Ojai Municipal Code Art. 3 Review of Transit Impacts

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 a local determination, regional and municipal fixed-route transit operators providing service to the project shall be identified and consulted with to provide input.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

Projects for which a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a Draft EIR has been circulated pursuant to the provisions of CEQA prior to the effective date shall be exempted from its provisions.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

Pursuant to the provisions of CEQA and as required thereby, regional and municipal fixed-route transit operators providing service to the project shall be sent a NOP for all contemplated EIRS and shall, as part of the NOP process, be given opportunity to comment on the 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 operators referred to above shall be evaluated in the Draft Environmental Impact Report prepared for the project.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

Related mitigation measures adopted shall be monitored through the mitigation monitoring requirements of CEQA.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)

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.

(§ 1, Ord. 702, eff. December 24, 1993)