CUP-S-2025-0006
Summary
SCH Number
2025100791
Public Agency
City of Simi Valley
Document Title
CUP-S-2025-0006
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/17/2025
Document Description
Administrative Action to develop an outdoor play area for a church, including a shade structure, storage room, restrooms, ADA play equipment, and a multipurpose grass field.
Contact Information
Name
Stonebridge Community Church
Agency Name
Stonebridge Community Church
Job Title
Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Mark Nason
Agency Name
City of Simi Valley
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Simi Valley
Counties
Ventura
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
4832 E Cochran Street
Zip
93063
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, 15301
Reasons for Exemption
City staff has analyzed the project’s potential effects on the environment and has determined that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (“Existing Facilities”) and that none of the exceptions to the categorical exemptions contained in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 are applicable to the project.
Section 15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, titled “Existing Facilities,” reads as follows: “Class 1 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 use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. […] The key consideration is whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use.”
The construction of a 900-square-foot detached shade structure, a 285-square-foot attached restroom, and a 380-square-foot attached storage room located on a vacant portion of an existing religious facility site, constitute the minor alteration of an existing private facility, involving negligible expansion of the existing land use. Therefore, the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
Ventura
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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