Gas Works Mixed-Use Development (SBDV-0450-2024, ARCH-0451-2024, AFFH-0810-2024, and EID-0178-2025)
Summary
SCH Number
2025101425
Public Agency
City of San Luis Obispo
Document Title
Gas Works Mixed-Use Development (SBDV-0450-2024, ARCH-0451-2024, AFFH-0810-2024, and EID-0178-2025)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/29/2025
Document Description
The project includes the subdivision and development of an approximate 1.1-acre site at 251 Pacific Street, 1390 Walker Street, and 280 Pismo Street. The project includes construction of a mixed-use development that consists of a 49-unit, four-story residential building; a 2,190 square foot, one-story commercial building; and supporting site improvements such as access, landscaping, and parking. A common interest subdivision (i.e., condominiums) is proposed to create one (1) commercial unit and 49 residential units with remaining shared areas to be commonly owned and managed. To accommodate a future commercial use, the existing 1,490 square foot Old Gas Works historic structure would be rehabilitated with a 770 square foot addition. To facilitate the development at its desired density, the project includes a 16% density bonus with a concession to reduce parking and waivers/reductions for development standards related to ground-floor residential units, building height, and building setback for the residential building.
Contact Information
Name
Hannah Hanh
Agency Name
City of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Alamo, LLC
Agency Name
Alamo, LLC
Job Title
Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Luis Obispo
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Pacific Street, Walker Street, and Pismo Street
Zip
93401
Total Acres
1.1
State Highways
Highway 101
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Airports
San Luis Obispo
Waterways
San Luis Obispo Creek
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 and PRC Section 21083.3
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from additional environmental review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 and California PRC Section 21083.3. Since the project is consistent with the development density established by the existing General Plan for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified and to streamline the environmental review process, a consistency checklist was prepared and the review was limited to project-specific environmental effects, which:
(a) Are peculiar to the project or parcel on which the project would be located;
(b) Were not analyzed as significant effects in a prior EIR for the zoning action, general plan, or community plan, which the project is consistent;
(c) Are potentially significant off-site impacts and cumulative impacts which were not discussed in the prior EIR for the zoning action, general plan, or community plan, which the project is consistent; or
(d) Are previously identified significant effects which, as a result of substantial new information which was not known at the time the EIR was certified, are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the prior EIR.
An effect of a project on the environment shall not be considered peculiar to the project or the parcel for the purposes of this section if uniformly applied development policies or standards have been previously adopted by the city or county with a finding that the development policies or standards will substantially mitigate that environmental effect when applied to future projects, unless substantial new information shows that the policies or standards will not substantially mitigate the environmental effect. If the project would result in new specific effects or more significant effects, and uniformly applicable development policies or standards would not substantially mitigate such effects, those effects are subject to CEQA. With respect to the effects that are subject to CEQA, the lead agency is to prepare a Mitigated Negative Declaration or EIR if the written checklist shows the effects of the infill project would be potentially significant.
The project has been evaluated in accordance with the City of San Luis Obispo’s 2014 Land Use and Circulation Elements Update EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2013121019). A CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Consistency Checklist was prepared in accordance with PRC Section 21000 et seq. and the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq., and is on file with the City of San Luis Obispo, Community Development Department at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. The Section 15183 Consistency Checklist evaluated project impacts related to aesthetics; agriculture and forestry resources; air quality; biological resources; cultural resources; energy; geology and soils; greenhouse gas emissions; hazards and hazardous materials; hydrology and water quality; land use and planning; mineral resources; noise; population and housing; public services; recreation; transportation; tribal cultural resources; utilities and service systems; wildlife; and mandatory findings of significance, and concludes that the project would not have significant effects on the environment that either have not been analyzed in a prior EIR or are more significant than previously analyzed, or that uniformly applicable development policies would not substantially mitigate. Pursuant to PRC Section 21094.5, such effects are exempt from further CEQA review.
County Clerk
San Luis Obispo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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