Artesia Downtown Specific Plan
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024020999
Lead Agency
City of Artesia
Document Title
Artesia Downtown Specific Plan
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
7/16/2025
Document Description
The proposed project would implement new land use, zoning, and development standards to guide the scale of future development and growth in Artesia's Downtown district as the City prepares for the planned expansion of a new Metro light rail line (referred to as the Southeast Gateway Line) that will connect southeastern Los Angeles County communities, including Artesia, to Downtown Los Angeles. The Final EIR for the Metro light rail line extension was certified April 2024. The new Metro light rail line extension is anticipated to connect to Pioneer Boulevard in 2035. While the Proposed Project does not include specific development projects at this time, the Artesia Downtown Specific Plan would establish goals and objectives, development standards, and implementation actions associated with land use, mobility, and infrastructure and establish a transit-oriented plan that would provide new opportunities for housing, retail/commercial, and entertainment uses in Artesia’s Downtown district. The proposed project would establish the necessary plans, development standards, regulations, infrastructure requirements, and implementation programs on which subsequent project-related development activities in the Specific Plan area would be based.
Contact Information
Name
Salvador Lopez
Agency Name
City of Artesia
Job Title
Jr., Interim Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Artesia
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Pioneer Blvd. and 188th Street
Zip
90701
State Highways
91
Other Location Info
The proposed project site encompasses 70.8 acres known as the Artesia Downtown district, including the blocks adjoining Pioneer Boulevard to the southeast and ending at 180th Street to the north. The northern portion of the proposed project site (north of Metro’s new Southeast Gateway Line light rail project) is bounded by Alburtis Avenue and Corby Avenue to the west, 180th Street to the north, Arline Avenue to the east, and 188th Street to the south. The proposed project site extends south of Metro’s Southeast Gateway Line to the future Pioneer Boulevard light rail station and includes the area between 188th Street and the La Belle Chateau Mobile Home Park, and to Pioneer Boulevard on the east and Jersey Avenue on the west. The nearest freeway providing regional access to the project site is State Route (SR-) 91, a multilane freeway that divides the northern end of the City.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Artesia
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Final Environmental Document Available at
- https://www.cityofartesia.us/522/Artesia-Downtown-Specific-Plan
- Artesia City Hall, Planning Department, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, CA 90701
- Artesia Public Library, 18801 Elaine Avenue, CA 90701
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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