Time Limits for Project Approvals

April 1999

Today you're seeing a real estate client with a well-located piece of property under option to purchase and some market-driven ideas. A financing package is in the works, but the project's costs will increase for every extra month it takes to get dev

General Credit

1.	PSA applies to legislative land use decisions such as an amendment to the zoning ordinance or general plan.	True False
2.	The timelines for project approval by a responsible agency are essentially the same as the timelines for project approval by a lead agency.	True False
3.	PSA does not apply to the approval or disapproval of <i>final</i> subdivision maps.	True False
4.	Additional time to adopt a negative declaration or certify an EIR may be allowed by ordinance or resolution, without regard to whether additional time is justified by compelling circumstances.	True False
5.	An unreasonable delay by the applicant in meeting requests necessary for the preparation of the negative declaration or EIR may result in the project being denied.	True False
6.	The time limits for approving a tentative subdivision map are basically the same after an EIR is certified or after a negative declaration is adopted.	True False
7.	A negative declaration generally must be adopted 180 days after the development permit application is accepted as, or deemed, complete.	True False
8.	An EIR generally must be certified within one year from the date the application is accepted as, or deemed, complete.	True False
9.	Development projects generally must be approved, denied, or conditionally approved within 180 days from the date the EIR is certified.	True False
10.	If revisions are made to the lists that public agencies are required to make available to the public that specify in detail the information required for an application, those revisions may apply to pending applications.	True False
11.	Public agencies may not require an applicant to submit at the initial application stage all of the information required by the agency to take final action on the project.	True False
12.	Agencies may require that applicants waive, or agree to extend, the time limits governing applications for development projects as a condition of processing the application or as a condition of receiving approval.	True False
13.	PSA applies to permits for projects that do not involve the exercise of governmental discretion.	True False
14.	Deemed approved permit status may be conferred only after the public agency is provided with notice and an opportunity to hold a public hearing on the permit.	True False
15.	A "deemed approved" permit confers the same privileges and entitlements as a duly issued permit.	True False

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