Gaucho Grill (PA23-0467. PA23-0499, and PA23-0500)
Summary
SCH Number
2025040156
Public Agency
City of Temecula
Document Title
Gaucho Grill (PA23-0467. PA23-0499, and PA23-0500)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/3/2025
Document Description
A Conditional Use Permit for a Type 47 License and a Modification (PA23-0499) and Certificate of Historical Appropriateness for exterior and interior modifications to an historic building (First National Bank Building) including exterior paint color changes
Contact Information
Name
Scott Cooper
Agency Name
City of Temecula
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Temecula
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Old Town Front Street
Zip
92590
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301 (Existing Facilities)
Reasons for Exemption
Under Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, Class 1, Existing Facilities, licensing and permitting that involves negligible or no changes in use qualify for a categorical exemption. Alcohol sales are incidental uses, and the sale of distilled spirits (on-sale) involves a negligible change in use and the project proposes only minor interior and exterior alterations of the existing building with no additional square footage added to the building. Additionally, all access and public utilities are available to the site, and the use is in conformance with all zoning requirements of the Development Code.
Moreover, the proposed project is also exempt from further environmental review pursuance to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the sale of alcohol to patrons or the minor building alterations may have a significant effect on the environment.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061 (b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Moreover, the proposed project is also exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seenwith certainty that there is no possibility that the sale of alcohol to patrons or the minor building alterations may have a significant ffict on the environment.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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