Notice of Exemption AppendixE
To: Office of Planning and Research
P.O. Box 3044, Room 113
Sacramento, CA 95812-3044
From: (Public Agency): _C_it _y_of_M_e_ r_c _ed___ __ _ 678 W. 18th Street
County Clerk Me rced, CA 95340
County of: _M_er_ce_d ____ _ (Address)
Project Title: General Plan Amendment #25-0001 and Zone Change #25-0002, and Env. Review #25-0006.
Project Applicant: Initiated by Stonefield Inc., on behalf of TRS Enterprises, Inc., property owner.
Project Location - Specific:
A five (5) acre portion of APN 061-710 .. 001 located south of E. ,Childs Ave., ap'prox. 780 feet east of the intersection of E. Childs Ave. and Coffee St.
Project Location - City: Merced Project Location - County: Merced Description of Nature, Purpose, and Beneficiaries of Project:
The General Plan Amendment would amend the General Plan Land Use designation from Neighborhood Commercial to Low Density Residential and change the Zoning designation from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to R-1-5 on a five (5) acre portion of (APN) 061-710-001. The General Plan Amendment and Zone Change would allow for the development of twenty-seven (27) single-family lots, previously approved for this site, by Tentative Subdivision Map #1263 ("Crossing at River Oaks").
Name of Public Agency Approving Project: City of Merced Name of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project: Stonefield Inc., on behalf of TRS Enterprises, Inc., property owner.
Exempt Status: (check one):
□ Ministerial (Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268);
□ Declared Emergency (Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a));
□ Emergency Project (Sec. 21080(b)(4); 15269(b)(c));
ciiia Categorical Exemption. State type and section number: Section 15061 {b}(3} Common Sense Exemption □ Statutory Exemptions. State code number: _________________ Reasons why project is exempt:
The project consists of a General Plan amendment from Neighborhood Commercial to Low Density Residential and a Zone change from Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) to R-1-5 to allow for the development of twenty-seven,(27) single-family lots on a ,five (5) acre portion of (APN) 061-710-001 located south of E. Childs Ave., approx. 780 feet east of the intersection of E. Childs Ave. and Coffee Street.
Staff has determined that the project is covered by the "common sense" exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing significant effect on the environment.
Where it can be seen with certainty that there is not possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment the activity is not subject to CEQA.
The project does not have the potential to cause significa,nt effect on the environment for the 1 ATTACHMENT 7