Garland Ranch Defensible Space Fuel Reduction Project (Cooper Barn & Ranger Station)
Summary
SCH Number
2026010480
Public Agency
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
Document Title
Garland Ranch Defensible Space Fuel Reduction Project (Cooper Barn & Ranger Station)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/16/2026
Document Description
Project consists of defensible space fuels reduction maintenance surrounding critical park infrastructure, specifically the built structures of the Ranger Station and the historic Cooper Barn complex, as well as primary ingress/egress access roads adjacent to and leading to the same. A total of ~10 acres would be maintained under the project including ~6 acres of defensible space treatments around structures and ~4 acres of roadside fuel buffer treatments.
Contact Information
Name
Joshua Carpenter
Agency Name
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
Job Title
Resource Conservation Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Counties
Monterey
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Carmel Valley Road (G16) at Garland Ranch Regional Park
Zip
93924
Total Acres
10
Parcel #
416-511-005-000
Waterways
Carmel River
Other Location Info
Garland Ranch Regional Park (Ranger Station and Cooper Barn).
700 W Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley, 93924
County Road (G16)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15304(i): Minor alteration of Land
Reasons for Exemption
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300 et seq.) provides for 33 classes of categorical exemption from CEQA, including Class 4, section (i), which states that fuels management activities within 30 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. This exemption shall apply to fuel management activities within 100 feet of a structure if the public agency having fire protection responsibility for the area has determined that the 100 feet of fuel clearance is required due to extra hazardous fire conditions.
County Clerk
Monterey
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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