the environment
(4) An attached copy of the Initial Study
documenting reasons to support the finding
Mitigation measures if any included in the
project to avoid potentially significant
effects
(5)
(6) A statement regarding how the mitigation
monitoring and reporting requirements
established by Public Resources Code §21081 6
will be met and
(7) A determination regarding impact on fish and
game resources per Fish and Game Code §711 4
Public Resources Code §21089(6) and 14
California Code of Regulations 753 5
D Public Notice
Notice that the decision making body proposes to
adopt a Negative Declaration shall be provided to the public
prior to adoption of the Negative Declaration by that
body The public shall be provided at least thirty (30)
days to review and comment on the proposed Negative
Declaration A shortened review period may be requested in
accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21091(d) and
State Guidelines Section 15703
A copy of the notice and the proposed Negative
Declaration shall be sent to every Responsible Agency and
Trustee Agency concerned with the project and every other
public agency with jurisdiction by law over resources
affected by the project Notice shall be given to all
organizations and individuals who have previously requested
such notice and shall also be given by at least one of the
following procedures
(1) Publication at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the area affected by the
proposed project or
(2) Posting of notice on and off site in the area
where the project is to be located or
(3) Direct mailing to owners and occupants of
property contiguous to the project as such
owners are shown on the latest equalized
assessment roll
The notice shall specify the period during which
comments will be received on the proposed Negative
Declaration and shall Include the date time and place of
any public meetings of hearings on the proposed project a
brief description of the proposed project and its location
and the address where copies of the proposed Negative
Declarations are available for review Pursuant to Public
Resources Code §21092(a) an action shall not be invalidated
because of alleged inadequacy of the notice content if the
City has complied substantially with the provisions of
Section 21092 of the Public Resources Code
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Declarations are available for review Pursuant to Public
Resources Code §21092(a) an action shall not be invalidated
because of alleged inadequacy of the notice content if the
City has complied substantially with the provisions of
Section 21092 of the Public Resources Code
E Shortened Review Period
The Director and/or the City Manager are hereby
authorized to request a shortened public review period from
the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to Public
Resources Code §21089(d)(3) For all purposes of said
Section of the Public Resources Code the Director and/or
the City Manager shall be the designated office
Whenever the Director and/or City Manager so
request a shortened public review period the Director
and/or City Manager shall notify the City Council in writing
of this request which shall appear on the next legally
permissible City Council Agenda as an information item The
City Council may thereafter either receive and file the
report or rescind the action by directing the Director
and/or City Manager to notify the Office of Planning and
Research of this rescission
F Consideration
Prior to approving the project the decision making
body shall consider the Negative Declaration together with
any comments received during the public review process
G Approval
The decision making body shall approve the Negative
Declaration if it finds on the basis of the Initial Study
and any comments received that there is no substantial
evidence that the project will have a significant effect on
the environment or that any potentially significant effects
have been mitigated to the point of insignificance
H Appeal
Except in those cases in which the City Council is
the final decision making body on a project any interested
person may appeal the approval or disapproval of a Negative
Declaration to the City Council pursuant to Section 2-6 8 et
seq of the Code of the City of Cypress except that the
time limit for filing an appeal shall be ten (10) days
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I Notice of Determination
After final approval of a project for which a
Negative Declaration has been prepared the Director shall
cause a Notice of Determination to be filed Said Notice
shall include
(1) An identification of the project including its
common name where possible and Its location
(2) A brief description of the project
(3) The date upon which the project was approved
(4) The determination that the project will not
have a significant effect on the environment
(5)
The documents and filing fees required by Fish
and Game Code Section 711 4 Public Resources
Code §21089(b) and 14 California Code of
Regulations 753 5
(6) A statement that a Negative Declaration has
been prepared pursuant to the provisions of
CEQA and
(7)
The address where a copy of the Negative
Declaration may be examined
It shall be the responsibility and duty of the
applicant to deliver to the Planning Department a check
payable to the County Clerk of the County of Orange in an
amount sufficient to cover the fee required by subsection
(5) above including the County Clerk's processing fee
within forty-eight (48) hours of City s final approval of
the project If within such forty-eight (48) hour period
the applicant has not delivered to the Planning Department
the check required above the approval for the project shall
be void
The Notice of Determination shall be filed with the
County Clerk of the County of Orange If the project
requires a discretionary approval from any State agency the
Notice of Determination shall also be filed with the State
Office of Planning and Research
The filing of the Notice of Determination and the
posting of a list of such notices starts a thirty (30) day
statute of limitations on court challenges to the approval
