The following is a list of existing statutory exemptions.
Each subdivision summarizes statutory exemptions found in the California Code.
Lead agencies are not to rely on the language contained in the summaries below
but must rely on the actual statutory language that creates the exemption. This
list is intended to assist lead agencies in finding them, but not as a
substitute for them. This section is merely a reference tool.
(a) The notification of discovery of Native
American burial sites as set forth in Section 5097.98(c) of the Public
Resources Code.
(b) Specified prison
facilities as set forth in Sections 21080.01, 21080.02, 21080.03 and 21080.07
of the Public Resources Code.
(c)
The lease or purchase of the rail right-of-way used for the San Francisco
Peninsula commute service between San Francisco and San Jose as set forth in
Section 21080.05 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) Any activity or approval necessary for or
incidental to project funding or authorization for the expenditure of funds for
the project, by the Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Panel as set
forth in Section 21080.08 of the Public Resources Code.
(e) The conversion of an existing rental
mobilehome park to a resident initiated subdivision, cooperative, or
condominium for mobilehomes as set forth in Section 21080.8 of the Public
Resources Code.
(f) Settlements of
title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commission and to exchanges or
leases in connection with those settlements as set forth in Section 21080.11 of
the Public Resources Code.
(g) Any
railroad grade separation project which eliminates an existing grade crossing
or which reconstructs an existing grade separation as set forth in Section
21080.13 of the Public Resources Code.
(h) The adoption of an ordinance regarding
second units in a single-family or multifamily residential zone by a city or
county to implement the provisions of Sections 65852.1 and 65852.2 of the
Government Code as set forth in Section 21080.17 of the Public Resources
Code.
(i) The closing of any public
school or the transfer of students from that public school to another school in
which kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12 is maintained as set forth in
21080.18 of the Public Resources Code.
(j) A project for restriping streets or
highways to relieve traffic congestion as set forth in Section 21080.19 of the
Public Resources Code.
(k) The
installation of new pipeline or maintenance, repair, restoration, removal, or
demolition of an existing pipeline as set forth in Section 21080.21 of the
Public Resources Code, as long as the project does not exceed one mile in
length.
(l) The activities and
approvals by a local government necessary for the preparation of general plan
amendments pursuant to Public Resources Code § 29763 as set forth in
Section 21080.22 of the Public Resources Code. Section 29763 of the Public
Resources Code refers to local government amendments made for consistency with
the Delta Protection Commission's regional plan.
(m) Minor alterations to utilities made for
the purposes of complying with Sections 116410 and 116415 of the Health and
Safety Code as set forth in Section 21080.26 of the Public Resources
Code.
(n) The adoption of an
ordinance exempting a city or county from the provisions of the Solar Shade
Control Act as set forth in Section 25985 of the Public Resources
Code.
(o) The acquisition of land by
the Department of Transportation if received or acquired within a statewide or
regional priority corridor designated pursuant to Section 65081.3 of the
Government Code as set forth in Section 33911 of the Public Resources
Code.
(p) The adoption or amendment
of a nondisposal facility element as set forth in Section 41735 of the Public
Resources Code.
(q) Cooperative
agreements for the development of Solid Waste Management Facilities on Indian
country as set forth in Section 44203(g) of the Public Resources
Code.
(r) Determinations made
regarding a city or county's regional housing needs as set forth in Section
65584 of the Government Code.
(s)
Any action necessary to bring a general plan or relevant mandatory element of
the general plan into compliance pursuant to a court order as set forth in
Section 65759 of the Government Code.
(t) Industrial Development Authority
activities as set forth in Section 91543 of the Government Code.
(u) Temporary changes in the point of
diversion, place of use, of purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of
water or water rights as set forth in Section 1729 of the Water Code.
(v) The preparation and adoption of Urban
Water Management Plans pursuant to the provisions of Section 10652 of the Water
Code.