655 East Crestmoore Place

2024040138

City of Los Angeles

NOE - Notice of Exemption

4/3/2024

4/3/2024

Sienna Kuo

City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning

Planning Assistant

Lead/Public Agency

200 N Spring st
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 978-1376

sienna.kuo@lacity.org

Abbot Kinney blvd and Oakwood Ave

Categorical Exemption

Section 15301 (Class 1)

A Categorical Exemption, ENV-2020-5767-CE, has been prepared for the proposed project consistent, with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. The project proposes the 1,556.59 square-foot, two-story addition to an existing one-story 1,640 square-foot duplex resulting in a two-story 3,196.59 square-foot duplex, maintaining three parking spaces on site. The Categorical Exemption prepared for the proposed project is appropriate pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301{Class 1). The Class 1 Categorical Exemption allows for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use. The Class 1 Categorical Exemption includes additions to existing structures provided that the addition will not result in an increase of more than: {1) 50 percent of the floor area of the structures before the addition, or 2,500 square feet, whichever is less; or (2) 10,000 square feet if: (A) The project is in an area where all public services and facilities are available to allow for maximum development permissible in the General Plan and (B) The area in which the project is located is not environmentally sensitive. As previously discussed, the project consists of the 1,556.59 square-foot, two-story addition to an existing one-story 1,640 square-foot duplex resulting in a two-story 3,196.59 square-foot duplex, maintaining three parking spaces on site, thereby qualifying for an exemption of this class. Furthermore, the Exceptions outlined in the State CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 do not apply to the project: a) Cumulative Impact. All exemptions for these classes are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time is significant. There Is not a succession of known projects of the same type and in the same place as the subject project. As mentioned, the project proposes the 1,556.59 square-foot, two-story addition to an existing one-story 1,640 square-foot duplex resulting in a two-story 3,196.59 square-foot duplex, maintaining three parking spaces on site. The project is consistent with the type of development permitted for the area zoned R2-1 and designated Low Medium I Residential use. The project will not exceed thresholds identified for impacts to the area {i.e. traffic, noise, etc.). The project will not result in significant cumulative impacts. b) Significant Effect. A categorical exemption shall not be used for an activity where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. A categorical exemption shall not be used for an activity where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. The proposed project consists of activities typical of a residential development. Therefore, no unusual circumstances are present or foreseeable. c) Scenic Highways. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project, which may result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway. The project site is not located on or near a designated state scenic highway. d) Hazardous Waste Sites. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project located on a site which is included on any list complied pursuant to Section 65962. 5 of the Government Code. The project site is not identified as a hazardous waste site or is on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. a) Historical Resources. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project, which may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The subject site and existing structure have not been identified as a historic resource or within a historic district (SurveyLA, 2015), the project is not listed on the National or California Register of Historic Places or identified as a Historic Cultural Monument (HCM). Therefore, the proposed project is determined to be categorically exempt and does not require mitigation or monitoring measures; no alternatives of the project were evaluated, and an appropriate environmental clearance has been ci ranted.