Two Rock Fire Department Use Permit Modification; File No. UPE23-0046
Summary
SCH Number
2026070371
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
Two Rock Fire Department Use Permit Modification; File No. UPE23-0046
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/10/2026
Document Description
The proposed project is a request to modify an issued Use Permit to establish the permitted uses of the existing Two Rock Fire Department essential services garage as a public safety facility including accessory activities typical of fire department operations and minor improvements to the facility on a 0.84-acre parcel zoned LEA (Land Extensive Agriculture), with Combining District for SR (Scenic Resources); APN 022-140-017.
The proposed project involves 1) the designation of the existing essential services garage, currently utilized by the Two Rock Fire Department, as a public safety facility (fire station), 2) clarification on accessory activities allowed in associated with the facility including equipment maintenance, volunteer training, and meetings of volunteers and other emergency personnel, and 3) Allow for minor facility upgrades including an ADA compliant restroom and holding tank, new signage, disaster radio communication equipment, and fencing.
Contact Information
Name
Ken Compton
Agency Name
Sonoma County Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Paul Martin for Two Rock Fire Department
Agency Name
Two Rock Fire Department
Job Title
Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Petaluma
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Valley Ford Road
Zip
94952
Total Acres
0.84
Parcel #
022-140-017
State Highways
NA
Railways
NA
Airports
NA
Schools
Two Rock Elementary
Waterways
Stemple Creek
Township
05N
Range
09W
Section
24
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
GP: Land Extensive Agriculture (LEA) Zoning: LEA B6 100, SR
7599 Valley Ford Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15301 and 15303
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project has been analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations. Staff have determined that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301, Existing Facilities, as a project involving the alignment of the existing use of the garage with a formal classification as a public safety facility fire station and internal tenant improvements to said existing garage to support the use, as well as Section 15303, New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures, as a project involving minor site improvements accessory to the existing garage, including a new sewage holding tank and fencing.
During pre-emergency activation Red Flag Warnings, some personnel will be stationed onsite in rotating shifts (typically 4 hours); however, the majority of volunteers will continue to respond when an emergency is activated, which is consistent with current operations. During emergencies, public safety personnel may be onsite 24 hours per day, which is consistent with current operations. Non-emergency activities, such as periodic volunteer training and regular building, vehicle, and equipment maintenance, will continue onsite in a manner substantially similar to existing conditions. No permanent (i.e., overnight) staffing of the facility will occur. A limited number of small community engagement events (up to four, 20-person events annually) are consistent with typical fire department operations and are not considered a significant increase over current operations. School educational activities are currently conducted off-site when volunteers take the trucks to a school. The proposed change to allow school field trips (up to two, 20-child events annually) to instead come to the garage is consistent with typical fire department operations and not considered a significant increase over current operations.
No exceptions under Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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