3245 El Cajon Boulevard/PRJ-1132060
Summary
SCH Number
2026050331
Public Agency
City of San Diego
Document Title
3245 El Cajon Boulevard/PRJ-1132060
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/8/2026
Document Description
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) ta allow for the sale of beer and wine (Type 20) at an existing 22,698 square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market (grocery store). The 69,431 square-foot (1.62-acre} site, located at 3245 El Cajon Boulevard, is zoned Central Urbanized Planned District (CUPD-CU-2-4) and designated as Commercial and Mixed Use in the MidCity: City Heights Community Plan. The project is also located within the following overlays: Sustainable Development Areas, Complete Communities Housing Solutions, Complete Communities Mobility Choices, Central Urbanized Planned District, Airport Land Use Compatibility Overlay Zone, Transit Area Overlay Zone; Parking Standards Transit Priority Area, Transit Priority Area, Affordable Housing Parking Demand, ALUCP Airport Influence Area, and FM Part 77 Noticing Area, within Council District 9. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Mobile Homes Acceptance, according to the Map thereof No. 5854, filed in the office of the County Record of said San Diego County, March 22, 1967.
Contact Information
Name
Jose Bautista
Agency Name
City of San Diego
Job Title
Development Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Kristy Blogett
Agency Name
City of San Diego
Job Title
Junior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Terri Dickerhoff
Agency Name
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Zip
92104
Total Acres
1.62
Other Location Info
3245 El Cajon Boulevard
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061 (b)(3), Common Sense Exemption and Section 15301, Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
The project meets the criteria set forth in CEQA Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption), which states that CEQA only applies to projects which have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment. The project would allow for the sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (Type 20) at an existing grocery store. There would be no physical impacts to the project site as the project is not proposing any development or grading. The project would also qualify to be categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301, Existing Facilities. Section 15301 which allows for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing facilities (public or private), involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the determination. The project would allow for the sale of beer and wine (Type 20) for consumption off the premises where sold. There would be no expansion of use. The exceptions listed In CEQA Section 15300.2 would not apply in that no cumulative impacts were identified; no significant effect on the environment was identified; the project is not adjacent to a scenic highway; lastly, the project was not identified on a list of hazardous waste sites pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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