Gardens of Noor Cemetery Collection
Timeline
The project record changes materially between 2021 and 2026. This timeline distinguishes historical proposals from the current application.
Early planning correspondence begins
The supplied intra-agency archive contains project-related correspondence beginning in August 2021.
Oak-woodland field survey
Moore Biological Consultants later reported conducting its vegetation field survey on December 3, 2021.
Oak Woodland Review issued
Moore Biological Consultants mapped a roughly 40.5-acre site and discussed phased cemetery development, oak woodland, chaparral, and conceptual mitigation.
First County referral
Planning described a 46-acre parcel, up to 100 cars, a 20,000-square-foot religious building, and 50,000 graves at maximum buildout in 2122.
TAC completeness review
The Technical Advisory Committee reviewed the application.
Application found incomplete
Planning required a detailed to-scale site plan, building details, landscaping/water information, parking and circulation, maximum-buildout phasing, and official water availability.
Revised referral changes building description
The County referral described a 3,000-square-foot worship building and 50,000 graves; drawings in the same packet contained other building sizes, documenting a period of inconsistent project descriptions.
TAC reviews July resubmittal
The revised proposal returned to TAC for completeness review.
New cemetery plan sharply reduces initial development
The applicant described about one-half acre of cemetery development, 100 funeral events per year, 50 attendees per event, 35 permanent spaces plus about 100 cars along the gravel road, and roughly 25 additional cars per week.
County referral confirms 100 events/year concept
Planning circulated the revised project with driveway parking up to 100 cars, 35 permanent spaces, permanent restrooms, and 100 funeral events annually.
TAC again finds application incomplete
The application did not yet contain enough detail for the County to find it complete.
Final 2023 deficiency notice
Planning required detailed grave plans; well/setback information; funerary and storage details; a qualified soils/hydrology/hydrogeology suitability study; a General Plan Amendment; and potentially mineral studies.
Geotechnical work enters project file
The current application later included a Hallenbeck/Allwest geotechnical investigation documenting groundwater/seepage and drainage considerations.
Operational intensity increases
Planning referral described 60 funerals per month (720 annually), up to 50 attendees per event, 35 permanent spaces, and driveway parking up to 100 cars.
TAC again finds application incomplete
The September 2025 TAC review resulted in another formal incompleteness finding.
New deficiency letter issued
Planning required an engineer/surveyor-quality site plan, sewage-disposal feasibility work, equipment/fuel storage information, operating information, and removal of stale building references.
Current application submitted
The application states about 60 funeral events per month, 50 attendees per event, regional service to Amador/Sacramento/Placer and surrounding areas, 64 parking spaces, and an average traffic increase of 20 vehicles per day.
Application referred for May 7 completeness review
County referral describes 1,832 graves, 64 permanent spaces plus driveway parking up to 100 cars, and 60 funerals per month.
TAC completeness meeting scheduled
The supplied May 7 packet documents the completeness-review stage. A separate written final completeness determination has not yet been located in the supplied archive.
County moves to CEQA recommendation stage
Planning states TAC will review the application and CEQA Initial Study and make recommendations on the environmental document, project, and draft Conditions of Approval.
Agency comments received
Caltrans said the described project would not impact SR-104; AFPD required compliant on-site access and future fire-water provisions for buildings; the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau had no use-permit comments at that time.
TAC environmental review scheduled
The May 27 referral set the June 11 TAC review of the project, Initial Study, and draft conditions.
Public-comment record expands
Multiple resident comments were submitted in July. Several older comments reference obsolete 2022 project figures; the archive labels those distinctions.