1309 North Highgate Avenue
Summary
SCH Number
2024080838
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
1309 North Highgate Avenue
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/21/2024
Document Description
The project proposes the continued use and maintenance of a 322 square-foot unpermitted addition on the first floor and a 675 squarefoot unpermitted addition on the second floor in conjunction with an 868 square-foot single-family dwelling in the R1-1-HCR Zone. The project includes a Zoning Administrator's Determination to allow a 2-foot 3-inch height projection above the encroachment plane along the northerly side yard setback, a Zoning Administrator's Adjustment to allow a varying northerly side yard setback of 2 feet 7 inches in lieu of a 6-foot side yard setback, and a Zoning Administrator's Adjustment to allow a 9-foot 5-inch front yard setback in lieu of the 13-
foot 8-inch prevailing setback.
Contact Information
Name
Monique Acosta
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
William Howard
Agency Name
Representative
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Fallston st and 1309 North Highgate Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Zip
90042
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15303 / Class 3
Reasons for Exemption
The City of Los Angeles has determined based on the whole of the administrative record, that substantial evidence supports that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303, Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), and none of the exceptions to the categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies to the proposed project. The project is not located on or near an environmental resource that is precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to federal, state, or local law. The proposed project will not result in significant cumulative impacts from successive project of the same type in the same place. The project does not involve unusual circumstances. The proposed project will not damage scenic resources in a state scenic highway. The project site is not a list compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 related to hazardous waste sites. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The project
was found to be exempt based on the following; Section 15303, Class 3 -(New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) Consists of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure. (a) One single-family residence or a second dwelling unit in a residential zone. In urbanized areas, up to three single-family residences may be constructed or converted under this exemption.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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