Little Hills Ranch Dance Floor Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025060661
Public Agency
East Bay Regional Parks District
Document Title
Little Hills Ranch Dance Floor Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/16/2025
Document Description
The project aims to update the infrastructure at the Little Hills Weddings and Events center, which is aging and has reached the end of its useful life. The project will enhance safety and compliance by demolishing a concrete dance floor, retaining walls, and a swimming pool that is out of compliance with Contra Costa County health and safety Codes. It will involve the removal of associated pool equipment, including an equipment shed, pool related treatment tanks and a bocce court. The project includes the construction of a new, larger dance floor at the previous pool location. Additionally, the project includes re-grading for improved ADA accessibility and erosion control, and creating a large, landscaped area where the damaged dance patio was located, thus revitalizing the space for better utility and compliance.
Contact Information
Name
Drake Hebert
Agency Name
East Bay Regional Park District
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Contra Costa County
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Bollinger Canyon Road
Zip
94583
Parcel #
199020025
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project meets the requirements of a Class I Categorical Exemption – Existing Facilities in the CEQA Guidelines, where the project consists of “operation, repair, … or minor alternation of existing public of private structures…” and the work involves negligible or no expansion in use. The project would involve the removal of an existing pool and its associated equipment and moving the existing dancefloor to the area of the former pool, and the maintenance of existing slope erosion. The project would not expand capacity of the event space, add any new facilities, or involve work outside of previously disturbed areas. Therefore, the project is exempt under Class 1.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15302 Class 2
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project meets the requirements of a Class 2 Categorical Exemption – Replacement or Reconstruction. The project would demolish an existing pool and dance floor, and move the dance floor to the current site of the pool. The dance floor would be reconstructed on the same site as the existing dance floor, and the project would not expand the capacity of the existing event facility. Therefore, the Project is exempt under Class 2.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15304 Class 4
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project meets the requirements of a Class 4 Categorial Exemption – Minor Alterations to Land which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes. The project would not remove any trees. The project involves both temporary and permanent new landscaping, and the filing of the existing pool after demolition, which Section 15304 expressly allows. Therefore, the project is exempt under Class 4.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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