Pre-Zoning Ordinance -City of Whittier Annexation No. 2021-09
Summary
SCH Number
2022070003
Public Agency
City of Whittier
Document Title
Pre-Zoning Ordinance -City of Whittier Annexation No. 2021-09
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/1/2022
Document Description
: The City of Whittier will incorporate several parcels from West Whiffier-Los Nietos on the City’s west end from Unincorporated Los Angeles County bounded by Esperanza Avenue, Loch Lomond Drive, Grayling Avenue, Sorensen Avenue, and El Rancho Drive.
Contact Information
Name
Luis Escobedo
Agency Name
City of Whittier
Job Title
Planning Services Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Whittier
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Zip
90601,2,6
Total Acres
58
State Highways
72
Airports
N/A
Waterways
San Gabriel River
Other Location Info
From Esperanza Avenue and Whittier Boulevard, Norwalk Boulevard to Loch Lomond Drive, Grayling Avenue to Whittier Boulevard, and eastward to Sorensen Avenue in both the City of Whittier and Unincorporated Los Angeles County.
Other Information
The City of Whittier will incorporate several parcels from West Whittier-Los Nietos on the City’s west end from Unincorporated Los Angeles County bounded by Esperanza Avenue, Loch Lomond Drive, Grayling Avenue, Sorensen Avenue, and El Rancho Drive.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15319(a) and 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed annexation is categorically exempt under CEQA guidelines § 15319 (“Annexations of Existing Facilities and Lots for Exempt Facilities”) The areas to be annexed contain existing public and private structures developed to a density allowed by the current Los Angeles County zoning and the pre-zoning to Whittier’s zoning has little to no impact because the zoning is quite similar to the current zoning. Further, the annexation will not add any new utility services to the existing facilities since they are already being fully served, and therefore “the extension of utility services to the existing facilities would have a capacity to serve only the existing facilities.”
Furthermore, there is no reasonably foreseeable change in the types, and intensity of major of service within the annexation area as a result of any approval. No sewer or water service is revised as a result of the annexation. Reasonable application of CEQA Guidelines § 15061(b)(3) would mean the project is exempt.
Lastly, there is no evidence that the annexation involves an unusual circumstance that might cause a significant effect on the environment. (CEQA Guidelines § 15300.2(c).) There is no evidence that the annexation will cause changes in the environment that would result in cumulative impacts.
County Clerk
Los Angeles