SPR-2025-001, SCP-2025-001, and OTP-2025-001
Summary
SCH Number
2026080332
Public Agency
City of Calabasas
Document Title
SPR-2025-001, SCP-2025-001, and OTP-2025-001
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/12/2026
Document Description
Request for a Site Plan Review, Scenic Corridor Permit, and Oak Tree Permit to add 135 new housing units to an existing 600-unit apartment complex located at 3831 Orchid Lane, in the Residential, Multifamily (RM-24) zoning district and Scenic Corridor (-SC) overlay zone. Of the 135 new housing units, 27 units will be deed-restricted affordable to low-income households.
Contact Information
Name
Jaclyn Rackerby
Agency Name
City of Calabasas
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Michael Klein
Agency Name
City of Calabasas
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Mark Janda
Agency Name
AvalonBay Communities, Inc
Job Title
Senior Vice President of Development
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Calabasas
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Las Virgenes Rd and Meadow Creek Ln
Zip
91302
Total Acres
30.5
Parcel #
2063-034-037, 2063-034-038
State Highways
101 Freeway
Schools
A.E. Wright Middle School
Waterways
Las Virgenes Creek
Other Location Info
Project address is 3831 Orchid Ln (APN: 2063-034-037 and 2063-034-038)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 and PRC § 21083.3
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt under Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning) because it is consistent with the land use designation and development density established by the existing zoning and general plan for which an environmental impact report was certified. Specifically, the project is consistent with the Residential Multifamily (RM-24) zoning district and Residential Multiple Family (R-MF-24) land use designation established under the City’s 2030 General Plan and 2021-2029 Housing Element for which the City certified a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR). A project-specific environmental exemption report and technical reports further found that the project would not result in any significant environmental impacts that: (1) were peculiar to the project or the parcel on which the project would be located; (2) were not analyzed as significant effects in the PEIR; (3) are potentially significant off-site impacts or cumulative impacts which were not discussed in the PEIR; or (4) were previously identified significant effects, which, as a result of substantial new information that was not known at the time that the PEIR was certified, were determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the PEIR.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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