of the Streets and Highways Code section 180 et seq. Finally, exemptions shall not be applied in the following circumstances: (1) A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may result in damage to scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway. 6. The numbers of structures described in this section are the maximum allowable on any legal parcel. Addition and removal of trees and other plant materials on private property does not require a permit. (i) Fuel management activities within 30 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. This Class, as a whole, includes a wide range of activities concerning existing structures and facilities. and such notices shall be posted within 24 hours of receipt in the Development of pedestrian plazas or arcades in public rights-of-way when existing vehicular traffic will not be affected. a categorical exemption is conditioned by limitations defined in the In urbanized areas, up to three single-family residences may be demolished under this exemption. Please see the Emergency Projects and Environmental Compliance pagefor additional information. Such exceptions may apply under the following circumstances: If a project is not statutorily exempt and a categorical exemption does not apply, it may qualify for the common sense exemption (CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3)). The project involves no expansion of use, and no exceptions to the CEQA exemption apply to the activities being approved. Existing Facilities Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Seismic work on highways and bridges pursuant to Section 180.2 Such actions include, but are not limited to, the following: 14. It must be observed that categorical exemptions are to be applied only where projects have not already been excluded from CEQA on some other basis. Certain new structures and facilities, and expansions, are covered by subsequent Classes. (2) A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project located on a site which is included on any list of hazardous waste sites compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. Feasibility and planning studies and certain emergency projects also are excluded, and private activities having no involvement by government are not "projects" within the meaning of CEQA. 10. a. Cleaning and other maintenance of all facilities. Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines entails changes to existing facilities. Accessory structures for any residential structures and for some new non-residential structures are exempt under Class 3(e). The NOEshall be filed only after the project has been approved (CEQA Guidelines Section 15062). The term "operation" includes all running and management of existing structures, facilities and programs, including continuing legal non-conforming uses beyond the original termination date whether such running and management has physical effects or not, and whether or not the activities are continuous. This section is limited to dwelling units and to no more than one building even when the number of units in two or more buildings totals less than six. Class 1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, existing facility Reasons for Exemption. Relation to Ministerial Projects Click the card to flip Definition 1 / 4 Sec 21080 of Public Resources Street furniture: planter boxes, vending stands, benches, bicycle racks, litter boxes, telephone booths, interpretive signs. 14952, August 17, 2000]. law to the facts as presented but uses no special discretion or judgment Replacement of transit vehicle tracks and cable car cables, with no alteration of grade or alignment. 15301 Reasons for Exemption Class 1 Existing Facility: The project is categorically exempt from CEQA under the Class 1 (14 CCR 15301) exemption per the WebExamples of Categorical exemption in a sentence. Document the use of the common sense exemption on the CE/CE form. 
that a project on the State Highway System is exempt from CEQA and has signed the CE/CE form, a Notice of Exemption (NOE) must be filed with the SCH. Section 15301 lists six different examples of the projects that would be expected to fall within Class 1. ): Existing facilities; 
Class 7 consists of actions taken by regulatory agencies as authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. (c) A store, motel, office, restaurant and/or similar small commercial structures not involving the use of significant amounts of hazardous substances, and not exceeding 2,500 square feet in floor area. State Water Project (SWP) long-term water supply contracts include provisions for delivery within SWP place of use, including transfers between SWP contractors. When considered together with Classes 1(d), 3, and 11, it must be deemed to include replacement and reconstruction of industrial, institutional, and public structures and facilities within the limitations stated, including construction undertaken to meet seismic safety standards. (c) New power lines to connect the generating facilities to existing power lines will not exceed one mile in length if located on a new right of way and will not be located adjacent to a wild or scenic river. If expansion is contemplated or made possible by the replacement or reconstruction, this Class is not applicable, although Class 3(c) may apply. (a) Employee wages, The types of "existing