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SECTION 9. Procedures for the Preparation of EIR s
A. Decision to Prepare an EIR
When it is determined that an EIR will be required
for a project the procedures set forth in this section
shall be followed in the EIR preparation
e Notice of Preparation
Immediately after the determination has been made
that an EIR will be required for a project the Director
shall cause a Notice of Preparation to be sent by certified
mail or other method of transmittal which provides it with
notice that the Notice has been received to each
Responsible Agency or Trustee Agency responsible for
resources affected by the project and to each federal agency
involved in approving or funding the project
The agencies to which a Notice of Preparation is
sent shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of said
notice to respond If an agency fails by the end of the
thirty (30) day period to respond or make a well -justified
request for additional time to respond it shall be presumed
that the agency has no response to make Unjustified late
responses need not be considered
C Early Consultation
Prior to completing the Draft EIR (DEIR) the
Director should consult with any person or organization he
or she believes will be concerned with the environmental
effects of the project
Where the Director a Responsible Agency a Trustee
Agency or the project applicant has requested a meeting
between representatives of the agencies involved to assist
in determining the scope and content of a proposed EIR the
Director shall convene such a meeting as soon as possible
but not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the
request for the meeting pursuant to Section 15082(4)(c) of
the State Guidelines
Prior to completing an EIR the Director on behalf
of the City shall consult with and provide an opportunity to
comment from each responsible agency any public agency
which has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project
and any city or county which borders on the City The City
and any bordering city and/or county may annually by
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agreement establish a process or procedure for complying
with this consultation requirement pursuant to Public
Resources Code $21153
In the case of a project as defined in Public
Resources Code §21065(c) involving the issuance of a lease
permit license certificate or other entitlement for use
to a person by one or more public agencies the Director
shall upon the request of the applicant provide for early
consultation regarding the project The consultation shall
seek to identify the range of actions alternatives
mitigation measures and significant effects to be analyzed
in depth in the EIR A request for early consultation shall
be made within thirty (30) days after the determination by
the City that an EIR will be required for the project The
City Council may by Resolution establish a fee sufficient to
recover the actual costs of consultation with the applicant
Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21092 4 for
projects of statewide regional or area wide significance
the Director shall consult with transportation planning
agencies and public agencies which have transportation
facilities within the City which could be affected by the
project Consultation shall occur in accordance with said
Section of the Public Resources Code
For projects where federal involvement might
require preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act the
Director shall consult with the appropriate federal
agencies
D Preparation of the Draft EIR
The draft EIR shall be prepared directly by or
under contract to the City
The Planning Department may require the project
applicant to supply data and information both to determine
whether the project may have a significant effect on the
environment and to assist the City in preparing the draft
EIR The requested information should include an
identification of other public agencies which will have
jurisdiction by law over the project
Any person including the applicant may submit
information or comments to the Planning Department to assist
in the preparation of the draft EIR The submittal may be
presented in any format including the form of a draft
EIR The decision-making body must consider all information
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and comments received The information or comments may be
included in the draft EIR in whole or in part
The decision-making body may choose one of the
following arrangements or a combination of them for
preparing a draft EIR
(1) Preparing the draft EIR directly with Planning
Department staff
(2) Contracting with another entity public or
private to prepare the draft EIR
(3) Accepting a draft prepared by the applicant a
consultant retained by the applicant or any
other person
(4) Executing a third party contract or Memorandum
of Understanding with the applicant to govern
the preparation of a draft EIR by an
independent contractor or
(5) Using a previously prepared EIR
Before using a draft prepared by another person
the decision-making body shall subject the draft to the
body s own review and analysis The draft EIR which is sent
out for public review must reflect the independent judgment
of the decision-making body The decision-making body is
responsible for the adequacy and objectivity of the draft
EIR
E Notice of Completion
As soon as the DEIR is completed a Notice of
Completion shall be filed with the State Office of Planning
and Research The Notice shall include a brief description
of the project its proposed location an address where
copies of the DEIR are available and the period during
which comments will be received
F Public Review
After the DEIR is completed the Director shall
consult with and obtain comments from any responsible and/or
trustee agencies having jurisdiction by law with respect to
the project and should consult with persons having special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact
involved The Director shall provide the general public
with an opportunity to comment on the DEIR
