Major Grading Permit (GRAD2025-00117 / ED25-0117)
Summary
SCH Number
2026041084
Public Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Major Grading Permit (GRAD2025-00117 / ED25-0117)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/22/2026
Document Description
A Major Grading Permit (GRAD2025-00117) to allow authorization to grade on slopes under 30% on an approximately 18.89-acre parcel to allow development for single family dwelling (RBLD2025-00207) and accessary dwelling unit (RBLD2025-00208). Residence (RBLD2025-00207) is a second primary single family home single level residence of approximately 1,200 square feet with a 743 square foot attached garage and a 389 square foot workshop, and a 325 square foot breezeway with an attached 480 square foot guesthouse and 264 square foot covered patio and a 432 square foot carport. New septic system is included under separate permit. The project will disturb approximately 0.53 acres, including on-site drainage improvements, and earthwork quantities totaling 1,152 cubic yards of cut/fill. The proposed project is within the Agricultural land use category and is located at 3155 Township Road Paso Robles, CA 93446 in the Adelaida subarea of the North County Planning Area.
Contact Information
Name
Jermey Freund
Agency Name
County of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Shao-Tien Sng
Agency Name
Applicant
Job Title
Owner
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Paso Robles
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Southern California, Unincorporated
Zip
93446
Total Acres
18.89
Parcel #
040-101-015
Other Location Info
3155 Township Road Paso Robles, CA 93446
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Site Vegetation
The project will not result in the removal of any heritage oak trees or other native tree species, and there are no special status plant species known to exist within the project area. The site is not adjacent to mapped blueline streams. Grading does not include removal of oak trees but does impact 10 oak trees. In accordance with the Oak Woodland Ordinance, the project includes replanting onsite at a ratio of 2:1. Therefore, the project will maintain compliance with local policies and ordinances protecting biological resources.
Air Quality
The site is located in an rural area and falls below the APCD’s numerical threshold for daily emissions. The project is located within 1,000 feet of sensitive receptors (residential single-family homes). The project’s construction will comply with the County’s standard fugitive dust control measures and the San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District’s (SLOAPCD) standard measures for construction equipment for reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx), reactive organic gases (ROG), and diesel particulate matter (DPM) emissions from construction equipment. Based on the SLO APCD CEQA handbook (Table 1-1), the project won’t result in operational impacts. Based on the SLO APCD CEQA handbook (Table 1-1) the project won’t result in construction impacts. Additionally, construction is temporary in nature and will employ the use of standard best management practices (BMPs) to reduce emissions from construction activities, as mentioned above.
Cultural Resources / Tribal Cultural Resources
The proposed project is consistent with this section. The project site is not located in a mapped Archeologically Sensitive Area. Therefore, no impacts to significant cultural resources are anticipated and the project is conditioned to stop work in the event of an inadvertent discovery.
Other CEQA Issue Areas
In addition, based on the project description, baseline conditions, and analysis of the project’s potential environmental impacts, it has been determined that the project has no possibility to cause a significant impact on the environment relative to any CEQA issue areas that were not explicitly discussed.
Conclusions
As conditioned and in compliance with County Code, the project will conform to the applicable General Plan and Area Plan Standards, and no mitigation measures are necessary to address the environmental impacts associated with the proposed project. No measures beyond those required by County Code or as implemented by BMPs for construction are necessary to address the environmental impacts associated with the proposed project. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, and the project is exempt from CEQA.
This determination is based on the following documents and technical studies:
• Engineering Report by Geo Solutions on October 1, 2025.
County Clerk
San Luis Obispo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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