PLNP2026-00030 4360 Sycamore Avenue Cargo Container (UPM)
Summary
SCH Number
2026060700
Public Agency
Sacramento County
Document Title
PLNP2026-00030 4360 Sycamore Avenue Cargo Container (UPM)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/16/2026
Document Description
The project consists of a Minor Use Permit (UPM) to permit a Cargo Container as an accessory use to a single-family home in the RD-2 zone.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Newton
Agency Name
Sacramento County, Planning & Environmental Review
Job Title
Environmental Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Janet Boxold
Agency Name
Applicant
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Countywide
Parcel #
240-0223-023-0000
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15303 (e) of the CEQA Guidelines lists Accessory (appurtenant) structures including garages, carports patios, swimming pools, and fences as example structures. The proposed project is for a 160- square-foot cargo container intending to serve as accessory storage to an existing single-family dwelling and is therefore exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
Section 15300.2-Exceptions
Section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines, Exceptions, provides conditions under which categorical exemptions are inapplicable. Review of the Project indicates that it will not violate any of the exceptions, as described in the following section.
1. For Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11, will the project have an impact on an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to Jaw by federal, state, or local agencies?
The project site is not located within or in the vicinity of any mapped critical habitat or mapped sensitive vegetation community, mapped fire hazard zone, or flood area including any levees. Therefore, construction of the project will not result in impacts on an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern.
2. Will cumulative impacts be considerable because successive projects of the same type will occur at the same place over time?
As it stands, the project will not result in potentially significant impacts. The project consists of installation of a single cargo container. Therefore, no cumulative impacts will result from the project and successive projects of the same type and at the same place over time.
3. Is there a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to
unusual circumstances?
There are no known unusual circumstances that will have a significant effect on the environment.
4. Will the project result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources within a highway officially designated as a scenic highway?
River Road/ Highway 160 (from the Sacramento City Limits at the northern edge of Freeport to the southern tip of the Delta at Antioch Bridge) is a designated State Scenic Highway. The Project is not located within the vicinity of this scenic highway. Therefore, the project will not result in damage to scenic resources or similar resources within a highway that is officially designated as a scenic highway.
5. Is the project located on a site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962. 5 of the Government Code?
The project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. Therefore, implementation of the project will not have an impact related to being located on a hazardous waste site.
6. Will the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historic resource?
The project site does not contain any historical resources.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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