facilities" itemized below are not intended to be all-inclusive of the types of projects which might fall within Class 1. This exemption shall apply to fuel management activities within 100 feet of a structure if the public agency having fire protection responsibility for the area has determined that 100 feet of fuel clearance is required due to extra hazardous fire conditions. Construction activities are not included in this exemption. (c) Construction activities undertaken by the public agency taking the enforcement or revocation action are not included in this exemption. Class 1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, existing facility Reasons for Exemption. Sec 21080 of Public Resources Code exempts from the application of CEQA those projects which public agencies exercise only ministerial authority. Therefore, categorical exemptions should be applied only where a project is not ministerial under a public agency's statutes and ordinances. 15300.1. Relation to Ministerial Projects formcan be used to describe the project and indicate that it is 
period of 30 days. The proponent must understand that work undertaken may be halted, and the exemption revoked, if the work is not being performed consistent with the Standards as originally defined. This item includes temporary structures associated with public events of up to a two-week duration, such as music festivals, and includes sporting events, such as the ESPN Extreme Games (X-Games), on public and/or private property. Installation and alteration of signs are ministerial and therefore exempt from CEQA, except for signs on designated landmarks or in historic districts, signs on sites regulated by prior stipulations under the City Planning Code, and signs that are part of a larger project requiring environmental review. When Caltrans is the CEQA lead agency, filing the NOE with the county clerk is optional. (p) Use of a single-family residence as a small family day care home, as defined in Section 1596.78 of the Health and Safety Code. Classes 25(b) and (d) will seldom apply in the City and County of San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco meets the definition of an "urbanized area" (CEQA Guidelines Section 15387).Examples of this exemption include but are not limited to: Replacement of stairways using similar materials. Conversion of a single-family dwelling to office use is covered under item (n) below. effect on the environment and are considered exempt from except with respect to improvements required as mitigation for projects (b) Issuance of minor encroachment permits. Where there is a reasonable possibility of a significant effect due to unusual circumstances surrounding the project, it is not exempt even if it clearly fits one of the categories. Projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a public agency Department of City Planning Permits: carnival, booth, sale of Christmas trees, or other ornamental holiday plants; placement of temporary buildings during construction; rental or sales office, all as specified in Sections 205.1 and 205.2 of the City Planning Code. (Creation of bicycle lanes is covered under Class 4(h) below.) A project that is ordinarily insignificant 
Replacement of street lighting may be exempted under Class 1(c)(8) above. flood, storm, earthquake, land subsidence, gradual earth movement, Informal consultation and further environmental studies may need to be initiated with applicable resource agencies, such as the U.S. Tit. (f) Minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored. The project is located on an existing electricity line right of way and involves removal and replacement of a distribution pole. Note that it is the former use of the property, not its zoning status, which is determinative in deciding whether a change of use will be exempted under this item. 
This item is applicable to schools at which attendance satisfies the requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of California. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: CEQA Exemption 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15303 (New Construction) ENTITY MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: City of San Diego STATEMENT SUPPORTING REASON FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City of San CLASS 8: ACTIONS BY REGULATORY AGENCIES FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. CLASS 24: REGULATIONS OF WORKING CONDITIONS. (Sections 15301 to 15333 of the CEQA Guidelines) The City of Morgan Hill does not regularly use the Class 32 CEQA Exemption because the majority of housing projects in the City do not qualify for that exemption. However, even if the surplus property to be sold is located in any of those areas, its sale is exempt if: Parking lots are in many cases subject to conditional use review, as either independent or accessory uses. In the list that follows, the classes set forth in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 - 15332 are shownin bold italics,with further elaboration or explanation for applying these exemptions in San Francisco shown in normal upper- and lower-case type. State type and section number: Statutory Exemptions. form, Emergency Projects and Environmental Compliance page, Project Development Procedures Manual Chapter 12, State Clearinghouse CEQA Document Submission website, CalOES: Power Outage and Fire