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*"County of San Diego – Update on the CEQA 15183 Exemption Process After Adoption of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)  "*

"Dear Interested Stakeholders,"

"The County is reaching out to provide an update on the use of the 15183-exemption process"" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and as it relates to the adoption of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). The following details how the County uses the 15183-exemption process after the VMT adoption, including with projects that are located outside of VMT Efficient or Infill Areas. For more information on the 15183-exemption process, please see our "FAQ [ [link removed] ]"."

*_Background on County’s 15183-Exemption Process_*

"Projects submitted to the County are required to go through environmental review under CEQA, which is State law. CEQA may be a lengthy and expensive process, depending on the project. One special procedure allowed under CEQA to help streamline the process is the 15183-exemption. The 15183-exemption process is for projects that are consistent with the County’s General Plan and zoning, where environmental review has already been completed and mitigation measures have been imposed."

"Since the adoption of the General Plan Update in 2011, the County frequently used the 15183-exemption process on development projects that were consistent with the County’s General Plan and zoning. In 2020, a new State law (SB 743) went into effect, setting a requirement that, moving forward, projects would need to use VMT as the metric for transportation impacts in replacement of level of service (LOS), but the General Plan Update Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) remained using the LOS metric.""  "

"In"" ""2020 and 2022, the County adopted new Transportation Study Guidelines which incorporated VMT requirements (VMT Guidelines). The VMT Guidelines determined that projects less than 11 units and within VMT Efficient and Infill Areas"", among other screening criteria, would not have transportation impacts and could therefore be exempt from further VMT analysis.  Projects that were General Plan consistent and exempt from the VMT analysis were able to move forward using the 15183-exemption process. However, projects that were General Plan consistent but not exempt from VMT analysis, have been required to complete a VMT analysis. Typically, these were housing projects located outside of VMT Efficient and Infill Areas.  "

*_Recent Changes_*

"Recent case law"" ""on VMT supports the County expanding the application of the 15183-exemption process and prohibits the County from requiring additional CEQA review on projects consistent with the General Plan if all the impacts were previously analyzed and there are no significant impacts peculiar to the project. Because transportation impacts were adequately analyzed in the General Plan Update Program EIR (albeit using LOS), projects deemed consistent with the County’s General Plan and zoning (by means of an LOS comparison study) may now proceed under the 15183-exemption process with no additional VMT analysis, including projects located outside VMT Efficient or Infill Areas. The LOS comparison study would be required on a case-by-case basis to demonstrate no significant transportation impacts peculiar to the project.  "

"T""he case law around the 15183-exemption process and VMT is evolving, and we will continue to monitor the case law to ensure our use of the 15183-exemption process continues to comply with CEQA. "

*_Connect with Us!_*

"If you’re considering a potential development project and would like to understand whether your project would qualify for the 15183-exemption process, please submit an ""Initial Consultation (Pre-Application) request" [ [link removed] ]". Staff will evaluate your individual project and meet with you to discuss it in detail. "

"For more information on this topic and the 15183-exemption process please see our "FAQ [ [link removed] ]". If you have any further questions about the 15183-exemption process, please contact Grace Bodenchak at [email protected] or call (619) 985-1092."

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