Minor and Technical Revisions to the County Code Provisions Governing New Vineyard and Orchard Development, Vineyard and Orchard Replanting, Agricultural and Co
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020120456
- Public Agency
- Sonoma County
- Document Title
- Minor and Technical Revisions to the County Code Provisions Governing New Vineyard and Orchard Development, Vineyard and Orchard Replanting, Agricultural and Co
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 12/23/2020
- Present Land Use
- Countywide
- Document Description
- The Sonoma County Code Is being amended to make minor and technical revisions to Chapter 3.6 (vineyard and orchard development and agricultural grading and drainage), Chapter 11 (construction grading and drainage) and Section 25B-3 (definitions for water well construction standards}.
- Contact Information
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Robert Aguero
Permit Sonoma
Lead/Public Agency
2550 Ventura Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone : (707) 565-1233
Robert.Aguero@sonoma-county.org -
Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures and Permit and Resource Management Department (Permit Sonoma}
Project Applicant
Location
- Counties
- Sonoma
- Regions
- Countywide
- Cross Streets
- Countywide
- Zip
- NA
- Total Acres
- NA
- Parcel #
- NA
- State Highways
- NA
- Railways
- NA
- Airports
- NA
- Schools
- NA
- Waterways
- NA
- Township
- NA
- Range
- NA
- Section
- NA
- Base
- NA
- Other Location Info
- Countywide
- Other Information
- NA
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Categorical Exemption, Section 15307,15308, and 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines
- Reasons for Exemption
- The proposed project Is categorically exempt from CEQA under Sections 15307 and 15308 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources and the Environment), These exemptions cover actions taken by regulatory agencies as authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration or enhancement of natural resources or the environment where the regulatory process Involves procedures for the protection of the environment. Construction activities and relaxation of standards allowing environmental degradation are not Included In these exemptions, The proposed project Is also exempt from CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because It can be seen with certainty that the project (ordinance) will have no significant impact on the environment. The basis for these determinations Is that the proposed project only makes changes to clarify and strengthen permit requirements, standards, and definitions In Chapter 36, Chapter 11, and Section 258-3 of the Sonoma County Code, and does not Involve construction or any other activity that could physically change the environment.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- Notice of Exemption VESCO PDF 73 K
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