Recovery Resources. Facilities included within this exemption include, but are not limited to, racetracks, stadiums, convention centers, auditoriums, amphitheaters, planetariums, swimming pools, and amusement parks. (a) Annexations to a city or special district of areas containing existing public or private structures developed to the density allowed by the current zoning or pre-zoning of either the gaining or losing governmental agency whichever is more restrictive, provided, however, that the extension of utility services to the existing facilities would have a capacity to serve only the existing facilities. (o) Installation, in an existing facility occupied by a medical waste generator, of a steam sterilization unit for the treatment of medical waste generated by that facility provided that the unit is installed and operated in accordance with the Medical Waste Management Act (Section 117600, et seq., of the Health and Safety Code) and accepts no off-site waste. Section 15301 lists six different examples of the projects that would be expected to fall within Class 1. CEQA are found either in the statute itself or the CEQA Guidelines (Sections 15260-15285) and may be cross-referenced CLASS 13: ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PURPOSES. Second, all classes of exemption are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place over time is significant -- for example, annual additions to an existing building under Class 1. 12. Web Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the 2021 Programmatic Agreement Between the FHWA and Caltrans for projects that do not meet the definition of highway projects under 23 CFR 773.103 and that qualify for a CE under 23 CFR 771.117 Senior Environmental Planner or Environmental Branch Chief Print Name Signature Date Project Manager / DLA Engineer (e) Excavation and/or off site disposal of contaminated soils or sludges in regulated units; The public official merely applies the classes of projects which have been determined not to have a significant It must be observed that categorical exemptions are to be applied only where projects have not already been excluded from CEQA on some other basis. Projects covered under this category that involve the transfer of ownership of interest in land may also be exempt under Class 25. Guidelines and by the statutory authorization limiting such exemptions CLASS 22: EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING PROGRAMS INVOLVING NO PHYSICAL CHANGES. (c) Existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities (this includes road grading for the purpose of public safety). 5. Grading in connection with demolition is categorically exempt only as stated under Class 4. Certain utilities under the jurisdiction of the State Public Utilities Commission are not subject to local control and therefore do not require local environmental review. Street reconstruction within existing curb lines. WebPlayground Categorical Exemption from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to Article III, Section 1, Class 11(5) 19, Sections 15301(a), 15302, 15304(b) and 15304(f) of California CEQA Guidelines . The NOE serves as public notice that a project that is exempt from CEQA has been approved. The CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations) are administrative regulations governing implementation of A brief statement of reasons to support the finding. In the downtown area, parking lots of up to approximately 50 parking spaces are considered small and are therefore exempt. WebPlayground Categorical Exemption from the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to Article III, Section 1, Class 11(5) [Placement of a Sign Located on City Property Managed by a City Department which 15301(a), 15302, 15304(b) and 15304(f) of California CEQA Guidelines . have identified, pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5, as Minor temporary uses of land are exempt under Classes 4(e) and 11(c). or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster in a [Revised and Adopted by the San Francisco Planning Commission Resolution No. (d) Water main, sewage, electrical, gas, and other utility extensions, including street improvements, of reasonable length to serve such construction. Such uses might have certain temporary effects of a nuisance nature, but such effects are to be controlled by the regulatory department issuing permits for such uses. (i) Construction of interim or emergency ground water treatment systems; Water supply reservoirs under this item supplement the water systems under Class 1(b) above. 
(3) The use of the property and adjacent property has not changed since the time of purchase by the public agency. 21080(b)(l); 15268); D Declared Emergency (Sec. The types of utilities covered under this item are indicated under Class 1(b). Occasional temporary facilities set up at City museums and on piers along the Port of San Francisco waterfront to accommodate special exhibits and events are included in this Class. The review process pursuant to CEQA. Where public services are already available for the maximum development allowable and where the area is not historically significant, or subject to landslide hazard, the 10,000-square-foot addition will normally apply in San Francisco. Street openings for the purpose of work under this item are included in this Class. 
