2024 Safety Element Update
Summary
SCH Number
2025020828
Public Agency
City of Arvin
Document Title
2024 Safety Element Update
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/24/2025
Document Description
Amend the General Plan by Adopting the 2024 Safety Element Incorporating 2020 Kern County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan - The purpose of the Safety Element is to reduce the potential risk of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation resulting from natural and human-induced hazards. The Safety Element establishes preventative and responsive policies and programs to mitigate the potential impacts associated with hazards that may affect the City of Arvin. This Element along with the 2020 Kern County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) addresses geologic and seismic hazards, flood hazards, fire hazards, hazardous materials, and emergency preparedness and response planning.
Contact Information
Name
Jake Raper
Agency Name
City of Arvin - Planning
Job Title
Project Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Arvin
Counties
Kern
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
City Wide
Zip
93203
Total Acres
2560
Parcel #
various
State Highways
Hwy 223
Railways
Southern Pacific Railroad
Airports
N/A
Schools
Arvin High School
Waterways
N/A
Township
31 S
Range
29 E
Section
26
Other Location Info
City Wide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061
Reasons for Exemption
The 2024 Safety Element update can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it will have a significant effect on the environment, The 2024 Safety Element establishes policies to reduce natural hazards that may occur within the City. The 2024 Safety Element update programs and policies are city wide. No scenic highway or resources; no hazardous waste site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code; no physical development; no structures are to be demolished due to the adoption of the Safety Element; nor would the adoption of the Safety Element have a significant adverse impact on a historic resource. The City Council finds that none of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to the adoption of the Safety Element
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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