Moratorium on New Personal Storage Facilities
Summary
SCH Number
2026081149
Public Agency
City of Elk Grove
Document Title
Moratorium on New Personal Storage Facilities
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/31/2026
Document Description
The action consists of an Ordinance imposing a 2-year moratorium on new entitlement approvals for personal storage facilities Citywide. The moratorium would not apply to projects with valid approved entitlements.
Contact Information
Name
Sarah Kirchgessner
Agency Name
City of Elk Grove
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Sarah Kirchgessner
Agency Name
City of Elk Grove
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Elk Grove
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide, Northern California
Other Location Info
Elk grove, CA. Sacramento County
Citywide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense Exemption [Section 15061 (b) (3)]
Reasons for Exemption
An agency approval is not considered a “project” subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) if the approval is an administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical change in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).) This proposed ordinance is intended to temporarily halt the approval of any new entitlements for personal storage facilities while the City considers further regulations. The moratorium will not cause a direct physical change in the environment, nor a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. This action, therefore, does not constitute a project under CEQA, and environmental review is not required. Any future development that may occur under the proposed regulations will be separately assessed by staff to determine whether such development may be subject to CEQA in the event that those actions are classified as “projects” under CEQA. For these same reasons, even if the moratorium was considered a project under CEQA, the moratorium would be exempt from CEQA review under the Common Sense Exemption (CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)) which states that that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA and no further environmental review is necessary.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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