Urgency Ordinance Exempting the Removal of Certain Dead, Diseased or Hazardous Trees from Discretionary Review in the Coastal Zone
Summary
SCH Number
2024010504
Public Agency
Mendocino County
Document Title
Urgency Ordinance Exempting the Removal of Certain Dead, Diseased or Hazardous Trees from Discretionary Review in the Coastal Zone
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/19/2024
Document Description
Notice of Exemption for an Urgency Ordinance exempting the removal of certain dead, diseased or hazardous trees from discretionary review in the Coastal Zone during the Local Emergencies related to climate change and tree mortality.
Contact Information
Name
Julia Krog
Agency Name
Mendocino County PBS
Job Title
Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Coastal Zone areas within unincorporated Mendocino County
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Emergency Project
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(4); 15269(b)(c)
Reasons for Exemption
Adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; “CEQA”) pursuant to the following: Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(4) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) as an action immediately necessary to mitigate or prevent an emergency because the Ordinance establishes streamlined review procedures for Hazardous Tree Removal to reduce wildfire risk related to the tree mortality emergency and assist in combating the climate change emergency and because the anticipated time to conduct environmental review would pose a grave risk to public health, safety, and welfare, and because the action is immediately necessary to allow property owners to remove dead, diseased or hazardous trees immediately as delay would similarly pose a grave risk to public health, safety, and welfare in the face of unprecedented tree mortality and a global climate emergency.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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