City of Lompoc Annual Operations and Maintenance Plan, Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Summary
SCH Number
2025060853
Public Agency
City of Lompoc
Document Title
City of Lompoc Annual Operations and Maintenance Plan, Fiscal Year 2025-2026
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/18/2025
Document Description
The following Notice of Exemption (NOE) covers activities as described in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines. Any Department or Division may qualify for this exemption, as long as the work proposed meets the description as it is included in these guidelines and is not subject to any of the exceptions found in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA guidelines. Exceptions include project locations where impacts to hazardous or critical environmental resources may be impacted; projects where there are potentially significant cumulative impacts; projects which may damage scenic resources; hazardous waste sites; sites with historical resources. While these identified descriptions do not directly relate to all activities of each Department or Division, any activity that falls under one or more of the included descriptions could qualify as exempt.
Contact Information
Name
Greg Stones
Agency Name
City of Lompoc
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Cecilia Ceja
Agency Name
City of Lompoc
Job Title
Development Services Assistant
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Lompoc
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
City wide
Zip
93436
Total Acres
11
State Highways
1 and 246
Railways
Southern Pacific Railroad
Airports
Lompoc Airport
Schools
Lompoc Unified School District
Waterways
Santa Ynez River
Township
LOMPOC
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
21084, 15300 to 15332
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed activities identified above and included in the Annual Operations and Maintenance Plan have been determined to be exempt from CEQA, based on their conformity with Sections 21084 and the Sections 15300 to 15332 found in the CEQA Guidelines.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301 – Class 1 – Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
The operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, with no expansion of use.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15302 – Class 2 – Replacement or Reconstruction
Reasons for Exemption
The replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site and have the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15303 – Class 3 – New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures
Reasons for Exemption
The construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures, installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and conversion of existing small structures from one use to another, where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304 – Class 4 – Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The minor alteration of land, water and/or vegetation, with no removal of healthy, mature trees
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15305 – Class 5 – Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations
Reasons for Exemption
Minor alteration in land use limitation on sites with < 20% slope and no change in use or density.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15305 – Class 6 – Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
Data collection and feasibility studies not involving physical impacts to natural resources or people.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15307 – Class 7 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources
Reasons for Exemption
Regulatory actions, as authorized by state law or local ordinance, with procedures to protect and assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15308 – Class 8 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment
Reasons for Exemption
Regulatory actions, as authorized by state law or local ordinance, with procedures to protect and assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource and the environment.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15309 – Class 9 – Inspections
Reasons for Exemption
Inspections of public and private properties and equipment to check for performance of an operation, or quality, health or safety, or code compliance. Inspections include, but are not limited to, compliance inspection activities conducted by Police, Fire, Building, Code Enforcement, Planning, CDBG, Redevelopment, Wastewater, and Storm Water.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15311 – Class 11 – Accessory Structures
Reasons for Exemption
Construction / placement of minor structures for public use on public property, accessory to existing facilities (signs, small parking lots, antennas, lifeguard towers, and portable restrooms).
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15312 – Class 12 – Surplus Government Property Sales
Reasons for Exemption
Sale of surplus City property, except for parcels located in areas of statewide, regional or area-wide significance.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15313 – Class 13 – Acquisition of Lands for Wildlife Conservation Purposes
Reasons for Exemption
Acquisition of lands for fish and wildlife conservation purposes.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15315 – Class 15 – Minor Land Divisions
Reasons for Exemption
Division of property into four or fewer conforming lots, when the division is not a part of a larger common plan of development and the property has a slope of less than 20%.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15316 – Class 16 – Transfer of Ownership in Land In Order To Create Parks
Reasons for Exemption
The acquisition, sale or other transfer of land to establish a park, where the land is in a natural condition or contains historical or archaeological resources, and a management plan has not been prepared or the area is to remain in a natural condition and/or will preserve historic or archaeological resources.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15317 – Class 17 – Open Space Contracts or Easements
Reasons for Exemption
Establishment of open space contracts or easements.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15320 – Class 20 – Changes in Organization of Local Agencies
Reasons for Exemption
Changes in local agency organization/reorganization to establish a subsidiary district, consolidate two or more districts with identical powers, or merge a city with a district wholly within the City.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15321 – Class 21 – Enforcement Actions by Regulatory Agencies
Reasons for Exemption
Enforcement or revocation of a permit, license, certificate or other entitlement-for-use adopted or prescribed by the regulatory agency, including, but not limited to: referral of a violation to the City Attorney; action to revoke a lease, permit, license certificate or entitlement for use, or enforcing the general rule, standard, or objective; and law enforcement activities by a peace officer acting under any law that provides a criminal sanction.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15322 – Class 22 – Educational and Training Programs Involving No Physical Changes
Reasons for Exemption
Adoption, alteration, or terminating educational or training programs, in existing structures, that do not involve exterior physical changes.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15323 – Class 23 – Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings:
Reasons for Exemption
Normal operations of existing facilities for public gatherings for which the facilities were designed, where the same or similar activity has occurred for the past three years, including, but not limited to, swimming pools and auditoriums.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15325 – Class 25 – Transfers of Ownership of Interest in Land to Preserve Existing Natural Conditions and Historic Resou
Reasons for Exemption
The transfer of ownership of interest in land to preserve open space, habitat or historic resources.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15326 – Class 26 – Acquisition of Housing for Housing Assistance Programs
Reasons for Exemption
Action by a Redevelopment Agency, Housing Authority, or other public agency to implement an adopted Housing Assistance Plan, by acquiring an interest in housing units that are either in existence, or possessing all required permits for construction at the time the agency makes its final decision to acquire the units.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15327 – Class 27 – Leasing New Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This exemption consists of leasing of newly-constructed or previously unoccupied, privately-owned facilities by a local agency, where the building’s construction was exempt from CEQA, as determined by the local lead agency.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15330 – Class 30 – Minor Actions to Prevent, Minimize, Stabilize, Mitigate or Eliminate the Release or Threat of Release
Reasons for Exemption
Minor clean-up actions to prevent, minimize, stabilize, mitigate or eliminate the release or threat of release of a hazardous waste or substance, which are small or medium removal actions costing $1 million or less, including, but not limited to maintenance of berms, dikes or surface impoundments, and proper removal and shipping of hazardous materials.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15331 – Class 31 – Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation
Reasons for Exemption
Maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995), Weeks and Grimmer.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15332 – Class 32 – Infill Development Projects
Reasons for Exemption
Infill development, meeting applicable requirements of the section.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15333 – Class 33 – Small Habitat Restoration Projects:
Reasons for Exemption
Small habitat restoration.
County Clerk
Santa Barbara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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