Major Development Agreements and Projects, Historic Preservation Commission Hearings. place will result in cumulative impacts; There are "unusual circumstances" Much of the work included under this item and others in this Class is ministerial in the case of private structures and facilities and is therefore not subject to CEQA. (2) The property to be sold would qualify for an exemption under any other class of categorical exemption in these guidelines; or Sales of surplus land may be physical actions, but most such sales are exempt under this Class. Class 17 consists of the establishment of agricultural preserves, the making and renewing of open space contracts under the Williamson Act, or the acceptance of easements or fee interests in order to maintain the open space character of the area. CLASS 30: MINOR ACTIONS TO PREVENT, MINIMIZE, STABILIZE, MITIGATE OR ELIMINATE THE RELEASE OR THREAT OF RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. (b) At commercial and industrial facilities, the installation of cogeneration facilities will be exempt if the installation will: WebSection 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines entails changes to existing facilities. (A) The project is in an area where all public services and facilities are available to allow for maximum development permissible in the General Plan and All actions must be consistent with applicable state and local environmental permitting requirements including, but not limited to, air quality rules such as those governing volatile organic compounds and water quality standards, and approved by the regulatory body with jurisdiction over the site. Class 10 consists of loans made by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Veterans Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1943, mortgages for the purchase of existing structures where the loan will not be used for new construction and the purchase of such mortgages by financial institutions. The responsible agency must certify that it reviewed and considered the information contained in the lead agency's CEQA document. In urbanized areas, this exemption applies to duplexes and similar structures where no more than six dwelling units will be demolished. Copies of all such notices shall be available for public inspection This chapter discusses the criteria that a project must meet to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the preparation and processing of the Categorical Exemption (CE) documentation for Caltrans projects. Motels and commercial structures are covered in Class 3(c) below. Most sales of surplus property other than land are non-physical actions, but such sales may also include sale of buildings for removal from the site and sale of transportation equipment. (d)) and that the construction of the new building was exempt as a residential structure totaling no more than four dwelling units. The project involves no expansion of use, and no exceptions to the CEQA exemption apply to the activities being approved. Accessory structures for existing nonresidential structures are covered by Class 11. (b) A duplex or similar multi-family residential structure totaling no more than four dwelling units. 1. (e) Additions to existing structures provided that the addition will not result in an increase of more than: SMUD has reviewed and determined that the Project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities), 15303 (New Construction), 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), and Section 15061 (d) Repair or reconstruction of the diversion structure will not raise the normal maximum surface elevation of the impoundment. The Secretary of the California Resources Agency has determined that the projects in these classes do not have significant effect on the environment, and therefore are categorically exempt from CEQA. 14 CCR 15300-15333 Yes Is the project precluded from being a Categorical Exemption because of any of the exceptions to the exemptions? 14 CCR 15300.2 No Document the Categorical Caltrans documents its determination that a project meets the criteria of a categorical exemption by completing the CE/CE form and retaining it in the project file. As stated in the CEQA Guidelines, the key consideration for applying this exemption is whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of use. for which negative declarations or EIRs have been prepared; The project is located on a site that the Department of Toxic Section 15061(b)(3) Describes the common sense exemption (formerly the general rule) that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Section 15062 Describes the procedures for, and advantages of, filing a Notice of Exemption These classes are known as categorical exemptions. However, In many cases more than one item in the Class will apply to the same project. Class 29 consists of the installation of cogeneration equipment with a capacity of 50 megawatts or less at existing facilities meeting the conditions described in this section. 15301. In (h) Pumping of leaking ponds into an enclosed container; (3) Be contiguous to other commercial or institutional structures. a preservation architect), a process/procedure (e.g. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife with regard to the fish and wildlife of the state, to designated rare or endangered native plants, and to game refuges, ecological reserves, and other areas administered by the department; The State Lands Commission with regard to state owned "sovereign" lands such as the beds of navigable waters and state school lands; The State Department of Parks and Recreation with regard to units of the State Park System; The University of California with regard to sites within the Natural Land and Water Reserves System. The California Legislature has the power to create exemptions from Such maintenance pertains primarily to existing landscaping, but when combined with Classes 2 and 4(b), this item includes replacement with similar landscaping. Substances Control and the Secretary of the Environmental Protection or similar resources, within an officially designated scenic highway, CLASS 26: ACQUISITION OF HOUSING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (c) Placement of seasonal or temporary use items such as lifeguard towers, mobile food units, portable restrooms, or similar items in generally the same locations from time to time in publicly owned parks, stadiums, or other facilities designed for public use. Web15300.3. facility extensions not to exceed four miles in length which are required Use of street and sidewalk space during construction. of Historic Preservation pursuant to Section 5028 (b) of Public Resources The District/Region Senior Environmental Planner decides whether a project is eligible for a categorical exemption as part of the preliminary review of the project. (a) Removal of sealed, non-leaking drums or barrels of hazardous waste or substances that have been stabilized, containerized and are designated for a lawfully permitted destination; or commuter service on high-occupancy vehicle lanes already in use, be completed and shall include: The CE/CE form must be retained in the Project file along with any documentation Acquisition of land for parks that is not in its natural condition may also be exempt under Class 8, and development of parks may be exempt under Class 4(b). Removal of dead, seriously damaged, and incurably diseased trees is exempt under this Class. Transfer of portions of undeveloped streets to the Recreation and Park Department for development as a park is exempt under this Class. Web15301, 15302, 15303, 15304(b), 15304(f ) and 15311 of California CEQA Guidelines . State code number: _____ Reasons why project is 
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