Petaluma Public Safety Facility (C11202431)
Summary
SCH Number
2025101394
Public Agency
City of Petaluma
Document Title
Petaluma Public Safety Facility (C11202431)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/28/2025
Document Description
The project proposes construction of a new public safety facility consisting of a 34-foot-tall, two-story building with approximately 43,469 square feet of floor area, four fire apparatus bays, 124 surface parking spaces, an accessory storage and utility structure, a community plaza, landscaping, offsite utility and circulation improvements, and a new 60-foot monopole antennae, including equipment and appurtenances to support emergency response. The new facility will fully replace the City's existing Police Station located at 969 Petaluma Blvd N and will serve as the primary location for all police operations and administrative functions including patrol, investigations, dispatch, records, training, and command staff functions. The facility will also be used by the City's Fire Department as an administrative headquarters and active fire station containing 12 dorm rooms for personnel and internal circulation providing direct access to four fire apparatus bays. During citywide emergencies, the facility will also serve as the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC), providing a central coordination point. Frontage and off-site improvements include pedestrian and bicycle circulation improvements, vehicle circulation improvements, removal and replacement of street lighting, and extension of existing sewer and storm drain utilities.
Contact Information
Name
Paul Geoghegan
Agency Name
City of Petaluma
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Petaluma
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
E Washington St, Payran St, Kenilworth Dr
Zip
94952
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
N/A
State Highways
101 and 116
Railways
SMART
Airports
Petaluma Municipal
Schools
McKinley, Live Oak Charter, Valley Oaks, Willow Tree
Waterways
Petaluma River, Lynch Creek, Adobe Creek
Township
N/A
Range
N/A
Section
N/A
Base
N/A
Other Location Info
866 E Washington St., Petaluma, CA 94952
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is consistent with and implements the General Plan and qualifies for the Statutory Exemption contained in California Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. The Project is consistent with development intensities established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan, for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified. The project would not result in substantial changes nor does it involve new information that would warrant further environmental review. The project does not contain elements that are peculiar to the project or project site that would result in new or more severe environmental impact relative to the findings of the certified General Plan EIR. All applicable mitigating General Plan policies and mitigation measures identified in the General Plan and General Plan EIR are imposed as environmental conditions of approval. Therefore, no further additional environmental review is required. The Petaluma City Council adopted the Statutory Exemption and approved the project on October 21, 2025.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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