Section 34005 Of Part 1.5. Community Redevelopment Disaster Project Law From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 24. >> Part 1.5.
34005
. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 33352, the
California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with
Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to the
adoption of a redevelopment plan prepared pursuant to this part if
the redevelopment agency determines at a public hearing, noticed in
accord with this section, that the need to adopt a redevelopment plan
at the soonest possible time in order to use the authority in the
Community Redevelopment Disaster Project Law requires the
redevelopment agency to delay application of the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act to the redevelopment plan in
accordance with this section.
(b) If the redevelopment agency finds, pursuant to subdivision
(a), that the application of the California Environmental Quality Act
to the redevelopment plan is required to be delayed, the
redevelopment agency shall prepare and certify an environmental
impact report or approve a negative declaration for the redevelopment
plan within 12 months after the effective date of the ordinance
adopting the redevelopment plan. If, as a result of the preparation
of the environmental document prepared pursuant to this subdivision,
it is necessary to amend the redevelopment plan to mitigate any
impacts, the agency shall amend the redevelopment plan according to
the procedures of this part. If the environmental document is
determined to be inadequate, the redevelopment agency shall not
continue with projects which implement the redevelopment plan until
an adequate environmental document has been certified; however, this
determination shall not affect the validity of the redevelopment
plan.
(c) Until the redevelopment agency certifies an environmental
impact report or negative declaration for the redevelopment plan, all
projects, as defined in the California Environmental Quality Act,
which implement the redevelopment plan shall be subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act, including, but not limited to,
specific plans and rezonings. The environmental document for any
implementing project shall include an analysis and mitigation of
potential cumulative impacts, if any, that otherwise will not be
known until an environmental document for the redevelopment plan is
certified or approved and shall also include a reporting or
monitoring program required pursuant to Section 21081 of the Public
Resources Code.
(d) The notice for the public hearing required by subdivision (a)
shall comply with and may be combined with the notices in Section
33349 or 33361. The notice shall state that the agency intends to
consider and act upon a determination that the need to adopt a
redevelopment plan at the soonest possible time in order to use the
authority in the Community Redevelopment Disaster Project Law
requires the redevelopment agency to delay application of the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act to the
redevelopment plan in accordance with this section.