Bypass Farms Pump Station
Summary
SCH Number
2023100424
Public Agency
Yolo County
Document Title
Bypass Farms Pump Station
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/16/2023
Document Description
The Project Applicant will obtain a building permit to construct an elevated pump station (approx. 41 ft. elevation) to provide water for agricultural irrigation. The proposed pump station will include an approximately 320 sq. ft. steel platform that will be constructed at least one foot above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) as required per the County’s Flood Protection Ordinance, consistent with FEMA requirements for developing in a floodplain. The new platform will be accompanied by platform stairs for operation and maintenance, a new electrical service to power the lift pump, as well as two 160-foot-long discharge pipes (16” and 18” diameter, respectively) and two pumps.
Contact Information
Name
Tracy Gonzalez
Agency Name
County of Yolo
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
County Road 107 and County Road 16
Zip
95691
Total Acres
60
Parcel #
057-030-002 and 057-030-003
Waterways
Sacramento River, Feather River, Tule Canal, and Cross Canal
Township
11N
Range
3E
Section
27
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15268 for Ministerial Projects
Reasons for Exemption
The Project falls under the statutory exemption, per Section 15268(a) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines, that states: Ministerial projects are exempt from the requirements of CEQA. The determination for what is “ministerial” can most appropriately be made by the particular public agency involved based upon its analysis of its own laws, and each public agency should make such determination either as part of its implementing regulations or on a case-by-case basis.
Per Section 15369 of the CEQA Guidelines, a building permit is considered ministerial if the ordinance requiring the permit limits the public official to determining whether the zoning allows the structure to be built in the requested location, the structure would meet the strength requirements in the Uniform Building Code, and the applicant has paid his fee. In the absence of any discretionary provision contained in the local ordinance or other law, the issuance of a building permit is presumed to be a ministerial action under Section 15268(b)(1) of the CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
Yolo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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