California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance
CEQA applies to discretionary projects to be carried out or approved by public agencies. The Lead Agency is the public agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or approving the project as a whole.7 Here, the City of Anaheim is the Lead Agency for the Anaheim RV project and the Commission is a Responsible Agency.
As a Responsible Agency, the Commission must consider the environmental consequences the Anaheim RV project, including those set forth in the Lead Agency's environmental documents, before acting upon or approving the project.8 We have reviewed the City's environmental documents (Appendix D to the application) for the Anaheim RV project. We find these documents to be adequate for our decision-making purposes.
On February 9, 2004, the Anaheim Planning Commission approved Resolution No. PC 2004-18 adopting a Negative Declaration for the Anaheim RV project and granting Conditional Use Permit No. 2003-04816 for the RV parking facility. As evidenced by these documents and a Department of Fish and Game Certificate of Fee Exemption dated March 16, 2004, the environmental setting is urban and the proposed project's surrounding land uses are fully developed.9 On March 2, 2004, a Notice of Determination for the Anaheim RV project was filed with the Orange County Clerk, finding that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment. Mitigation measures were not required or adopted as part of the approved project. We find that the City of Anaheim reasonably concluded that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment, and we adopt the City's finding for purposes of our approval.
7 CEQA Guidelines § 15051(b). 8 CEQA Guidelines §15050(b). 9 The Department of Fish and Game further found that the project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse impact on wildlife resources.
