La Paz Village Senior Housing Project (Site Development Permit No. 0147-2023)
Summary
SCH Number
2025091274
Public Agency
City of Laguna Hills
Document Title
La Paz Village Senior Housing Project (Site Development Permit No. 0147-2023)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/26/2025
Document Description
The project applicant proposes a 180-unlt senior living podium-style development on 2.44 acres in an existing retail center. The project site is designated Community Commercial in the General Plan with Community Commercial (CC) zoning. The proposed development would be up to five stories and would include 180 age-restricted units of which 162 would be market rate and 18 would be affordable units, along with 253 parking spaces in a parking garage under the building and at-grade parking on the first level. The density would be 74 dwelling units per acre. The mix of unit type is as follows: 16 studios (390 square feet), 93 one-bedroom units (519-800square feet), and 71 two-bedroom units (888-1,040 square feet).
Contact Information
Name
Jennifer Lowe
Agency Name
City of Laguna Hills
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Nick Buchanan
Agency Name
La Paz Village Investors, LLC
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Laguna Hills
Counties
Orange
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
MacKenzie and McIntyre Street
Zip
92653
Total Acres
2.44
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
AB 130, Public Resources Code Section 21080.66
Reasons for Exemption
The Project meets all criteria of the statutory CEQA exemption established by AB 130 (Public Resources Code Section 21080.66) because it is: a “housing development project;" a builder's remedy project less than 5 acres, within City boundaries, previously developed with an urban use, not in a Coastal zone, not located on protected Agricultural Land, not located on wetlands, not in a VHFHSZ, not on the Cortese Knox List, not in an earthquake fault zone, not in a 100-yearflood zone, not on conservation land or easements, not on protected species habitat achieves at least 15 du/acre, does not require historic structure demolition, does not include transient lodging. and is not within 500 feet of a freeway.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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