Interim Objective Design Standards and Interim Design Standards and Guidelines
Summary
SCH Number
2024120099
Public Agency
El Dorado County
Document Title
Interim Objective Design Standards and Interim Design Standards and Guidelines
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/4/2024
Document Description
The project consists of adopting Interim Objective Design Standards for state streamlined, ministerial projects and Interim Design Standards and Guidelines for multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial projects in the County’s Community Regions and Rural Centers.
Contact Information
Name
ANNA QUAN
Agency Name
County of El Dorado
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
State Highways
U.S. Highway 50
Other Location Info
El Dorado County’s Community Regions (i.e., El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, El Dorado / Diamond Springs, Shingle Springs, and Placerville) and Rural Centers (i.e., Camino, Cedar Grove, Coloma, Cool, Fairplay, Garden Valley, Greenwood, Georgetown, Grey’s Corner, Grizzly Flat, Kelsey, Kyburz, Latrobe, Little Norway, Lotus, Mosquito, Mount Ralston, Mt. Aukum, Nashville, Oak Hill, Phillips, Pilot Hill, Pleasant Valley, Pollock Pines, Quintette, Rescue, Somerset, Strawberry, and Chrome Ridge).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 refers to areas with an average slope of less than 20% and where there are no proposed changes in land use or density. The proposed interim design standards do not propose any changes to land use or density, and the lands zoned for multifamily, mixed-use, or commercial projects in Community Regions and Rural Centers are located on relatively flat lands with average slopes less than 20%. CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 refers to actions by regulatory agencies to protect the environment. The two sets of interim design standards require common outdoor areas for multifamily and mixed-use projects and requires wildlife-friendly fencing for projects adjacent to open space. The Interim Design Standards and Guidelines encourages bioswales and access to bike trails and public transportation. The interim design standards also qualify for exemption under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and Section 15378; there is no direct or reasonably indirect physical change in the environment, since the proposed standards would not change the locations, allowed uses, or densities of development projects.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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