MCLEISH RANCH
Summary
SCH Number
2025020199
Public Agency
City of San Jacinto
Document Title
MCLEISH RANCH
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/6/2025
Document Description
A Planned Development Permit and Tentative Tract Map (TTM) No. 38203 to subdivide 96-acres into 424 residential lots and 9 lettered lots for the future development of 424-single family homes. The build-out of the project will include the development of on-site roadways, off-site road improvements, a detention basin, parks, and on-site landscaping.
Contact Information
Name
KEVIN WHITE
Agency Name
CITY OF SAN JACINTO
Job Title
PLANNING MANAGER
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
ROCKWELL LAND CO
Agency Name
WILLIAM INGHRAM
Job Title
PRINCIPAL
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Jacinto
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide
Parcel #
436-080-011, 436-080-002, 436-080-006
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15183
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA mandates that projects which are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This streamlines the review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies.
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183(d), a project exemption applies under the following conditions:
1. The project is consistent with:
a. A community plan adopted as part of the general plan,
b. A zoning action which zoned or designated the parcel on which the project would
be located to accommodate a particular density of development, or
c. A general plan of a local agency, and
2. An EIR was certified by the lead agency for the zoning action, the community plan, or the general plan.
A project is consistent with a general plan if (1) the density of the proposed project is the same or less than the standard expressed for the involved parcel in the general plan for which an EIR has been certified, and (2) the project complies with the density-related standards contained in that
plan (CEQA Guidelines section 15183(i)(2)).
As required by CEQA, the city prepared a Final EIR, which analyzed the environmental impacts of the General Plan 2040 Update. On November 15, 2023, the City Council certified the GP EIR as meeting the requirements of CEQA. Therefore, Section 15183 exemption applies because the project is consistent with the density development standards contained in the GP EIR and Development Code, as measured in dwelling units per acre. The proposed project would have a density of 4.24 units per acre, where 7 per acre (672 units) is the maximum allowed.
An additional EIR, or other environmental document need not be prepared for a project solely on the basis of an impact that is not peculiar to the parcel or to the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the prior EIR, or can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards (CEQA Guidelines §15183(c)). An impact is not considered peculiar if uniformly applied development standards or procedures have been previously adopted by the city, with a finding that the development standards or procedures will
substantially mitigate that environmental impact (CEQA Guidelines §15183(f)).
Accordingly, the Section 15183 exemption applies because the proposed project is consistent with the City of San Jacinto General Plan, the GP EIR, and all feasible mitigation measures identified in the GP EIR as being applicable, as further discussed in the Exemption Checklist.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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