4748 Engle Road Multifamily Conversion
Summary
SCH Number
2025110179
Public Agency
Sacramento County
Document Title
4748 Engle Road Multifamily Conversion
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/6/2025
Document Description
The project consists of the following entitlement requests from Sacramento County:
1. A Use Permit to allow for the conversion of an existing office building into 16 multi-family dwelling units in the Business Professional Office (BP) zoning district.
2. A Special Development Permit to allow the proposed project to deviate from the following development standards:
• Parking Lot Landscaping (Section 5.2.4.F, Table 5.2): Landscaped areas at the end of parking rows are required and shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, excluding curbing. As proposed, the internal end islands east of the carports have been reduced to five feet in width.
• Covered Parking (Section 5.9.3.F.3., Table 5.25): One (1) parking space per unit shall be covered (carport or garage). As proposed, there are no carports or garages for each unit parking space.
• Unit Entries Aesthetics (Multi-family Design Standard Section 3.5.2.C.3): Articulate individual unit entries with stoops, raised porches, low wall courtyards or other aesthetic entry features. As proposed, the project does not articulate individual unit entries with aesthetic features.
• Private Open Space (Multi-family Design Standard Section 3.8.3.F.1 ): Provide each dwelling unit with a private open space such as an at-grade patio, stoop, porch, or balcony for upper stories for the exclusive use of that unit. Private open spaces shall be a minimum of 40 square feet per dwelling unit. As proposed, Unit 1 will be unable to meet this requirement due to existing building constraints.
3. A Variance pursuant to the Mission Oaks Neighborhood Preservation Area (NPA)(Section 532-016), to deviate from the landscaping planter requirement of 25 feet adjacent to the interior boundary lines of all adjoining residential, recreation or agriculturalresidential zones. The applicant proposes a continuous landscaping planter along adjacent boundary lines adjoining residential zones between five and a half feet and ten and a half feet.
4. A Development Plan Review pursuant to the Mission Oaks Neighborhood Preservation Area (Section 532-014), for the development of non-single family residential use of property described in Section 532-12.1.
5. A Design Review to determine substantial compliance with the Sacramento County Countywide Design Guidelines (Design Guidelines).
Contact Information
Name
Julie Newton
Agency Name
Sacramento County Planning & Environmental Review
Job Title
Environmental Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Nicholas Oushakoff
Agency Name
Owner
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
256-0101-043
Other Location Info
The property is located at 4748 Engle Road, approximately 533 feet from the intersection of Engle Road and Mission Avenue, in the Carmichael community of unincorporated Sacramento County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 21159.25 Exemption: Residential or Mixed-Use Housing Projects
Reasons for Exemption
Public Resources Code (CEQA Statute) §21159.25 exempts infill development within unincorporated areas meeting the criteria outlined in the section. The project is consistent with the criteria outlined in §21159.25 of the CEQA Guidelines and is therefore exempt from the provisions of CEQA. Please see the attached supplemental worksheet for §21159.25 criteria consistency. No further environmental review is required.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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