Special Use Permit No. PSP 23-130
Summary
SCH Number
2024061291
Public Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Special Use Permit No. PSP 23-130
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/28/2024
Document Description
Special Use Permit No. PSP 23-130 requests to allow an existing milking bam at a dairy (that is ceasing operations as a dairy) to be converted into a custom slaughterhouse for swine in the AE-40 (Exclusive Agricultural - 40 Acre Minimum) Zone. The beneficiaries of the project are the Applicant; the Communities of Pixley, Poplar, & Tipton, and Tulare County.
Contact Information
Name
Sandy
Agency Name
Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area, Tipton
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
300-050-024
Township
22S
Range
25E
Section
9
Other Location Info
13415 Road 136, Tipton, CA
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense Rule: CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Based on Supporting CEQA Analysis for this Project the proposed project is consistent with the criteria outlined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
The change of the use of the property as a bovine daiiy facility with 1,400 cows to a custom slaughter house with 125 swine significantly reduces environmental impacts related to Air Quality, Hydrology/Water Quality, and Traffic. Changing from 1,400 cows (1,400 Animal Units) to 125 Pigs (62.5 Animal Units) would be a reduction in Animal Units of approximately 95.54 percent. As the Project would generate less than 1,506 vehicle trips per day, it falls below the Air District's Small Project Analysis Level (SPAL) regarding assessing Air Quality Impacts. The total amount that water usage would be reduced is 98.58 percent. The proposed Project would reduce the number of trips per month by 2,752, which is an 87.72 percent reduction in the number of trips per month. The trips per year would be reduced from 37,644 to 4,620. The daily trips would be reduced from 103 to 13.
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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