Security Improvements at Shelter Island Harbor Police Building
Summary
SCH Number
2024100932
Public Agency
San Diego Unified Port District
Document Title
Security Improvements at Shelter Island Harbor Police Building
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/22/2024
Document Description
The proposed project would involve safety and security improvements at the Shelter Island Harbor Police Building in the city of San Diego, California. The proposed project would consist of the removal and replacement of existing doors with full vision and flush panel steel doors, the replacement of deteriorated windowsills, and interior backglazing of existing sidelights and windows to bulletproof the current facility. In total, the removal and replacement for the proposed project would result in the installation of approximately seven (7) doors, four (4) sidelight windows, nineteen (19) windows, and five (5) cut-to-size fiber glass panels across various openings at the Shelter Island Harbor Police Building. The new steel doors and deteriorated windowsills would be replaced in-kind and painted to match those previously existing. The proposed project would not result in a change to the exterior appearance of the existing facility.
Construction of the proposed project is anticipated to occur November 2024 and would take approximately thirty (30) days to complete. Work would be conducted during the work hours of approximately 7am-3:30pm Monday through Friday, though the building would remain open and operating during construction. Due to its nature and limited scope, construction of the proposed project would generate a minor amount of vehicle trips and would require limited use of equipment. Therefore, impacts related to air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and transportation and traffic are not anticipated to occur. Furthermore, the applicant would be responsible for complying with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding construction demolition debris, noise, hazards and hazardous materials, and stormwater.
Contact Information
Name
Davin Cox
Agency Name
San Diego Unified Port District
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
1401 Shelter Island Dr
Zip
92106
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 Existing Facilities (Class 1); 15302 Replacement or Reconstruction (Class 2)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is determined to be Categorically Exempt pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) and Sections 3.a. and 3.b. of the District’s Guidelines for Compliance with CEQA because the proposed project would consist of the removal and replacement of existing doors, sidelights, and office windows that would involve no expansion of use beyond that previously existing. Section 3.a. and 3.b. of the District’s CEQA Guidelines are as follows:
3.a. Existing Facilities: Includes operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing, including but not limited to:
(3) Interior and exterior remodeling or alterations, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing, including, but not limited to, marine terminal facilities, and marine-oriented commercial, industrial, and public and commercial recreational facilities, including buildings, piers, wharves, marine wats; railroads; airport facilities, runways, taxiways, aprons, and ancillary structures to those facilities; or mechanical systems and equipment;
AND/OR
3.b. Replacement or Reconstruction: Includes replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure being replaced. This exemption includes, but is not limited to:
(2) Replacement or reconstruction of marine terminal facilities, and marine-oriented commercial, industrial, and public and commercial recreational facilities, including buildings, piers, piles, wharves, marine ways; railroads; airport facilities, runways, taxiways, aprons, and ancillary structures to those facilities; electrical and mechanical systems and equipment; where the new structure will be on essentially the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
The Shelter Island Harbor Police building is more than 45 years old, but the project site is not listed on any National, State, or City of San Diego historic registers. Therefore, the project site's historical resource status under CEQA remains undetermined. The District has determined that there would not be a substantial adverse change to any potentially historic resource because the proposed project would merely involve in-kind replacement of existing doors, sidelights, and the interior backglazing of office windows; exterior improvements would be painted to match that previously existing. The original doors and windows were replaced at the Shelter Island Harbor Police Building in 2015, and the previous project was determined Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA on October 12, 2015 (Project No. 2015-149). Therefore, the proposed project would not substantially alter the exterior appearance of the facility and would not materially impair the architectural integrity nor the historical significance of this potentially historic resource.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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