Rezone Application No. PLN2026-0016 - Aemetis Biogas LLC

Rezone Application No. PLN2026-0016 - Aemetis Biogas LLC

Request to amend the zoning designation of a 1.9± acre parcel from General Agriculture (A-2-10 UT) to Planned Development in order to allow for the development of a private Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) fueling station on-site to only serve existing fleet operators of Aemetis Biogas. The proposed fueling station will include a 2,100± square-foot fuel canopy with two compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensers. Proposed hours of operation are 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The access gates to the facility and fuel dispensers are cardlock operated. Two employees are expected to access the site regularly, with four truck deliveries estimated per-day to pick up and drop off trailers for refueling. The station can accommodate up to 40 trucks per-day, but only a maximum of seven per-day are currently anticipated. Parking stalls for ten RNG trailers are proposed, but only three trailers are expected to be parked on-site at a time. Trailers parked on-site will primarily be empty, but some trailers may be parked on-site temporarily after fueling. One RNG trailer will be regularly parked on-site to supply fuel to the dispensers. This trailer will occasionally be removed from the site to be refueled at the Aemetis Biogas facility on Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 045-026-039. The site is currently undeveloped. No utility building or on-site restrooms are proposed. Access to the site is proposed to be taken from County-maintained Jessup Road via a new driveway entrance approximately 425 feet from the intersection of Jessup Road and East Keyes Road and an exit driveway approximately 285 feet from this intersection. Screen landscaping consisting of deciduous trees along the Jessup Road frontage and evergreen trees along the East Keyes frontage and eastern property line is proposed, and the applicant has proposed enclosing the property with a seven-foot-tall chain-link fence with privacy slats. A storm drainage basin is proposed along the East Keyes Road frontage. 12 pole-mounted lights 25-feet in height are proposed to provide site illumination. A 48 square-foot identification sign is proposed along the east and west sides of the fuel canopy.

Ceres

Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 81525, Acres 1.9, Employees 2)

Rezone

N/A