Urgency Ordinance Exempting Replacement Roofs and/or Roofmout Solar Energy Systems from Discretionary Review
Summary
SCH Number
2024010512
Public Agency
Mendocino County
Document Title
Urgency Ordinance Exempting Replacement Roofs and/or Roofmout Solar Energy Systems from Discretionary Review
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/19/2024
Document Description
Notice of Exemption for Urgency Ordinance exempting replacement roofs and/or roofmount solar energy systems from discretionary review in the Coastal Zone during the Local Emergency related to climate change.
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
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301 Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as minor alteration to an existing facility that involves negligible or no expansion of existing use, including exterior alterations such as Replacement Roofs and/or roof-mounted solar energy systems. Adoption of this urgency ordinance will only have the impact of more swiftly allowing for installation of improvements already determined to be statutorily and categorically exempt from CEQA review, and the swift installation of Replacement Roofs, as defined by this ordinance, could not have a cumulatively significant impact because the Replacement Roof will be of the same colors and materials as the existing roof.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
21080.35
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 21080.35 exempts solar energy systems that are located on the roof of an existing building and this Ordinance is only applicable to solar energy systems that are roof-mounted on an existing building. Adoption of this urgency ordinance will only have the impact of more swiftly allowing for installation of improvements already determined to be statutorily and categorically exempt from CEQA review, and the swift installation of Replacement Roofs, as defined by this ordinance, could not have a cumulatively significant impact because the Replacement Roof will be of the same colors and materials as the existing roof.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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