Big Valley Agg Minor Use Permit Application (PROJ-25-0020)
Summary
SCH Number
2026020124
Public Agency
Butte County
Document Title
Big Valley Agg Minor Use Permit Application (PROJ-25-0020)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/4/2026
Document Description
Owner Big Valley Agg proposes a fourth storage building to house on-site crop chemicals indoors. This proposal would enlarge Big Valley Agg’s legal non-conforming chemical business operation by 7,392 square feet requiring approval of a Minor Use Permit prior to building permit issuance. Consequently, the applicant, Monte Johnson proposes a Minor Use Permit for the proposed intensification of chemical storage/sale (an industrial use) on project parcel APN 024-110-076 addressed as 954 HWY 99, Gridley CA. No expansion of use or development is proposed on the neighboring APN addressed as 990 HWY 99, with an existing access driveway off of Nielson Avenue. Aside from the Minor Use Permit, the project requires a Building Permit (COM-ADD-25-0001) for the proposed storage building to be issued by the Department of Development Services Building Division. The project would not require additional water or wastewater.
Contact Information
Name
Alyssa Mendoza
Agency Name
Butte County Development Services
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Big Valley Agg c/o Monte Johnson
Agency Name
EQUA Engineering
Job Title
Agent for Big Valley Agg
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Gridley, Unincorporated area
Counties
Butte
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Neilson Avenue and Highway 99
Zip
95948
Total Acres
5.16
Parcel #
024-110-076; 024-110-166
State Highways
HWY 99
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)
Schools
Wilson Elementary, Manzanita Elementary
Waterways
Live Oak Slough, Morrison Slough
Township
17N
Range
03E
Section
7
Base
MDB&M
Other Information
Minor Use Permit for the proposed intensification of chemical storage/sale (an industrial use) on project parcel APN 024-110-076 addressed as 954 HWY 99, Gridley CA. The project site is in the northeastern portion of the project parcel directly in front of an existing storage building. HWY 99 and county-maintained Nielson Avenue provide two points of existing access to the project parcel. Big Valley Agg also uses neighboring APN 024-110-166 as part of their existing operation. No expansion of use or development is proposed on the neighboring APN addressed as 990 HWY 99, with an existing access driveway off of Nielson Avenue.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guildelines 15061(b)(3) Common Sense Exemption
Reasons for Exemption
The Common Sense Exemption dictates that where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
Big Valley Agg’s proposal would add a storage building to shade existing chemicals on a developed lot. The project site is already used for chemical storage/sale and the development proposed would be directly in front of another storage building on site. Adding a storage building atop a project site already used for chemical storage/sale within the developed lot can be seen with certainty to pose no possible significant
environmental effect. Consequently, the project is exempt as it can be seen with certainty there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Butte
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
Disclaimer: The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) accepts no responsibility for the content or accessibility of these documents. To obtain an attachment in a different format, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. For more information, please visit LCI’s Accessibility Site.