Resolution 08894CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8894
AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS AND SELECTING CONSULTANTS
TO PREPARE EIRs FOR THE CITY, AS ADOPTED BY CITY OF
ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8843
The Administrative Procedures for Processing Environmental
Impact Reports ( EIR) and Selecting Consultants to Prepare EIRs
for the City, adopted by City of Alameda Resolution No 8843 on
December 20, 1977, is hereby amended as follows:
1. By amending the Title to read:
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS (EIR); AND
SELECTING CONSULTANTS TO PREPARE EIRs FOR THE CITY
2. By amending Paragraph I to read:
I
INTRODUCTION
The Government Code* establishes certain procedural
requirements for processing development projects which
shall determine the interpretation of these provisions.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
provides alternative means of preparing Environmental
Impact Reports. The reports may be prepared by staff or
consultants at City's or applicant's expense. CEQA and
CEQA Guidelines' requirements shall be followed and
govern these procedures.
*Sections 65920 - 65957
3. By amending the Title of Paragraph VIII to read:
TIME FOR COMPLETION OF EIR
4. By adding Paragraph IX to read:
IX
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
TIME FOR ACT:
A. Where the City is the lead agency for a development
project, the project shall be approved or disapproved within
one (L) year of acceptance of the project application as
complete:
B. Where the City is a: responsible agency for a
development project, the project shall be approved or dis-
approved within one hundred and eighty (180) days of
either of the following events, whichever is longer:
(1) Approval or disapproval by the agency; or
(2) Acceptance of the project application as
complete.
C. The time limits established by Subparagraphs
IV, A and B may be extended for a period not to exceed
ninety (90) days upon consent of City and applicant.
5. By adding Paragraph X to ead:
X
PROJECT NOT SUBJECT TO CEQA REVIEW
A. The provisions of Subparagraph II, B, (3), shall
also apply to development projects either exempt from
CEQA or not deemed capable of producing significant
environmental impacts.
B. The provisions of Paragraph IX shall apply to
all applications for permits, maps or other approvals for
the use or alteration of land, water or structures.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 18th day of April,
1978, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 'Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Sherratt, and Tillman, (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: President Corica, (1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 19th day of April, 1978.
he City of Alameda