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11/15/24 (P:\M-S\RWC2101.04 Docktown CE\PRODUCTS\Docktown_CEMemo_20241115.docx) 11 EXCEPTIONS TO CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS In addition to investigating the applicability of CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1) to the project, this memorandum assesses whether any of the exceptions to qualifying for the categorical exemption are present. The following analysis compares the criteria of CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 (Exceptions) to the project. As described in the analysis below, none of the exceptions are applicable to the project. Criterion 15300.2(a): Location a. Location. Classes 3,4,5,6, and 11 are qualified by consideration of where the project is to be located – a project that is ordinarily insignificant in its impact on the environment may in a particularly sensitive environment be significant. Therefore, these classes are considered to apply in all instances, except where the project may impact on an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies. Projects that fall under the categorical exemptions in CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 are Class 1 activities; therefore, because this sensitive environment location exception only applies to the class 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11 exemptions in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303, 15304, 15305, 15306 and 15311, it does not apply here. Criterion 15300.2(b): Cumulative Impact b. Cumulative Impact. All exemptions for these classes are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time is significant. A cumulative impact from several projects is the change in the environment that results from the incremental impact of the project when added to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable probable future projects (CEQA Guidelines Section 15355(b)). The effects of the proposed project would generally be beneficial, as the proposed project would remove remnant infrastructure that is no longer in use. As outlined in the project description, the adjacent property at 1548 Maple Street is currently under development, and the creek-side area would be improved as part of that private development project. Deconstruction activities associated with the proposed project would occur concurrently with construction of the adjacent property. No other projects are anticipated to occur in the immediate area of the proposed project at the same time. The proposed project would generate temporary and short-term increases in particulate matter, noise, and vehicle trips due to deconstruction activities and vehicles operating throughout the work area. Any effects would be temporary, confined to the project vicinity and the demolition phase, and would be less than significant due in part to the implementation of standard City conditions of approval and existing, generally applicable regulatory requirements. The CEQA analysis prepared for the 1548 Maple Street Project identified similar construction effects resulting from implementation of the 1548 Maple Street Project and identified mitigation measures to reduce those impacts to a less-then-significant level. 6.G. - Page 15 of 45 193