5424 West Carlton Way (ENV-2024-915-CE)
Summary
SCH Number
2025061229
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
5424 West Carlton Way (ENV-2024-915-CE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/26/2025
Document Description
The Project Site is located on the south side of Carlton Way, midblock between Serrano Avenue to the east and Western Avenue to the west, in the Hollywood Community Plan area of the City of Los Angeles in the County of Los Angeles. The Project Site contains eight existing residential and accessory structures with a total of 33 units and 22,916 square feet of floor area. The Project would demolish seven existing residential and accessory structures with a total of 25 units and 16,959 square feet at 5420 through 5430 Carlton Way. The Project would construct a new 138,894 square foot, eight-story, 105-foot, 4-inch apartment building with 131 dwelling units, including 74 studio units, 49 one-bedroom units, and eight two-bedroom units, above two and one-half subterranean parking levels containing 148 residential parking stalls. The Project would include the maintenance of an existing 5,957 square-foot, two-story apartment building at 5416-5418 Carlton Way, with eight dwelling units, including one studio unit, six one-bedroom units, and one two-bedroom unit. The Project would have a total of 144,851 square feet of floor area (4.81 FAR) and 139 dwelling units, including 75 studio units, 55 one-bedroom units, and nine two-bedroom units, with 15 Very Low Income Units.
Contact Information
Name
Danalynn Dominguez
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Gary Benjamin
Agency Name
Alchemy Planning + Land Use
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Carlton Way & Serrano Ave
Zip
90027
Other Location Info
Project Location: 5416, 5418, 5420, 5422, 5424, 5426, 5428, 5430 W. Carlton Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Other Information
NAME OF APPLICANT / OWNER:
Maria Flores, 5430 Carlton LLC
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15332 – Class 32
Reasons for Exemption
15300. CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS Section 21084 of the Public Resources Code requires these Guidelines to include a list of classes of projects which have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and which shall, therefore, be exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
In response to that mandate, the Secretary for Resources has found that the following classes of projects listed in this article do not have a significant effect on the environment, and they are declared to be categorically exempt from the requirement for the preparation of environmental documents.
15300.2. EXCEPTIONS
(a) Location. Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11 are qualified by consideration of where the project is to be located – a project that is ordinarily insignificant in its impact on the environment may in a
particularly sensitive environment be significant. Therefore, these classes are considered to apply all instances, except where the project may impact on an environmental resource of hazardous
or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies.
(b) Cumulative Impact. All exemptions for these classes are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time is significant.
(c) Significant Effect. A categorical exemption shall not be used for an activity where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances.
(d) Scenic Highways. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway. This does not apply to improvements which are required as mitigation by an adopted negative declaration or certified EIR.
(e) Hazardous Waste Sites. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project located on a site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.
(f) Historical Resources. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
15332. IN-FILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Class 32 consists of projects characterized as in-fill development meeting the conditions described in this section.
(a) The project is consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations.
(b) The proposed development occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses.
(c) The project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species.
(d) Approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality.
(e) The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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