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City of Pleasanton—Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Introduction Section 15183 Checklist/15164 Addendum 4 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480017/Consistency Checklist/21480017 Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Checklist Addendum_Updated.docx 1.4.1 - 15183 Findings: Proposed Project is Consistent with Existing Zoning and Does Not Require Further Environmental Review CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 states that in instances where a project is consistent with a community plan, general plan or zoning, if an impact is not peculiar to the parcel or to the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the Prior EIR, or can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards, then an additional EIR need not be prepared for the project solely on the basis of that impact. This is consistent with the fundamental CEQA policy favoring finality once an EIR is certified, and thus streamlines the review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies. To evaluate the proposed project’s consistency with the checklist is to evaluate whether the proposed project, which is consistent with the Housing Element, has any (1) “project-specific significant effects that are peculiar to the project or its site,” (2) environmental effects that were “not analyzed as significant effects” in the Prior EIR; (3) “potentially significant off-site impacts or cumulative impacts which were not discussed” in the Prior EIR; or (4) environmental effects that were “previously identified significant effects, which as a result of substantial new information . . . are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the” Prior EIR. (CEQA Guidelines § 15183 (b)(1)-(4)). A supplemental environmental document need not be prepared for a project solely on the basis of an impact that can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards. (CEQA Guidelines § 15183 (c)). An impact is not peculiar if uniformly applied development standards or procedures are imposed with a finding that they will substantially mitigate the applicable environmental impact. (CEQA Guidelines § 15183 (f)). Such uniformly adopted policies or procedures do not have to be addressed in the Prior EIR or included in the community plan or the general plan. (Id.) In approving a project that is consistent under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, the lead agency appropriately limits its examination of environmental effects to those listed above. CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 applies to the proposed project since it meets all of the following conditions. 15183(d)(1)(b) and (d)(1)(C): The project is consistent with the development density established by general plan policies incorporated via the Zoning and Housing Element. A project is consistent with established zoning and density if the project is the same or less than the standard contemplated for the involved parcel(s) in the general plan for which an EIR has been certified, and the project complies with the density-related standards contained in that plan. (CEQA Guidelines § 15183 (i)(2)). Density standards are expressed in various ways, including based on the number of dwelling units per acre, the number of people in a given area, floor area ratio (FAR), and other measures of building intensity, building height, and size limitations and use restrictions. (State of California, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research [OPR] General Plan Guidelines, 2003: 50.) Density standards are also subject to density bonus laws which allow an exceedance of established density by right.