Hanson Hotel
Summary
SCH Number
2026050822
Public Agency
City of San Clemente
Document Title
Hanson Hotel
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/21/2026
Document Description
The development of a three-story, 61-room boutique hotel featuring a pool, cafe, roof-top restaurant (3,380 sq, ft.), pool with a bar and food service, indoor cafe and hotel lobby {1,357 sq. ft.), walk up cafe (290 sg. ft.) with full range alcohol service and amplified music for the pool and roof top restaurant, outdoor dining for all restaurant and cafe areas, and a two level subterranean parking garage with 104 parking stalls.
Contact Information
Name
John Ciampa, Contract Planner
Agency Name
City of San Clemente
Job Title
Contract Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Rachel Nasre
Agency Name
Applicant
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Clemente
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
N. El Camino Real and Avenida Pico
Zip
92672
Total Acres
0.8
Parcel #
057-191-60
State Highways
I-5
Railways
Metrolink Rail Station
Airports
NA
Schools
San Clemente High School, Las Palmas Elementary School
Waterways
Pacific Ocean, Segunda Deshecha Canada Channel
Township
08S
Range
07W
Section
32
Base
SBBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code Section 21083.3/CEQA Guidelines Section 15183
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to Section 16183 of the CEQA Guidelines, where a project is consistent with the use and density established for a property under an existing general plan or zoning ordinance for which the City has already certified an EIR, additional environmental review is not required "except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site." As set forth by Sections 15168 and 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines, the program EIR in this case is the Final Environmental Impact Report for Centennial General Plan (General Plan EIR; State Clearinghouse No. 2013041021). The proposed project is consistent with the General Plan land use designation of Downtown Mixed-Use 1 (M U1 ). Through a CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Exemption Report and appended Initial Study, the City determined that the proposed project would not result in a significant Impact that: (1) Is peculiar to the project or the project site: (2) was not Identified as a significant effect in the General Plan EIR; or (3) are previously Identified significant effects, which as a result of substantial new information that was not known at the time that the General Plan EIR was certified, are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the General Plan EIR. Therefore, based on Section 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines, further environmental review is not required for the proposed project.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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