County of Sonoma Active Transportation Plan
Summary
SCH Number
2026101072
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
County of Sonoma Active Transportation Plan
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/28/2026
Document Description
Sonoma County is replacing its 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan with the County of Sonoma Active Transportation Plan. This plan carries over policies, programs, and projects from the 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, and adds new policies seek to add clarification to existing policy, address changes in industry standards such as changes in classes of bikeways, and adding accountability to help spur active transportation project development; bringing policy in line with current state and federal standards, and the Project List for potential bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure will be updated to reflect updated standards and new methods of understanding safe and fun infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.
Contact Information
Name
Wil Lyons
Agency Name
Sonoma County Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
None - unincorporated county only
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Unincorporated County
Zip
Various
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
US 1, US 101, SR 12, SR 37
Railways
Multiple
Airports
Sonoma County Airport
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
Multiple
Township
N/A
Range
N/A
Section
N/A
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
N/A
Other Information
State Highways Continued: SR 128, SR 116, SR 121
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), Public Resources Code Section 21080.9, and CEQA Guideline Section 15265
Reasons for Exemption
Staff has found the project not subject under CEQA pursuant to the common sense exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that adoption of the Active Transportation Plan and amendments to the General Plan and Local Coastal Plan (LCP) will have no significant effect on the environment since it does not authorize any development projects. Similarly, Public Resources Code Section 21080.9 and CEQA Guideline Section 15265 statutorily exempt the project’s proposed minor LCP amendments from CEQA because they are separately subject to review and approval by the California Coastal Commission pursuant to its regulatory program.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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