PA-2025-039, 616 S. B Street Mixed-Use Development ("Nazareth Vista")
Summary
SCH Number
2026080771
Public Agency
City of San Mateo
Document Title
PA-2025-039, 616 S. B Street Mixed-Use Development ("Nazareth Vista")
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/21/2026
Document Description
The Project includes demolition of the two existing commercial buildings (approximately 11,300 square feet total) and the construction of a new eight-story mixed-use building including 94 residential units (with 10 below market rate units at the Very Low-Income affordability level), 7,286 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and an internal parking structure located on the ground floor, second and third story levels (114 total spaces). The application also includes a Tentative Parcel Map to merge five existing parcels lots into one.
Contact Information
Name
Evan Sockalosky
Agency Name
Arc Tec Inc.
Job Title
Architect / Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Mounir Kardosh
Agency Name
Nazareth Enterprises
Job Title
President / Property Owner
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Elizabeth Gagliardi
Agency Name
City of San Mateo
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Mateo
Counties
San Mateo
Regions
Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
S. B Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
Zip
94401
Total Acres
0.64
Parcel #
034-194-030; 034-194-040
Other Location Info
616 South B Street
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 32, CEQA Guidelines Section 15332
Reasons for Exemption
The project is eligible for a Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, since it a) meets the definition of an in-fill development project; b) would occur within San Mateo city limits on a project site no more than five acres that is surrounded by urban uses and c) has no value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species; d) would not result in any significant effects related to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality; and e) can adequately be served by all required utilities and public services. None of the exceptions listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to the project. Therefore, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under Class 32 of the CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
San Mateo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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