Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3218 and Conditional Use Permit N-SUB2025-00029 ED25-0042 (Monarch Dunes LLC, Phase 3, Unit 4)
Summary
SCH Number
2026060228
Public Agency
San Luis Obispo County
Document Title
Vesting Tentative Tract Map 3218 and Conditional Use Permit N-SUB2025-00029 ED25-0042 (Monarch Dunes LLC, Phase 3, Unit 4)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/5/2026
Document Description
A request (N-SUB2025-00029) by Monarch Dunes, LLC for a Vesting Tentative Tract Map (Tract 3218) and Conditional Use Permit to subdivide an existing 11.52-acre parcel into 46 residential lots and four open space parcels. The Project will develop Phase 3 Site 4 of the Monarch Dunes (formerly Woodlands) Specific Plan including the construction of 46 residential units in the form of 23 common wall developments (twin homes). Twelve units (25%) will have attached ADUs. Adjustments to Title 21 Public Improvement Standards are requested per Section 21.03.030(d) of the Real Property Division Ordinance to allow for a modified curb return radius of 29 feet, and for a rolled curb design. Also requested is an Adjustment to drainage standards to allow a retention basin to exceed the 2-foot maximum depth. The Adjustment modifications requested are consistent with existing development in the Monarch Dunes Specific Plan area. The project would result in 102,000 cubic yards of onsite earthwork: 21,300 cubic yards of cut, 51,400 cubic yards of fill, and 31,000 cubic yards of import soil; with site disturbance to 9.3 acres of the 11.5-acre site. An additional 8,000 square feet of grading (up to 800 cubic yards) would occur offsite along the eastern edge of the Project, within adjacent Common Area under permit issued to the Monarch Dunes HOA. The project site is within the Monarch Dunes Specific Plan area, located on the Nipomo Mesa approximately two miles west of the community of Nipomo, east of State Route 1, and approximately half a mile south of Willow Road. The site is also located within the South County Inland Sub Area and South County Planning Area.
Contact Information
Name
Cindy Chambers
Agency Name
County Of San Luis Obispo
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Preston Holdner
Agency Name
Monarch Dunes LLC
Job Title
Monarch Dunes LLC
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Nipomo
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Southern California, Unincorporated
Zip
93444
Total Acres
11.52
Parcel #
091-500-010
Other Location Info
1095 Ford Drive, Nipomo, CA 93444
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 15182 (c)
Reasons for Exemption
The project qualifies for an exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15182 (Special Situations) because the project is a residential project implementing an adopted specific plan. Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, none of the following conditions have occurred: (1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete, shows that (a) the project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR, (b) significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR, (c) mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative, or (d) mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. The proposed project does not impact any scenic resources, is not within any hazardous waste site compiled pursuant to Gov. Code § 65962.5, and does not impact or alter the significance of any historical resource
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 15302; Class: 3
Reasons for Exemption
The project qualifies for an exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15182 (Special Situations) because the project is a residential project implementing an adopted specific plan. Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, none of the following conditions have occurred: (1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete, shows that (a) the project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR, (b) significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR, (c) mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative, or (d) mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. The proposed project does not impact any scenic resources, is not within any hazardous waste site compiled pursuant to Gov. Code § 65962.5, and does not impact or alter the significance of any historical resource
County Clerk
San Luis Obispo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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