12 South Toluca Estates Drive

2024100441

City of Los Angeles

NOE - Notice of Exemption

10/10/2024

10/10/2024

Adrineh Melkonian

City of Los Angeles / Department of City Planning

City Planner

Lead/Public Agency

200 N Spring st
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 978-1301

adrineh.melkonian.@lacity.org

chloe parker

PCCLA

City Planner

Parties Undertaking Project

23622 Calabasas Road
calabasas, CA 91302

(818) 591-9309

chloe@pccla.com

34°8'42.8"N 118°21'35.2"W

South Toluca Estates Drive and Valley Springs dr

91602

12 South Toluca Estates Drive

Categorical Exemption

Section 15303 Class 3

Class 3 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. (e) Accessory (appurtenant) structures including garages, carports, patios, swimming pools, and fences.The Planning Department determined that the City of Los Angeles Guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 and the State CEQA Guidelines designate the subject project as Categorically Exempt under Article 19, Section 15303, Class 3. The project is for the construction of a six (6) foot tall 156 feet long fence including gates along the front property line. As a fence, and a project qualifies for the Class 3 Categorical Exemption. The site is zoned R 1-1-Rio and has a General Plan Land Use Designation of Low Residential. As shown in the case file, the project is consistent with the applicable Sherman Oaks - Studio City -Toluca Lake - Cahuenga Pass Community Plan designation and policies and all applicable zoning designations and regulations. The subject site is wholly within the City of Los Angeles, on a site that is approximately 0.978 acres. Lots adjacent to the subject site are developed with the following urban uses: single-family dwellings and open space. The site is previously disturbed and surrounded by development and therefore is not, and has no value as, a habitat for endangered, rare cir threatened species. There are six (6) Exceptions which the City is required to consider before finding a project exempt under Class 15303: (a) Location; (b) Cumulative Impacts; (c) Significant Effect; (d) Scenic Highways; (e) Hazardous Waste Sites; and (f) Historical Resources. While the subject site is located within an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone, Liquefaction Area and 1 kilometer away from Hollywood Fault, specific Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs) in the City of Los Angeles regulate the grading and construction of projects in these particular types of "sensitive" locations and will reduce any potential impacts to less than significant. The project will be subject to Regulatory Compliance Measures (RCMs), which require compliance with the City of Los Angeles Noise Ordinance pollutant discharge, dewatering, stormwater mitigations, and Best Management Practices for stormwater runoff. These RCMs will ensure the project will not have significant impacts on noise and water. These RCMs have been historically proven to work to the satisfaction of the City Engineer to reduce any impacts from the specific environment the project is located. Thus, the location of the project will not result in a significant impact based on its location. 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 construction of a six (6) foot tall 156 feet long fence including gates along the front property line in an area zoned and designated for such development. All adjacent lots are developed with single-family dwellings and open space, and the subject site is of a similar size and slope to nearby properties. The project proposes a fence on a site that is not unusual for the vicinity of the subject site, and is similar in scope to other existing low residential uses in the area. Thus, there are no unusual circumstances which may lead to a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, the only State Scenic Highway within the City of Los Angeles is the Topanga Canyon State Scenic Highway, State Route 27, which travels through a portion of Topanga State Park 14 miles away from the project site. Therefore the subject site will not create any impacts within a designated as a state scenic highway. Furthermore, according to Envirostor, the State of California's database of Hazardous Waste Sites, neither the subject site, nor any site in the vicinity, is identified as a hazardous waste site. The project site has not been identified as a historic resource by local or state agencies, and the project site has not been determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Register, and/or any local register; and was not found to be a potential historic resource based on the City's HistoricPlacesLA website or SurveyLA, the citywide survey of Los Angeles. Finally, the City does not choose to treat the site as a historic resource. Based on this, the project will not result in a substantial adverse change to the significance of a historic resource and this exception does not apply.