CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
APPLICATION: Master Case 21-109; General Plan Amendment 21-002 , Zone Change 21-001, Tentative Map 21-002, Conditional Use Permit 21-010, Development Review 21-012, Minor Use Permit 21-016, Ridgeline Alteration Permit 21-001, Hillside Development Review 21-001, O ak Tree Permit 421-001, Architectural Design Review 21-016, Environmental Impact Report 21-002
PROJECT APPLICANT: LA Railroad 93, LLC
PROJECT LOCATION: Northeast Cor ner of Railroad Avenue and 13 th Street. Assessor Parcel
Numbers 2834-001-007; 2834-001-012 to -015; 2834-002-046; 2834- 003-044; 2834-004-045; 2834-005-041; 2834-006-041; 2834-007-045; 2834- 008-039; 2834-010-043; 2834-011-021; 2834-012-023; 2834-013-041; 2834- 014-043; 2834-015-021; 2834-016-041; 2834-017-021; 2834-020-111; 2834- 020-114; 2834-021-134; and 2834-022-067
The City of Santa Clarita City Council will conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following date:
DATE: Tuesday, August 22, 2023
TIME: At or after 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: City Hall, Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting entitlements f or the development of the Shadowbox Studios Project, an a pproximately 1.3 million square- foot, full-service film and television studio campus on an approximately 93-acre site. The project wou ld involve construction of 19 soundstages, a three-story office building, a four-story (five parking levels) parking structure, a two-story warehouse support building, and three catering buildings, as we ll as the construction of an all-weather bridge across Placerita Creek that would connect to a surface p arking lot on the north side of the creek.
The project also proposes to utilize the adjacent 11.4-acre Met ropolitan Water District (MWD) property along the eastern boundary of the project site, south of Placer ita Creek, to provide additional vehicle and trailer parking spaces. A plant nursery is also proposed along the entire length of this parking area and adjacent to the alley behind the residences along Alderbrook Dr ive. Use of the MWD property is subject to approval by MWD and is not required to support the operation of the studio campus. The development of the proposed project would require several off-site improvem ents, which include railroad crossing improvements at 13 th Street, and improvements of the roadway alignments on 13 th Street, Arch Street, Dockweiler Road, 12 th Street, and Placerita Canyon Road. The Project would require a pproximately 400,000 cubic yards of cut/fill to be balanced across the site, removal or encroachment of 13 oak trees, and alteration along the base of a significant ridgeline.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: On July 18, 2023, the Planning Comm ission voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution recommending the City Council certify the Final Envi ronmental Impact Report (EIR) and associated documents, and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and R eporting Program (MMRP), and approve Master Case 21-109 and associated entitlements for the development of the Shadowbox Studios Project, in the City of Santa Clarita, subject to the Conditions of Approval.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: A Draft EIR has been prepared for this proposed project and was posted for public review from April 6, 2023, to May 22, 2023. The Draft Final EIR was posted for public review July 6, 2023. The Draft Final EIR includes all of the written comments receiv ed on the Draft EIR and detailed responses to the wr itten comment letters. A copy o f the Draft Final EIR and all supporting documents are available at the City Clerk’s Office, located in the City Hall Building at 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 120, Santa Clarita, California, 91355. The Dra ft EIR and Draft Final EIR are also available for public review on the City of Santa Clarita websit e at: http://www.santa- clarita.com/planning/environmental.
If you wish to challenge the ac tion taken on this matter in cou rt, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing describ ed 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 contac t 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: Erika Iverson, [email protected].
Mary Cusick, MMC
City Clerk
Published: The Signal, August 1, 2023