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Standard Environmental Conditions of Approval

January 16, 2020 San Francisco Planning Commission

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INITIATION HEARING

Standard Environmental Conditions of Approval

Background

Mayor’s s Executive e Directive e 17-02: : Keeping g up th the Pace o e Pace of f Ho Housing P using Pro roduction duction

• Planning Department Process Improvement Plan:

Codify Effective Mitigation Measures

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• Designed to achieve the same, or higher, level of

environmental protection currently achieved through the mitigation process

• Improved consistency, streamlining, and

transparency in environmental review 2017 2020

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Precedents

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hazardous soils remediation

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construction emissions for public projects

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dust mitigation plans during construction

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menu of mitigation options to reduce VMT 2017 2015 2015

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Goals

⋅ Co Cont ntinued inued env nvir ironmental p

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achieve same, or higher, level of protection

⋅ St Streamlin reamlined r ed rev eview iew

conduct CEQA review, in less time

⋅ Co Cons nsistent st istent standards andards

apply best practices to all applicable projects

⋅ Tra ranspar nsparent re ent require quirements ments

standards known in advance to public, applicants

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Process for Adoption

Enabling Or Enabling Ordina dinance nce:

• Planning Commission initiation:
• Administrative Code Chapter 31A: Standard Environmental Conditions
• f Approval Program
• Planning Code Sec. 174: Enforceability of Standard Conditions program
• Board of Supervisors review and approval

Adopt St Adopt Standard andard Envir Environmen

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tal Co Conditi nditions by T

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• Planning Commission must adopt each Standard Condition and

applicability criteria at a public hearing

• Planning Department must report to Commission and Board of

Supervisors at least every 5 years

• Planning Commission may revise Conditions more frequently

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Proposal

The Way It Is Now The Way It Would Be

Application submitted Environmental Review Mitigation Determined Building Permit Approved and Issued Under Construction with Mitigation Application submitted Environmental

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Review Standard Env. Conditions Identified Building Permit Approved and Issued Under Construction with Standard Env. Conditions Monitoring and Enforcement

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Process

The Way It Is Now The Way It Would Be

Stable Project Description Stable Project Description Approval Action Approval Action

UP TO 12 MONTHS UP TO 9 MONTHS

Standard Env. Conditions Applied Mitigation Applied Monitoring and Enforcement Appeal Period to BOS Appeal Period to BOS

MND Exemption

Appeal Period to CPC

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Enabling Ordinance Applicability

159 & 161 Charter Oak Ave 1001 Van Ness Ave

St Stan andard Co dard Cond nditions m itions may ay ap apply t ply to:

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• Small or large development projects that currently

require a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND)

• Some ministerial projects

Typical CE ypical CEQA r QA review ap view applies: plies:

• Projects with potential for significant impacts (EIR)
• Projects currently eligible for CEQA Exemptions

Potential S Potential Sta tandard Co ndard Condition A ndition Appl pplicability: icability:

• Example – Air Quality clean construction equipment

standard condition (excludes small projects)

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Standard Environmental Condition: Air Quality

Mit itigation igation ⇓ St Stan andard Co dard Cond ndition ition

• Requires construction equipment and diesel generators

meet the most stringent emission standards

⋅ Small projects would be exempt due to low overall emissions

• Application would result in approximately 90 perce

90 percent reduction of harmful diesel exhaust from uncontrolled sources

• Protects public health and welfare, especially areas with

high levels of air pollution

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Standard Environmental Condition: Archeological and Tribal Cultural Resources Mit itigation igation ⇓ St Stan andard Co dard Cond ndition ition

• Require projects with soil disturbance

to implement measures to avoid or lessen potential impacts to cultural resources, when they are present

Archeological resources discovered at development sites

Conditio Condition Effec n Effects ts

• Consistency & certainty for sponsors
• Streamline CEQA review

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Standard Conditions Monitoring + Enforcement

Monitori Monitoring ng + + Enforcem Enforcement ent

Current mitigation monitoring applies: ⋅ Building Permit review ⋅ Required documentation ⋅ Site inspection, as needed ⋅ Periodic reporting, as needed Standard Conditions reviewed at least every 5 years, or as needed

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Summary

Go Goals als

• Same or higher level of environme

vironmental pr ntal protection

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• Greater co

consistency sistency an and d ce certainty rtainty in permitting process

• Streamlined

treamlined environmental review process

• Transparency

ransparency to public and sponsor

Acti Action

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Items

• Initiate enabling ordinance
• Schedule adoption hearing

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Standard Environmental Conditions Outreach

Technical Workshop

February 12, 2020 5:30 – 7:30 pm

SF Planning, 1650 Mission St, 4th Flr

Open to the public

RSVP: CEQAStandardsSF .eventbrite.com

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Next steps

2/12 Technical Workshop 5:30 pm @ SF Planning Department 2/27 Ordinance Adoption hearing1:00 pm @ Planning Commission TBD Conditions Informational HEARING @ Planning Commission TBD Conditions Adoption hearing @ Planning Commission

All meetings Open to the public

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