County-Initiated Amendments to the Ventura County General Plan - Notice of Exemption
Summary
SCH Number
2024120886
Public Agency
Ventura County
Document Title
County-Initiated Amendments to the Ventura County General Plan - Notice of Exemption
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/19/2024
Document Description
County-Initiated Amendments to the Ventura County General Plan - Notice of Exemption
Contact Information
Name
Todd Davis
Agency Name
County of Ventura Planning Division
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Ventura County
Counties
Ventura
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Unincorporated Ventura County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to CEQA (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) and the CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, California Code or Regulations, Division 6, Chapter 3, Section 15000 et seq.), the proposed project is subject to environmental review. The proposed GPA includes changes to the General Plan to provide clarity, correct typographical and grammatical errors, and incorporate references to the County's Hazard Mitigation Plan and commercial cannabis provisions set forth in the County's zoning ordinance. These changes do not have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment.
The policy change to the Thousand Oaks Area Plan regarding existing wireless communication facilities necessary for public safety is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the Class 1 categorical exemption for existing facilities (CEQA Guidelines Section 15301). The Class 1 categorical exemption "consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, or minor alteration of existing facilities, including privately owned communication utilities, involving negligible or no
expansion of use. The existing wireless communication facilities necessary for public safety that are the subject of the policy change are proposed to be exempted from the Area Plan height restriction at their permitted height as of the effective date of the proposed GPA. Therefore, the subject wireless communication facilities are part of the existing environmental setting, and no expansion of use is proposed by this project. The Planning Division has determined that no unusual circumstances or other exception set forth in CEQA Guidelines 15300.2 precludes use of this categorical exemption.
Regarding all other project components, none of the proposed General Plan changes could conceivably result in significant effects on the environment, individually or cumulatively, as they are all administrative in nature. The proposed GPA is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3). This section states that a project is exempt from CEQA when, "[t]he 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."
County Clerk
Ventura
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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