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The public shall be provided at least thirty (30)
days to review and comment on the DEIR In the case of a
DEIR reviewed by the Statewide Clearing House at least
forty-five (45) days shall be provided A shortened review
period may be requested in accordance with Public Resources
Code §21091(d) and State Guidelines §15703
The Director shall provide public notice of the
availability of a DEIR at the same time as a Notice of
Completion is sent to the State Office of Planning and
Research Notice shall be given to all organizations and
individuals who have previously requested such notice and
shall also be given by at least one of the following
procedures
(1) Publication at least one time in a local
newspaper of general circulation in the area
affected by the proposed project or
(2) Posting of notice on and off the site of the
proposed project Or
(3) Direct mailing to owners and occupants of
property contiguous to the proposed project as
shown on the latest equalized assessment roll
The notice shall specify the period during which
comments will be received on the DEIR and shall include the
date time and place of any public meetings or hearings on
the proposed project a brief description of the proposed
project and its location and the address where copies of
the DEIR are available for review Pursuant to Public
Resources Code §21092(a) an action shall not be invalidated
because of alleged inadequacy of the notice content if the
City has complied substantially with the provisions of
Section 21092 of the Public Resources Code
The Director may use the State Clearinghouse to
distribute DEIRs and other environmental documents to state
agencies for review and should use area -wide clearinghouses
to distribute such documents to regional and local agencies
G Shortened Review Period
The Director and/or the City Manager are hereby
authorized to request a shortened public review period from
the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to Public
Resources Code §21089(d)(3) For all purposes of said
Section of the Public Resources Code the Director and/or
the City Manager shall be the designated office
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Whenever the Director and/or City Manager so
request a shortened public review period the Director
and/or City Manager shall notify the City Council in writing
of this request which shall appear on the next legally
permissible City Council Agenda as an information item. The
City Council may thereafter either receive and file the
report or rescind the action by directing the Director
and/or City Manager to notify the Office of Planning and
Research of this rescission
H Evaluation and Response to Continents
The Director shall cause comments received from
persons who reviewed the DEIR to be evaluated and shall
cause written responses to each such comment to be prepared
I Preparation of Final EIR
The Director shall cause a Final EIR to be prepared
before final approval of the project The contents of a
Final EIR shall be as set forth in Section 15120 of the
State Guidelines
J Certification of Final EIR
The legislative body which gives final approval of
the project shall certify that the Final EIR has been
completed in compliance with CEQA that the Final EIR was
presented to said body and that said body reviewed and
considered the information contained in the final EIR prior
to approving the project Said certification shall include
a statement regarding how the mitigation monitoring and
reporting requirements established by Public Resources Code
§21081 6 will be met As a part of the certification
process and/or approval of the project the City may require
the applicant to enter into a written Mitigation Monitoring
Compliance Agreement which specifies the obligations and
duties relative to mitigation monitoring and reporting on
said mitigation measures
K Findings
No decision-making body shall approve or carry out
a project for which an EIR has been completed which
identifies one or more significant environmental effects of
the project unless that body makes one or more written
findings for each of those significant effects accompanied
by a brief explanation of the rationale for each finding
The possible findings are
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(1) Changes or alterations have been required in
or incorporated into the project which avoid
or substantially lessen the significant
environmental effect as identified in the final
EIR
(2) Such changes or alterations are within the
responsibility and jurisdiction of another
public agency and not the body making the
finding Such changes have been adopted by
such other agency or can and should be adopted
by such other agency
(3)
Specific economic social or other
considerations make infeasible the mitigation
measures or project alternatives identified in
the final EIR
The findings required by this section shall be supported by
substantial evidence in the record
The finding in subsection (2) hereof shall not be
made if the body making the finding has concurrent
jurisdiction with another agency to deal with identified
feasible mitigation measures or alternatives
L Statement of Overriding Considerations
CEQA requires the decision -maker to balance the
benefits of a proposed project against its unavoidable
environmental risks rn determining whether to approve the
project If the benefits of a proposed project outweigh the
unavoidable adverse environmental effects the adverse
environmental effects may be considered acceptable
Where the decision of the decision-making body
allows the occurrence of significant effects which are
identified in the final EIR but are not at least
substantially mitigated the body shall state in writing the
specific reasons to support its action based on the final
EIR and/or other information in the record This statement
may be necessary if the body also makes a finding under
Subsection K(2) or K(3)
If an agency makes a statement of overriding
considerations the statement should be included in the
record of the project approval and should be mentioned in
the Notice of Determination
