Resolution No. 2025-213, Summarily Vacating Portion of Chuckwalla Road in the Desert Center area, District 4.

2025091062

Riverside County

NOE - Notice of Exemption

9/23/2025

9/23/2025

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

See Exhibits “A” & “B”

BEING LOTS "K", "L", "M", "N" AND "O", DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC ROAD AND UTILITY PURPOSES AS SHOWN ON PARCEL MAP NO. 23452, ON FILE IN BOOK 165, PAGES 56 THROUGH 62 INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. LYING IN THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 15 EAST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING FROM THE VACATION AN EASEMENT FOR ANY EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN, OPERATE, REPLACE, REMOVE, OR RENEW SUCH FACILITIES, PURSUANT TO DIVISION 9, PART 3, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 8340 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE. CONTAINING 99,191.688 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS. AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT "B", ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.

Other

15061(b)(3)

The vacation of a street has been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c). 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 the existing roadway 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 this street 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 15061(b)(3) - General Rule “Common Sense” Exemption. With certainty, there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant effect on the environment. Vacating a street 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 vacating a street have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the vacation 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)

The vacation of a street has been determined to not be a “project” as defined under State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c). 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 the existing roadway 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 this street 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) – for purposes of analysis under CEQA, vacating a street is not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to Section 15060(c). 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 vacating a street 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.