Title: Accepting Lot 62 of Tract No. 404 at the South End of Kramer Drive as a Public Right-of-Way
Summary
SCH Number
2026031136
Public Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Title: Accepting Lot 62 of Tract No. 404 at the South End of Kramer Drive as a Public Right-of-Way
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/26/2026
Document Description
The proposed action is the acceptance of Lot 62 of Tract No. 404 as County public road right-of-way. The need for this action was identified following the conditional approval of Tentative Parcel Map No. PPM 24-046, which authorized division of a 76.77-acre parcel into four parcels and a remainder. The map relied in part on an apparent access point at the south end of Kramer Drive, originally dedicated by Tract No. 404, to serve Parcel 4 and the remainder.
Lot 62 is a one-foot reserve strip at the south end of Kramer Drive, conveyed to the County by grant deed recorded January 16, 1964, in Volume 2471, Page 365 of Official Records. Under the County ordinance in effect at the time, the strip was established to control access to adjoining properties for 21 years. That restriction period has expired. Acceptance of Lot 62 will formally establish access from Kramer Drive to the PPM 24-046 parcels. No improvements or construction are proposed or required. The project benefits the County and the subdivider by clarifying right-of-way limits and confirming legal access from a public road.
Contact Information
Name
Gary Mills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jessica Wills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Robert Abrahamian
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Public Works
Job Title
County Surveyor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area, Ponderosa
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
223-140-009
Township
21S
Range
32E
Section
16
Other Location Info
57165 Kramer Drive, Springville, CA 93265. The project site is located in the Unincorporated community of Ponderosa, beginning at the intersection of Avenue 336 and Road 204/Blair Road, within unincorporated Tulare County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense Exemption: CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt, consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, pursuant to Title 14, Cal. Code Regulations Section 15061(b)(3), pertaining to the Common Sense Exemption. Section 15061(b)(3) is applicable and appropriate as the activity itself is only a change in title. This activity will not createsignificant traffic or vehicle miles traveled, nor will it create any significant effects regarding cumulative impacts, hazardous materials,cultural or biological resources. The project is an administrative acceptance of an existing one-foot reserve strip as public road rightof-way, with no physical change to the environment and no construction or improvements authorized. Therefore, the County as lead agency can say with certainty there is sufficient evidence, logically and by the mere nature of the activity, to conclude that there will not be a significant effect on the environment as defined under State CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3).
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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