(A) Prior to approval of any development project for which an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) will be prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), or based on local determination, regional and municipal fixed route operators providing service to the project shall be identified and consulted with.
(B) Projects for which a Notice of Preparation for a Draft EIR has been circulated pursuant to the CEQA provisions prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be exempt from its provisions.
(C) The “Transit Impact Review Worksheet” contained in the Los Angeles County CMP Manual, or similar worksheet, shall be used in assessing impacts.
(D) Pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, transit operators shall be sent a NOP for all contemplated EIRs and shall, as a part of the NOP process, be given opportunity to comment on all impacts of the project, to identify recommended transit service or capital improvements which may be required as a result of the project, and to recommend mitigation measures which minimize automobile trips on the CMP network. Impacts and recommended mitigation measures identified by the transit operator shall be evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Report prepared for this project. Related mitigation measures adopted shall be monitored through the mitigation monitoring requirements of CEQA.
(E) Phased development projects, development projects subject to a development agreement, or development projects requiring subsequent approvals, need not repeat this process, as long as no significant changes are made to the project. It shall remain the discretion of the lead agency to determine when a project is substantially the same and therefore covered by a previously certified EIR.
('86 Code, § 23.82.030) (Ord. 4231, passed - - )