Cottonwood Tentative Subdivision Map
Summary
SCH Number
2026050351
Public Agency
Sacramento County
Document Title
Cottonwood Tentative Subdivision Map
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/8/2026
Document Description
A Tentative Subdivision Map to divide an existing 13.93-acre parcel into 66 residential lots, two (2) landscape lots, and a remainder lot in the Residential - Five Units Per Acre (RD-5) zoning district. The project also includes new public residential streets within the subdivision; one (1) through street on the eastern side of the subdivision and extensions of Dara Way and Bloomington Drive on the west.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Newton
Agency Name
Sacramento County
Job Title
Environmental Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Steve Norman
Agency Name
CNA Engineering Inc.
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Parcel #
115-1890-009-0000
Other Location Info
The project site is located at 8431 Stevenson Avenue, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Stevenson Avenue and Cottonwood Lane, in the South Sacramento community of unincorporated Sacramento County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21083.3; CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(a) - Projects consistent with development den
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15183 (PRC Section 21083.3), provides that projects which are consistent with the development density established by zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an environmental impact report (EIR) has been certified "shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be
necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site." An EIR was prepared and certified by the Board of Supervisors for the Sacramento County General Plan Update (SCH# 2007082086) incorporated by reference and available at:
https://planning.saccounty.gov/PlansandProjectslnProgress/Pages/GeneralPlan.aspx.
The project is consistent with the development density and use characteristics considered by the General Plan EIR for the Low Density Residential (LOR) land use designation. The project includes the creation of 66 residential parcels ranging from 5,883 square feet to 20,954 square feet in lot area, two (2) landscape lots
(Lot A and Lot B), a remainder lot, and three (3) internal roadways. The LOR land use designation provides for areas of predominantly single-family housing with urban densities ranging between one (1) and 12 dwelling units per acre. The project site is zoned RD-5 which allows five (5) dwelling units per acre. As proposed, the project density is approximately five (5) dwelling units per acre. Construction resulting from
the proposed project would comply with County Code Title 16 (Building and Construction) including land grading and erosion control (Chapter 16.44) and Title 22 (Land Development).
No new impacts peculiar to the project or the parcel on which the project will be located have been identified that would necessitate further environmental review beyond the impacts and issues already disclosed and analyzed in the General Plan Update EIR. No other special circumstances exist that would create a
reasonable possibility that the project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, no further environmental review is required.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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