Old Town Pub Reroof (PLNG25-003)
Summary
SCH Number
2025080384
Public Agency
City of Elk Grove
Document Title
Old Town Pub Reroof (PLNG25-003)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/11/2025
Document Description
The Project consists of a Major Certificate of Appropriateness and Old Town Design Review Type 1 Amendment for an existing commercial historic building in the Old Town Historic District to modify the roofing material for the “Hayes Market” buildings located at 9032 Elk Grove Boulevard. The Applicant is requesting to change the front portion of the roofing from composition shingle roofing to metal roofing and to change the rear portion from metal roofing to composition shingle roofing. The amendment proposed herein related to the reroof will not affect the Hayes Residence at 9030 Elk Grove Boulevard or the commercial building at 9036 Elk Grove Boulevard.
Contact Information
Name
Kyra Killingsworth
Agency Name
City of Elk Grove
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Larry and Joanna Baker
Agency Name
The Sign Center
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Elk Grove
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide
Parcel #
125-0222-003, 125-0222-004
Other Location Info
Elk Grove, California
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption [15303] and [15331]
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA requires analysis of agency approvals of discretionary “projects.” A “project,” under CEQA, is defined as “the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment” (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). The proposed Project is a project under CEQA.
The Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, which applies to projects that consist 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 use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The Project consists of a Major Certificate of Appropriateness and an Old Town Design Review Type 1 Amendment for a reroof on an existing commercial building. The structure was built in the 1900’s for commercial use. From photos in 1980’s, it appears that the roofing material is shingles. The Applicant has installed a standing seam metal roof on the front portion of the building. The alteration is a modern material, but the exterior improvement will not alter the existing false front wood parapet or the gable roof which is stated in the DPR form as a significant architectural detail on the building. The current roof would not appear to change the overall historic character of the structure as most of the roof is hidden by the parapet.
State CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 provides that a categorical exemption, such as Section 15301, should not be used for a project which may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. While the Project here involves a historical resource, there is no substantial adverse change in the significance of the historical resource for the reasons stated in this Resolution and the accompanying staff report. Additionally, State CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b)(3) states that a project that follows the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings or the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings (1995), Weeks and Grimmer (“SOI Standards”), shall be considered as mitigated to a level of less than a significant impact on the historical resource. As the building rehabilitation is being undertaken consistent with the SOI Standards as described in the findings for the Major Certificate of Appropriateness, no special circumstances exist that would create a reasonable possibility that granting a Major Certificate of Appropriateness would create a significant adverse effect on the environment or the historical resource. (State CEQA Guidelines sections 15300.2 and 15064.5(b)(3))
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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