ZA-2023-8119-ZAD-DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA
Summary
SCH Number
2025120325
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
ZA-2023-8119-ZAD-DRB-SPP-MSP-HCA
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/9/2025
Document Description
ADDITION TO EXISTING SFD, NEW 500 SQFT GARAGE, 796 SQFT ADU, NEW DECK(S), AND GRADING
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Mitchell
Agency Name
1st Choice Design & Development
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Jude Hernandez
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles
Job Title
Planning Staff
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Woody Trail & Cahuenga Park Trail
Zip
90068
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
SECTION 15301 CLASS 1
Reasons for Exemption
The City of Los Angeles determined based on the whole of the administrative record, that substantial evidence supports that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301, Class 1(e), and none of the exceptions to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies. The project was found to be exempt based on the following:
Project Description:
The Project located at 6850 W. Cahuenga Park Trail will be analyzed for the purpose of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review for an addition to an existing single-family dwelling. The Project is in compliance with the Baseline Hillside Ordinance and requires no further discretionary actions. The project is proposing to remove (0) non-protected trees, which would otherwise be required to be replaced on a 1 :1 basis. As an existing single-family dwelling, this Project qualifies for the Class 15301 Categorical Exemption.
The proposed project is the addition of 430 square-feet to an existing 1,650 square-foot single-family dwelling, with a 500 square attached garage, new decks, retaining wall and 796 square-foot ADU to be reviewed through a separate ministerial permit. The proposed building height is 33 feet on 3 lots totaling approximately 7,613 square feet. The total proposed residential floor area is 2,876 square-feet. The project is in the Outer Corridor and subject to the Baseline Hillside Ordinance. The project is downslope and Non-Visible from Mulholland Drive. The project is proposing 320 cubic yards (CUYD) of cut, 25 CUYD of fill, O CUYD of import, and 295 CUYD of export grading. The project does not propose the removal of any protected or significant tree.
CEQA DETERMINATION - CLASS 15301, CATEGORY 1 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION APPLIES
Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The types of "existing facilities" itemized below are not intended to be all-inclusive of the types of projects which might fall within Class 1. The key consideration is
whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of use.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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