Resolution No. 2025-013 Summarily Vacating Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue in the Woodcrest Area.

2025061238

Riverside County

NOE - Notice of Exemption

6/26/2025

6/26/2025

David L. McMillan

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SURVEYOR’S OFFICE

Riverside County Surveyor

Lead/Public Agency

4080 Lemon Street 8th Floor
Riverside, CA 92501

(951) 955-6700

dmcmilla@rivco.org

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THOSE PORTIONS OF CHICAGO AVENUE AND IRIS AVENUE ACCEPTED AS A COUNTY HIGHWAY (WOOD ROAD) PER SUPERVISOR'S MINUTE BOOK 14, PAGES 234 THROUGH 236, INCLUSIVE, ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND SHOWN ON MAP OF HOUSE HEIGHTS FILED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 61 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; LYING IN THE NORTH HALF, OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 4 WEST OF SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF NEELY LANE (60.00 FEET WIDE) AND IRIS AVENUE (20.00 FOOT HALF-WIDTH} AS SHOWN ON PARCEL MAP NO. 4963, FILED IN BOOK 7, AT PAGE 76 OF PARCEL MAPS, RECORDS OF RECORDER OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; THENCE SOUTH 89°42'37" EAST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF IRIS AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 148.25 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY PROLONGATION OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED BY THE CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE NO. 6293, RECORDED MARCH 8, 2006 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2006-0164538, RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE SOUTH 00°30'58" WEST ALONG SAID PROLONGATION OF THE EASTERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID IRIS AVENUE ACCEPTED AS A COUNTY HIGHWAY PER SUPERVISORS' MINUTES BOOK 14, PAGES 234 THROUGH 236, INCLUSIVE, ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAID COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, AND SHOWN ON MAP OF HOUSE HEIGHTS FILED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 61 OF MAPS, RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, SAID LINE BEING PARALLEL WITH AND 20.00 FEET SOUTHERLY, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE NORTH 89°42'37" WEST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 498.55 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 126.19 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID TANGENT CURVE AND SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 22°57'48", AN ARC LENGTH OF 50.58 FEET TO A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 30.00 FEET SOUTHERLY, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID CENTERLINE OF IRIS AVENUE, ALSO BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID TANGENT CURVE AND SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 40°13'51", AN ARC LENGTH OF 88.60 FEET TO A POINT OF CUSP, SAID POINT BEING ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 33.00 FEET EASTERLY, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SAID CHICAGO AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 00°51'35" EAST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, A DISTANCE OF 44.53 FEET; THIS DOCUMENT REVIEWED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY SURVEYOR. BY: Steve Chaffin DATE: 11-27-2024 EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION THENCE NORTH 43°35'07" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 20.27 FEET TO A LINE PARALLEL WITH AND 30.00 FEET SOUTHERLY, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID CENTERLINE OF IRIS AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH 89°42'37" EAST ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE, A DISTANCE OF 49.06 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; CONTAINING 1,312 SQUARE FEET. SEE EXHIBIT " B" ATTACHED HERETO AND BY THIS REFERENCE MADE A PART HEREOF

See Exhibits “A” and “B”

Other

15061(b)(3)

The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue have been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c)(2). However, even if it was determined to be a project under CEQA for analysis purposes, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA specifically by the State CEQA Guidelines as identified below. The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue will not result in any specific or general exceptions to the use of the categorical exemption as detailed under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2. The project will not cause any impacts to scenic resources, historic resources, or unique sensitive environments. Further, no unusual circumstances or potential cumulative impacts would occur that may reasonably create an environmental impact. The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue will not have an effect on the environment; thus, the County has deemed this does not meet the definition of a “project” under CEQA and no environmental impacts are anticipated to occur. With certainty, there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant effect on the environment. The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue will not require any construction activities, change the use or intensity of the existing site to create a physical environmental impact, and would not lead to any direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical environmental impacts. Therefore, in no way would the project as proposed have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the project is exempt from further CEQA analysis. Based upon the identified exemptions above, the County of Riverside hereby concludes that no physical environmental impacts are anticipated to occur and the project as proposed is exempt under CEQA. No further environmental analysis is warranted.

Other

15060(c)(2)

The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue have been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c)(2). However, even if it was determined to be a project under CEQA for analysis purposes, the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA specifically by the State CEQA Guidelines as identified below. The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue will not result in any specific or general exceptions to the use of the categorical exemption as detailed under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2. The project will not cause any impacts to scenic resources, historic resources, or unique sensitive environments. Further, no unusual circumstances or potential cumulative impacts would occur that may reasonably create an environmental impact. The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue will not have an effect on the environment; thus, the County has deemed this does not meet the definition of a “project” under CEQA and no environmental impacts are anticipated to occur. Section 15060(c)(2) – for purposes of analysis under CEQA, The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue is not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2). An action by a public agency is only a “project” subject to CEQA if the action might result in a physical change in the environment. Based upon a review of the whole action undertaken, supported, or authorized by the County, in no way will The vacation of Portions of Iris Avenue and Chicago Avenue increase the use of the site, result in increased development or construction impacts, or lead to any direct, indirect, or cumulative physical environmental impacts. Based upon the identified exemptions above, the County of Riverside hereby concludes that no physical environmental impacts are anticipated to occur and the project as proposed is exempt under CEQA. No further environmental analysis is warranted.