Muir Woods Park Evacuation Route and Defensible Space Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025071282
Public Agency
Marin County Fire Department
(MCFD)
Document Title
Muir Woods Park Evacuation Route and Defensible Space Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/31/2025
Document Description
The purpose of the proposed project is to establish and maintain a defensible space zone and improve ingress/egress along the perimeter of the Muir Woods Park between homes and open space areas. The proposed project would reduce wildfire intensity, ember production, and rate of spread in the event of ignition in the wildland or built environment. By increasing defensible space between structures and open space, the proposed project would also improve safety for firefighting and emergency personnel while engaged in fire suppression during a wildfire and extend evacuation times for the community.
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Reeser
Agency Name
Marin County Fire Department
Job Title
Battalion Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Mill Valley
Counties
Marin
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Edgewood Avenue
Zip
94941
Total Acres
22.6
State Highways
Hwy 1, Hwy 101
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304(i). Minor alterations to land for fuel management activities. 15301. Existing facilities maintenance and minor alt
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15304, Class 4 for Minor Alterations to Land and Section 15301, Class 1, for Existing Facilities. A Class 4 exempt project consists of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes. A Class 1 exempt project consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The proposed project would
involve fuels treatment by removing and thinning vegetation within 100 feet of structures and within 25 feet of the road edge. The scope of the proposed project is consistent with a minor alteration to the condition of the vegetation along the routes and maintenance of the existing roadways, as shown in Figure 1.
Additionally, no healthy, mature, scenic trees would be removed; no work would take place within sensitive habitat, including wetlands or waterways; and no ground disturbance, such as excavation, would take place. There are no facts or circumstances specific to this project that would support an exception to the categorical exemption. No exceptions listed under Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Marin
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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