Inpatient Behavioral Health Treatment Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2024120388
Public Agency
Nevada County
Document Title
Inpatient Behavioral Health Treatment Facility
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/10/2024
Document Description
Nevada County Behavioral Health Department is proposing to build a 16-bed locked inpatient behavioral health treatment facility. The facility would be approximately 12,000 square feet in size and single story. This facility would be licensed by the Department of Health Care Services to provide two levels of care: acute care for people in an immediate crisis, and sub-acute care for people who are disabled by their mental illness to the point of being unable to safely care for themselves. This facility would provide treatment services including medication management, stabilization services and therapeutic interventions.
Contact Information
Name
Phebe Bell
Agency Name
Nevada County Behavioral Health
Job Title
Behavorial Health Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Maidu and Highway 49
Zip
95959
Total Acres
1 acre
State Highways
Highway 49
Schools
Nevada City Elementary
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5960.3
Reasons for Exemption
The project proposes to construct an approximately 12,000 square foot structure on a pre-graded lot within the County’s campus development located at 925 and 950 Maidu Avenue within the city limits of Nevada City. The proposed project meets the requirements of two CEQA categorical exemptions and a statutory exemption identified in the Welfare and Institutions Code as identified above. The project site has been graded for a number of years in anticipation of future County facility development. The site is located immediately adjacent to the County’s correctional facility and contains no significant vegetation, or watercourses, slopes or any other type of environmental resource. The project would not result in the taking of any endangered, rare or protected species. The traffic associated with the site would be minimal given the limited staff and patients proposed as par to the facility operation and the existing parking lots and roadways are adequately designed to accommodate the minimal increase in traffic anticipated. Noise from the facility would be minimal as all activities associated with the operation of the facility would be indoors and no outside uses are proposed. Lighting would be designed to be hooded and directed downward and would not spill offsite. There would be no odors, dust or other emissions associated with the project due to the nature of the project. The project would not create any significant environmental impacts and meets the requirements of Sections 15304, 15332 of the California Environmental Quality Act and the requirements of Section 5960.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code for a behavioral health facility to be exempted from further environmental review.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304, 15332
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15304, Minor Alterations to Land: Class 4 consists of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. Exempt activities include fuel management activities. Section 15332, (a) The project is consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations. (b) The proposed development occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses. (c) The project site has no value, as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. (d) Approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality. (e) The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services.
County Clerk
Nevada
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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