Approval of Final Map for Subdivision No. 9358 “Traditions at the Meadow”
Summary
SCH Number
2021080350
Public Agency
City of Martinez
Document Title
Approval of Final Map for Subdivision No. 9358 “Traditions at the Meadow”
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/19/2021
Document Description
Approval of Final Map with Subdivision Improvement Agreement (SIA) for
Subdivision No. 9358, a 65-unit residential development. Vesting tentative map was approved on June 6, 2018. The City Council approved the Final Map as modified with the SIA, and direction to staff and commissions regarding further implementation of the Final Map on August 18, 2021.
Contact Information
Name
Hector Rojas, Planning Manager
Agency Name
City of Martinez
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Trent Sanson
Agency Name
Vice President of Land Acquisition and Entitlements - DeNova Homes, Inc.
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Martinez
Counties
Contra Costa
Cross Streets
Vine Hill Way and Morello Avenue
Total Acres
26.77
Parcel #
162-020-019
State Highways
State Route 4
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15268(b)
Reasons for Exemption
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Section 21000, et seq. of the California Public Resources Code), requires analysis of agency approvals of discretionary “projects.” A “project,” under CEQA, is defined as “the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.”
The proposed Final Map is a project under CEQA. The adoption of the Final Map is exempt from CEQA under Section 15268(b) of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (State CEQA Guidelines). Section 15628(b) exempts ministerial approval by public agencies from CEQA. Final Maps are specifically cited as a type of ministerial permit. Therefore, this project qualifies for the identified exemption.
The direction to conduct further public input at public meetings regarding Parcel B park design is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Such direction has no potential for resulting in physical changes to the environment, directly or indirectly, because it consists of administrative activities to direct a public body to hold public meetings.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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