CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
APPLICATION: Master Case 20-231: Ridgeline Alteration Permit 20-001, Hillside Development Review 420-005, Development Review 21-015, Architectural Design Review 21-022, Oak Tree Permit 221-011, and Initial Study 20-007
PROJECT APPLICANT: SCI California Funeral Services, Inc.
PROJECT LOCATION: 23287 Sierra Highway, Eternal Valley Memorial Park Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs): 2827-008-057 and 2827-008-059
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting approval of a Ridgeline Alteration Permit, Hillside Development Review Permit, Development Review Permit, Architectural Design Review Permit, Oak Tree Permit, and Initial Study to improve and expand the existing Eternal Valley Memorial Park. The project site is bounded on the north by undeveloped land, on the east by the existing cemetery, and on the south and west by the Center at Needham Ranch. The project site is currently vacant and previously approved as cemetery use by the County of Los Angeles. This project proposes to grade a 13.6-acre area and develop it as cemetery grounds, including a new loop road, landscaping, as well as burial plots. Additionally, the project would construct a new 3,665 square-foot mausoleum. The project would cut and fill 92,600 cubic yards of earth, to be balanced on site, and would also remove and recompact 100,300 cubic yards of earth for remedial grading. The site is in the Open Space zone.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: On June 7, 2022, the Planning Commission voted 3-0 to adopt a resolution recommending the City Council adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve Master Case 20-231 including its associated entitlements and for City of Santa Clarita staff to work with the applicant to enhance the architecture of the proposed mausoleum.
The City of Santa Clarita City Council will conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following date:
DATE: Tuesday, July 12, 2022
TIME: At or after 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: City Hall, Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: An Initial Study (IS) with a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) has been prepared for this project and was posted for public review from May 17, 2022 to June 7, 2022. The Draft Final IS/MND includes all of the written comments received on the Draft IS/MND. A copy of the IS/MND and all supporting documents are available in the City Clerk’s office located in the City Hall building at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 120, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. In addition, a copy will be available on the Planning Division’s website.
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clarita at, or prior to, the public hearings.
For further information regarding this proposal, you may contact the project planner at the City of Santa Clarita, Permit Center, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 140, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Telephone: (661) 255-4330.
Website: www.santa-clarita.com/planning. Send written correspondence to: 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Project Planner: Andy Olson, Associate Planner, [email protected].
Mary Cusick, MMC
City Clerk
Published: The Signal, June 21, 2022
MASTER CASE 20-231
Eternal Valley Expansion Project
23287 Sierra Highway
APNs: 2827-008-057 and 2827-008-059
Existing Eternal
Valley
Memorial Park