Major Design Review (DR) 24-008 – Mammoth Hospital North Wing Replacement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025040829
Public Agency
City of Mammoth Lakes
Document Title
Major Design Review (DR) 24-008 – Mammoth Hospital North Wing Replacement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/16/2025
Document Description
Major Design Review (DR) 24-008 for the Mammoth Hospital North Wing Replacement project consists of the construction of a new 60,788 square foot acute care medical services building and associated site improvements for parking, sidewalk, landscape, solid waste disposal, and utility areas. The building is designed as a steel brace & concrete structure, which is reviewed and permitted by the State Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). The Project purpose is to modernize the hospital campus to comply with current State clinical and seismic safety requirements.
Contact Information
Name
Kim Cooke
Agency Name
Town of Mammoth Lakes Planning Division
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Mark Lind
Agency Name
Mammoth Hospital
Job Title
Chief Operating Officer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Mammoth Lakes
Counties
Mono
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Sierra Park Road and Tavern Road
Zip
93546
Total Acres
2.2
Jobs
4
Parcel #
035-010-065-000
State Highways
203
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Mammoth High School, Mammoth Middle School, Mammoth Elementary
Waterways
Mammoth Creek
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Class 2 -15302(a), Replacement or Reconstruction
Reasons for Exemption
The project was determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15302(a), Replacement or Reconstruction, because this specific categorical exemption is applicable to replacement or reconstruction of existing hospitals to provide earthquake resistant structures which do not increase capacity more than 50 percent.
Under the Class 2 exemption, a project is exempt from CEQA if it involves a “replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced ….” (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15302.) The Class 2 CEQA Exemption applies if the project (1) replaces or reconstructs an existing facility, (2) is located on the same site as the existing facility, (3) has the substantially same purpose as the existing facility, and (4) has the substantially same capacity as the existing facility. The proposed Project meets all four criteria.
None of the exceptions set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 are present, which would disqualify the project from using a categorical exemption. Therefore, since the project meets all the criteria pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(a), no additional environmental review is warranted or necessary and the CEQA exemption is appropriate.
County Clerk
Mono
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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