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M Appeal
Except in those cases in which the City Council is
the final decision making body on a project any interested
person may appeal the certification or denial of
certification of a Final EIR to the City Council pursuant to
Section 2-6 8 et seq of the Code of the City of Cypress
except that the time limit for filing an appeal shall be ten
(10) days
N Notice of Determination
After final approval of a project for which an EIR
has been prepared the Director shall cause a Notice of
Determination to be filed Such Notice shall include
(1) An identification of the project including its
common name where possible and its location
(2) A brief description of the project
(3) The date upon which the project was approved
(4) The determination of whether the project in its
approved form will have a significant effect on
the environment
(5) A statement that an EIR was prepared and
certified pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
(6) Whether mitigation measures were made a
condition of the approval of the project
(7)
(8)
(9)
Whether a Statement of Overriding
Considerations was adopted for the project
The address where a copy of the EIR and the
record of project approval may be examined
and
The documents and filing fees required by Fish
and Game Code §711 4 Public Resources Code
§21089(b) and 14 California Code of
Regulations 753 5
It shall be the responsibility and duty of the
applicant to deliver to the Planning Department a check
payable to the County Clerk of the County of Orange in an
amount sufficient to cover the fee required by subsection
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(9) above including the County Clerk s processing fee
within forty-eight (48) hours of City s final approval of
the project If within such forty-eight (48) hour period
the applicant has not delivered to the Planning Department
the check required above the approval for the project shall
be void
The Notice of Determination shall be filed with the
County Clerk of the County of Orange If the project
requires discretionary approval from a state agency the
notice shall also be filed with the State Office of Planning
and Research
The filing of the Notice of Determination shall
start a thirty (30) day statute of limitations on court
challenges to any actions taken pursuant to CEQA
SECTION 10. Enforcement of Mitigation Measures
Any mitigation measures required as part of a
Negative Declaration or EIR shall be enforceable as part
of the conditional use permit site plan area plan or
other discretionary approval for a project The City
shall include the specific steps for enforcement as part
of the Mitigated Negative Declaration or EIR, and shall
require of the applicant or responsible or trustee
agency submittal of plans for monitoring of the
mitigation condition[s]
SECTION 11 Time Limits
A General
Preparation and review of environmental documents
shall be done within the time periods set out herein
Preparation of an EIR should not cause undue delays in the
processing of applications for permits or other
entitlements
The Director niay disapprove a project application
where there is unreasonable delay in meeting requests The
Director may allow a renewed application process to begin at
the same point in the process in which the prior application
was when it was disapproved
The decision making body shall either
(1) Complete a Negative Declaration within one -
hundred and five (105) days from the date the
application is accepted as complete or
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(2) Complete and certify the final EIR within one
year from the date the application is accepted
as complete The one year time limit may be
extended once for a period of not more than
ninety (90) days upon consent of the decision
making body and the applicant
Completion of a Negative Declaration within a one -
hundred and five (105) day period shall include the
conducting of an Initial Study public review and the
preparation of a document ready for approval by the
decision-making body Completion within the one -hundred and
five (105) day period need not include the approval of the
Negative Declaration by the decision making body
Different time limits may be established for
different types of projects subject to the one -hundred and
five (105) day and one year maximum time limits
In the event that compelling circumstances justify
additional time and the project applicant agrees to the
extension the decision making body may grant a reasonable
extension of the time periods contained in this section
B Projects with Federal Involvement
The decision making body may waive the one-year
time period or the one -hundred and five (105) day period
if
(1) The project will be subject to the National
Environmental Policy Act
(2) Additional time will be required to prepare a
combined EIR-EIS or a combined Negative
Declaration Finding of No Significant Impact as
provided in Section 15221 of the State
Guidelines and
(3) The time required to prepare such a combined
document would be less than the time required
to prepare each document separately
The time limits for taking final action on a permit
for a development project may also be waived where a
combined EIR-EIS will be prepared
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The time limits for processing permits for
development projects under Government Code §§ 65950-65960
shall not apply if federal statutes or regulations require
time schedules which exceed the state limits In this
event any state agencies involved shall make a final
decision on the project within the time limits set forth by
federal law
SECTION 12. Fees
If a project is to be carried out by any person or
entity other than the City the Director may collect a
reasonable fee from such person or entity to recover the
estimated costs incurred in preparing an EIR or Negative
Declaration Fees shall be paid in accordance with the Code
of the City of Cypress Members of the general public
requesting copies of an EIR may be charged for the actual
cost of reproducing the copy
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