PA24-0494 Pujol Apartments

2026040108

City of Temecula

NOE - Notice of Exemption

4/2/2026

4/2/2026

Yannin Marquez

City of Temecula

Assistant Planner

Lead/Public Agency

41000 Main Street
Temecula, CA 92590

(951) 302-4125

yannin.marquez@temeculaca.gov

1st Street

Categorical Exemption

Section 15332, Class 32, Infill Development

In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project has been deemed to be categorically exempt from further environmental review (Section 15332, Class 32, In-Fill Development). (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. The project is consistent with the General Plan, which identifies the project site as Specific Plan Implementation (SPI). A residential attached use is an allowable use in the Neighborhood Residential District of the Old Town Specific Plan. The project meets all applicable General Plan and Zoning policies 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. The project is located within City limits and is located on a vacant lot that is 0.46 acres in size. The proposed project is substantially surrounded by residential uses. (c) The project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. The proposed project is located on a project site that is located within an MSHCP criteria cell. As part of the entitlement on this site the project went through the HANS/JPR process with the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority in which JPR 25-04-23-01 determined that the project is consistent with both the criteria and other plan requirements and no conservation of land was required. The JPR also determined that the project site did not contain any riparian/riverine/vernal pools on the site. The project site is not located within a narrow endemic plant species survey area or an area that requires additional surveys for plants. The property is not located adjacent to existing or proposed conservation areas. (d) Approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality. The proposed project was required to prepare a Project-Specific Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) that was reviewed and conceptually accepted for entitlement by City Staff as the WQMP meets the requirements of the City of Temecula. A traffic analysis was not required as part of this project as the proposed use is allowed within the Neighborhood Residential District of the Old Town Specific Plan, and there is nothing unique about this project that would trigger the need for a traffic analysis. Therefore, the project is not anticipated to result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality as the project, as conditioned, is an allowed use per the City of Temecula General Plan. (e) The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. The project site is surrounded by development and is able to be serviced by all required utilities and public services.