PC15-218Resolution PC 15-218
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA FINDING THAT NO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW IS REQUIRED FOR MINOR CHANGE NO. 2014-204
Whereas, on September 17, 2014, Strata McCall, LLC applied to the City of Menifee for
the approval of a (second) Minor Change to an approved Tentative Tract Map (TR31098) which
consisted of a subdivision of 85.7 gross acres into 264 total single-family lots; and
Whereas, the second Minor Change to TR 31098 would consolidate two (2) separate
"park" lots (formerly Lot 269 and 270) which measured 2.06 and 1.80 acres (for a total of 3.86
acres) into one (1) 6.52-acre park site (Lot 'E') and decrease the residential unit count which
would lessen impacts to air quality, traffic, and noise impacts, within the vicinity of the project
site, compared to what was previously approved; and
Whereas, on March 30, 2005, the County of Riverside Planning Commission adopted
Environmental Assessment (EA) / Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 39078 (EA
39078), which analyzed the environmental impacts which would result from the development of
TR 31098 and which was prepared in full compliance with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines; and
Whereas, on May 3, 2006, the County of Riverside Planning Commission approved the
first Minor Change to TR 31098 and no new environmental impacts, resulting from the
implementation of Minor Change No. 1, were identified and, therefore, no Environmental
Assessment or Mitigated Negative Declaration was needed and no further environmental review
was required pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines; and
Whereas, the Minor Change will not intensify or otherwise substantially change the
Project; and
Whereas, the City is the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,
Public Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq. ("CEQA"); and
Whereas, the approval of the Minor Change constitutes a discretionary approval which
is part of a "project" as that term is defined in CEQA Guidelines § 15378 and which itself
requires review under CEQA; and
Whereas, the project analyzed in the original EA consisted of a total of 264 residential
units on 85.7 gross acres and the project approved under the first minor change also consisted
of 264 residential units on 85.7 gross acres; and
Whereas, the project as currently proposed with the second Minor Change would
decrease the residential unit count to 258 and thus would likely lessen impacts to air quality,
traffic, and noise impacts, within the vicinity of the project site compared to those previously
analyzed in EA 39078; and
Whereas, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing on
September 23, 2015, where the public was allowed to comment on the absence of any need for
additional environmental review; and
Whereas, the Planning Commission has carefully considered all of the comments
received from the public as well as the information provided by the City's staff regarding
environmental review.
Resolution PC 15-218
Minor Change No. 2014-204
NOW, THEREFORE, the Planning Commission of the City of Menifee hereby makes the
following findings as established by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA):
Section 1. EA 39078 fully analyzed the environmental impacts of the project as it was
originally approved in 2005 and amended in 2006.
Section 2. The Project will result in similar impacts as those analyzed in the previous EA.
Section 3. A. Substantial evidence supports the conclusion that no further environmental
review is required. The proposed modifications would not prompt the need for a
subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) pursuant to Section 15162
which mandates the preparation of the same, when:
1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major
revisions of the previous MND due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects;
2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the
project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous MND
due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
or
3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could
not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time
the previous MND was adopted, shows any of the following:
a. The project will have one or more significant effects not
discussed in the previous MND;
b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more
severe than shown in the previous MND;
c. Mitigation measures or alternative previously found not to be
feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or
more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to
adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or
d. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably
different from those analyzed in the previous MND would substantially
reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project
proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
B. The modified project's overall development is essentially equivalent to what
was evaluated in the previously adopted MND. The proposed modifications
would entail adjustments to grading, the lot layout, open space lot configurations,
and interior circulation. These modifications would not entail substantial changes
to the original project.
C. The proposed approval of the Minor Change contains no substantial changes
in the project as originally analyzed requiring major revisions of the previous
Resolution PC 15-218
Minor Change No. 2014-204
MND due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
D. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances
under which the project as originally analyzed is undertaken which will require
major revisions of the previous MND;
E. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known
and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence, at the
time the previous MND was adopted; and
F. There are no newly feasible, or considerably different, mitigation measures or
alternatives which would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of
the project as originally analyzed but which the Project proponent declines to
adopt.
Section 4. No further environmental review of the Project is required under CEQA and that
the approval of the Minor Change is sufficiently analyzed by the previous EA.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the 23'd day f September, 2015.
Chris Thomas, Chairman
Attest:
J nni er Allen, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Ajit Thind, Assistant City Attorney
Scott A. Mann
Mayor
John V. Denver
Mayor Pro Tem
Greg August
Councilmember
Matthew Liesemeyer
Councilmember
Vacant
Councilmember
District 3
29714 Haun Road
Menifee, CA 92586
Phone 951.672.6777
Fax 951.679.3843
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF MENIFEE )
I, Jennifer Allen, Planning Commission Secretary of the City
of Menifee, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
No. PC15-218 was duly adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Menifee at a meeting thereof held
on the 23`d day of September, 2015 by the following vote:
Ayes:
Doty, Phillips, Karwin, Sobek, Thomas
Noes:
None
Absent:
None
Abstain:
None
Jeyrfiife`r Allen, Deputy City Clerk