Current and Upcoming Public Review Period

908 Ocean Street

• Category: Initial Study, Environmental Impact Report
• Address: 908 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, 95060
• Phone: (831) 420-5141
• Email: rbane@santacruzca.gov  

Public Review Period: The Initial Study of Environmental Significance is available for public review from March 14, 2024 through April 15, 2024

• Project: 908 Ocean Street Mixed Use Project
• Application No: CP23-0030
• Project Location: 908 Ocean Street (APNs: 008-331-03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -12, -13, -14, -15, -25, -26, -27, -28, -29, -30, -31, -32, -35, -41, -45)  in the City of Santa Cruz, California
• Project Applicant: High Street Residential
• Project Planner: Ryan Bane, rbane@santacruzca.gov

Public Review Period for Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR): The DEIR is available for public review from October 2, 2024 to November 15, 2024.

• 908 Ocean Street Mixed-Use Development DEIR Notice of Availability
• 908 Ocean Street Mixed-Use Development Public Review Draft EIR October 2024
• 908 Ocean Street Mixed-Use Development DEIR Appendices October 2024

A hardcopy of the initial study will be available at the Planning Public Counter Monday through Thursday, 7:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Additionally, a hardcopy is available to view at the Downtown branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library. For questions, or to submit comments on the initial study, please contact the project planner, Ryan Bane, at rbane@santacruzca.gov or (831) 420-5141.

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

The California Environmental Quality Act requires local and state governments to consider the potential environmental effects of a project before deciding whether to approve it. CEQA's purpose is to disclose the potential impacts of a project, suggest methods to minimize those impacts, and discuss alternatives to the project so that decision makers will have full information upon which to base their decision. Types of CEQA documents and categories include:

• Initial Study (IS): An analysis of a project's potential environmental effects and their relative significance. An initial study is preliminary to deciding whether to prepare a negative declaration or an EIR.
• Exempt: Article 19 of CEQA outlines certain classes of projects that do not have a significant effect on the environment and are therefore declared categorically exempt from having to prepare environmental documents.
• Negative Declaration/Mitigated Negative Declaration (ND/MND): When a project is not exempt from CEQA and will not have a significant adverse effect upon the environment a negative declaration must be prepared. The negative declaration is an informational document that describes the reasons why the project will not have a significant effect and proposes measures to completely mitigate or avoid any possible effects.
• Environmental Impact Report (EIR): A detailed review of a proposed project, its potential adverse impacts upon the environment, measures that may avoid or reduce those impacts, and alternatives to the project.

Archived CEQA Documents