Aliso Niguel Parking Lot Addition

2006078128

Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD)

NOE - Notice of Exemption

7/12/2006

7/12/2006

David A. Doomey

Capistrano Unified School District

Lead/Public Agency

33122 Valle Road
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

(949) 234-9448

City: Aliso Viejo

Categorical Exemption

Section 15311

CEQA Guidelines 15311 exempts the construction or placement of accessory structures or uses. Specially, Class 11 exempts the construction of minor structures accessory to existing institutional facilities, including but not limited to small parking lots. The proposed project will convert a turf area into a small parking lot for school parking. The project will provide 93 additional parking spaces on the school site. The parking lot will be located at the southern end of the school site, adjacent to an existing parking lot. A walkway which surrounds the turf area and leads off site will be retained in place. The school has experienced a parking shortage for a number of years and the District has worked with the City of Aliso Viejo to identify ways to alleviate the problem. The addition of 93 parking spaces will help to ease the current parking deficiency. The new parking lot will disturb an area of approximately 0.66 acre of existing turf landscaping and will require minor site preparation work including grading. Water runoff will flow via concrete grouted rip rap to the north and into a turf area. This configuration will prevent water runoff from being directed into the nearby Aliso Creek. Four light standards will be installed to provide security lighting in the new parking lot. The light standards will be approximately 29 feet in height, and will be shielded to prevent light spill onto adjacent areas. There is no reasonable probability that the project will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances because the site is already developed with a high school, and water runoff from the parking lot will be directed onto a turf area and away from Aliso Creek.