Development Plan (DP-2022-2744) Makena Medical Office Building
Summary
SCH Number
2024010096
Public Agency
City of Murrieta
Document Title
Development Plan (DP-2022-2744) Makena Medical Office Building
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/5/2024
Document Description
Development Plan Permit (DP) to construct a 31,600-square-foot two-story, 42’ – 6” tall medical office building which is oriented to face the public streets with landscape buffering between it and the right-of-way. Vehicular access is provided by two access points from Hancock Avenue and Walsh Center Drive. These access points lead to the internal drive aisles with parking in the rear of the project site. The Project will include 158 parking spaces, including 21 Clean Air Vehicle spaces comprised of electric vehicle charging stations and vanpool spaces, as well as eight (8) long-term and eight (8) short-term bicycle spaces. Significant landscaping is located around the site’s perimeter, incorporated as diamonds and landscape islands through the parking fields and adjacent to the building with a decorative stamped and colored retaining wall along the northerly property line that will range from five (5) to twenty (20) feet in height. The parking areas will be separated from the city right-of-way by a landscape buffer which will incorporate a decorative solid masonry wall of no more than forty-two (42) inches tall to screen cars from view from the street as well as pedestrian amenities such as benches and trash receptacles which will be located along both Hancock Avenue and Walsh Center Drive. In total, the Project will provide approximately 23% landscaping throughout the entire project site as well as multiple WQMP basins and underground storm chambers, which will collect and manage onsite runoff as designed and will connect to all utilities - water, natural gas, electricity, sewer, and telecommunications - adjacent to the project site within Walsh Center Drive all located on a 2.66-acre parcel and is comprised of Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN): 910-250-008 (the “Project).
Contact Information
Name
Nicholas Thiessen
Agency Name
City of Murrieta
Job Title
Assistant Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Southern California, Statewide
Cross Streets
Northwest corner of Hancock Avenue and Walsh Center Drive
Zip
92562
Total Acres
2.66
Parcel #
910-250-008
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 32, California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15332 In-Fill Development Projects
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15332 (a) through (e) is appropriate as the project is consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations; the proposed development occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses; the project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species; approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality, and all required utilities and public services can adequately serve the site. Furthermore, the exceptions listed in CEQA Section 15300.2 do not apply.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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