Conditional Use Permit CUP-2025-0007
Summary
SCH Number
2026060064
Public Agency
City of Laguna Woods
Document Title
Conditional Use Permit CUP-2025-0007
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/2/2026
Document Description
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP-2025-0007 TO AMEND PLANNING APPLICATION PA99-0027 TO ALLOW FOR THE MODIFICATION OF PAVEMENT STRIPING, MARKINGS, AND LEGENDS, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF RELATED SIGNAGE, WITHIN AN EXISTING PARKING LOT AND PARKING STRUCTURE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE AND ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE PARKING STALLS, RESULTING IN A NET INCREASE OF ONE PARKING STALL, AT 24361 EL TORO ROAD, LAGUNA WOODS, CA 92637, AND DETERMINING AND CERTIFYING THAT THE RESOLUTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Contact Information
Name
Andrew Fogg, Esq.
Agency Name
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Job Title
Partner
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
1505 Corporation CSC - Lawyers Incorporating Service
Agency Name
Jupiner Town Centre PB, LLC
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Justin Faylona
Agency Name
City of Laguna Woods
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Laguna Woods
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Zip
92637
Parcel #
616-012-21
Other Location Info
24361 El Toro Rd Suite, Laguna Woods CA, 92637
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Not Subject to CEQA (Sec. 15060(c)(2); 15060(c)(3))
Reasons for Exemption
The project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended and implementing State CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (collectively “CEQA”) pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2) (the activities will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activities are not a project as defined in section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3.
Even if the project were subject to CEQA, it would be categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, in that it consists of the operation or permitting of existing private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. Section 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations states explicitly that the “key consideration [in determining whether such an exemption applies to a project] is whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of use.”
Prior to the City’s incorporation, the County of Orange approved Planning Application PA99-0027 to allow for the development of the project location. As part of that approval, a total of 170 parking stalls were required across the parking lot and parking structure. At some point subsequent to the County of Orange’s approval of Planning Application PA99-0027 and without City approval, the parking structure was modified to convert two standard parking stalls to one accessible parking stall and an access aisle, resulting in a reduction of one required parking stall and deviation from the approved parking plan. The project allows for modifications of pavement striping, markings, and legends, as well as the installation of related signage, to resolve inconsistency between the parking required by Planning Application PA99-0027, the parking that currently exists, and the parking required by applicable codes.
No change in the uses currently approved for the project location are included in the project.
Physical alterations included in the project are limited to exterior site improvements, including the installation of parking signage and minor modifications to pavement striping, markings, and legends. Topographical features, impervious area, and the size of the existing building on the project site will remain unchanged.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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