NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
To:
Office of Planning and Research
From (Public Agency):
City of Murrieta
P.O. Box 3044, Room 113
Sacramento, CA 95812-3044
Riverside County Clerk
4080 Lemon St.
Riverside, CA 92501
1 Town Square
Murrieta, CA 92562
Project Title:
Development Plan Permit No. 2023-00024 and Tentative Tract Map No. 2023-00014 (TTM No. 38579) Oak Crest Townhomes Project Location - Specific:
Northeast of the intersection of Whitewood Road and Clinton Keith Road (APN No. 392-330-003, -007, -020, and -021) Project Location - City:
City of Murrieta
Project Location - County:
County of Riverside
Description of Nature, Purpose, and Beneficiaries of Project:
Nature:
The “Project” proposes a Development Plan Permit for the development of the site for 243 units of multi-family residential units and a Tentative Tract Map (TTM No. 38579) for the subdivision of 17.96 gross acres into 11 parcels. The Project includes two and three-story residential buildings for a total of 41 buildings with a maximum height of 32 feet for the two-story residential buildings, and 41 feet for the three-story residential buildings. The total amount of parking spaces provided is 671 spaces in a combination of garage and surface parking. Grading activities would result in approximately 96,000 cubic yards (CY) of cut material and 96,000 CY of fill material, with a maximum cut depth of 34 feet, resulting in no import/export of material. The Project is located northeast corner of the intersection of Whitewood Road and Clinton Keith Road (APNs: 392-330-003, -007, -020, and -021). In addition, the Project proposes roadway improvements to Arendt Lane, Whitewood Road, and Clinton Keith Road.
Purpose:
Pursuant to State law, the City is required to process housing development projects subject to provisions of the City’s Housing Element, Multi-Family 2 (MF-2) Zone standards, and under the Senate Bill 330 review standards.
Public Agency Approval:
On July 24, 2024, the City of Murrieta Planning Commission approved the Project with the associated findings and associated environmental determination.
Beneficiaries:
City of Murrieta
Name of Public Agency Approving Project:
City of Murrieta
Name of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project:
Adam Smith c/o Sancerra
Exempt Status
(check one):
Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Statute and Guidelines Ministerial (Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268);
Declared Emergency (Sec. 21080(b)(3); 152269(a));
Emergency Project (Sec. 21080(b)(4); 15269(b)(c));
Categorical Exemption. Type and Section:
State CEQA Guidelines §15060(c)(2) “Preliminary Review” State CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3) “Common Sense Exemption” Statutory Exemption. Code Number:
Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning (Section 15183[c]) Reasons Why Project is Exempt:
In conjunction with its adoption of the City’s General Plan 2035, the City of Murrieta has previously certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Murrieta General Plan 2035 (SCH No. 2010111084), certified July 2011 (2011 EIR). With its adoption of the General Plan Update, the City certified the FEIR for the Murrieta General Plan 2035 (SCH No. 2010111084) in June 2020 (2020 SEIR) (GP EIRs). These GP EIRs analyzed anticipated growth in Murrieta. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, and as demonstrated by the Initial Study and the supporting technical studies prepared for the Project, the Project is exempt from further environmental review because the Project is consistent with the GP designations in the GP EIRs and would not result in any impacts peculiar to the Project site that are not evaluated in the GP EIRs and/or mitigated by the application of uniformly applied development policies, including GP policies, or standards adopted by the City or incorporated into the GP EIRs and there is no new information not known at the time the 2020 SEIR was certified that shows that the Project would have a more severe impact than described in the GP EIRs.
Lead Agency
Contact Person: Chris Tracy, AICP Senior Planner
Telephone
& Extension: (951) 461-6046
If Filed by Applicant:
Attach certified document of exemption finding.
Has a Notice of Exemption been filed by the public agency approving the project? Yes
No
Signature:
Title:
Senior Planner
Date:
Signed by Lead Agency
Date received for filing at OPR:
Signed by Applicant
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