Site Development Permit 04-24-5698 (IMI Critical Engineering)
Summary
SCH Number
2025010310
Public Agency
City of Lake Forest
Document Title
Site Development Permit 04-24-5698 (IMI Critical Engineering)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/10/2025
Document Description
Development of a 3.71-acre parcel to include a 54,652 sq. ft., 35-ft. tall, single-story, concrete tilt-up building for manufactur-ing (27,324 sq. ft.), office (19,848 sq. ft.), and storage (7,480 sq. ft.) use. The project includes 158 parking spaces (61 cov-ered), a single loading dock, 4,165 sq. ft., outdoor employee break/seating area, fenced outdoor storage, landscaping, tube steel fencing and masonry wall/retaining wall combinations up to 11 ft. tall from lowest adjacent finished grade, paving, screened equipment, a 14 sq. ft. monument sign, and 3 wall signs.
Contact Information
Name
Ron Santos
Agency Name
City of Lake Forest
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Brad Fowers
Agency Name
LPA
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Kevin McKown
Agency Name
IMI Critical Engineering
Job Title
Business/Property Owner
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Lake Forest
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Pauling and Portola Parkway
Zip
92610
Total Acres
3.71
Jobs
298
Parcel #
612-064-17
Railways
Orange County Line (Metrolink)
Schools
Portola HS, Santiago Hills Elem., Pioneer Middle School
Waterways
Aliso Creek, Santiago Creek, Laguna Lake, Tijeras Creek
Township
T6S
Range
R9W
Section
35
Other Location Info
19712 Pauling, Lake Forest, CA 92610
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 32, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15332
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is an infill development consistent with the criteria specified in Article 19, Categorical Exemptions, Sec. 15332, Class 32: In-fill Development, of the CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations):
a. The project is consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan poli-cies as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations.
b. The project is in the City on a site less than five acres and is substantially surrounded by urban uses.
c. The project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species.
d. The project has been evaluated for significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, and water quali-ty and no significant effects have been identified.
e. The site would be adequately served by all required utilities and public services.
The Class 32 In-Fill Development exemption is further supported by a technical memorandum and the following technical studies, which are on file with the City of Lake Forest: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geotechnical, Hydrology and Drainage, Noise and Vibration, Paleontology, Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (site history), Traffic (level of service and vehicle miles traveled), and a Preliminary Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP).
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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