M2 Waterman RV Storage Project (PLNG23-018)

2024090230

City of Elk Grove

NOE - Notice of Exemption

9/9/2024

9/9/2024

Sarah Kirchgessner

City of Elk Grove

Senior Planner

Lead/Public Agency

8401 Laguna Palms Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758

(916) 478-2245

skirchgessner@elkgrovecity.org

134-0110-193 and 134-0110-188

9846 Waterman Road and 9250 Charolais Way

Other

Consistent With a Community Plan or Zoning [Section 15183(a)]

No further environmental review is required under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 (Consistency with a General Plan, Community Plan, or Zoning). State CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 (Public Resources Code §21083.3), provides that projects which are consistent with the development density established by an existing Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning for which an environmental impact report (EIR) has been certified “shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site.” In February 2019, an EIR was prepared and certified by the City Council as part of the Elk Grove General Plan (SCH# 2017062058). The Project is subject to the General Plan MMRP. The Project will result in a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.01 which is below the maximum FAR in the MP zone of 2.0. As the proposed use of “auto and vehicle storage” is conditionally allowed and the proposed development intensity is below the maximum FAR, the proposed Project will be consistent with the General Plan. As the proposed Project includes a conditionally allowed use within the allowed density range, the proposed Project is consistent with the General Plan The General Plan EIR relies on Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) as a measure of transportation impacts. A VMT analysis was prepared by Fehr and Peers for the Project, dated June 13, 2024, which determined that the Project would not exceed General Plan VMT limit for the Light Industrial zone or the City’s VMT limit for buildout condition. The Project shall comply with the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) for new nonresidential development, including CAP measures related to energy efficiency (BE-4), electric appliances (BE-6), off-road construction fleet (TACM-8), and electric vehicle charging (TACM-9). A Cultural Resources Study was prepared for the Project pursuant to the General Plan requirements. Conditions of approval to address accidental discovery have been placed on the Project. Additionally, a Biological Assessment was prepared for the Project site (Madrone Ecological Consulting, June 2024), which identified the site as foraging habitat for the Swainson’s Hawk. As the site was identified as suitable foraging habitat, the applicant shall comply with the Swainson’s Hawk mitigation measures set forth in EGMC Chapter 16.130 and shall conduct pre-construction surveys requirements if construction activities take place during the typical bird breeding/nesting season. These recommendations have been included as conditions of approval on the Project. No potential new impacts related to the Project have been identified that would necessitate further environmental review beyond the impacts and issues already disclosed and analyzed in the General Plan EIR. No other special circumstances exist that would create a reasonable possibility that the Project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, the prior EIR is sufficient to support the proposed action and pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, no further environmental review is required.