What is the test for ministerial discretion in making a land use decision?

measurements have been met." ( Id. at p. 623, 51 Cal.Rptr.3d 797.) In other words, land use decisions that require a public official to exercise judgment are discretionary and require notice and a hearing. Actions which require a public officer to perform "in a prescribed manner in obedience to the mandate of legal authority" without regard to his or her own judgment are ministerial and do not trigger due process protections. ( Rodriguez v. Solis (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 495, 501, 2 Cal.Rptr.2d 50.)