CNCA Burlington Campus Conexión (ENV-2024-2161-CE)
Summary
SCH Number
2026100522
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
CNCA Burlington Campus Conexión (ENV-2024-2161-CE)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/15/2026
Document Description
The site is part of the Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Burlington Campus, comprising of eleven (11) lots within the C2-2, R4-2, and C4-2 Zones. The campus is developed with an elementary school, school yard, parking lot, single-family residence, pre-school, and middle school. The single-family residence located on Lot 16 is not operating as a school, however; the project requests a rear yard setback adjustment on Lot 16 to connect the school yard and elementary school to the pre-school and middle school via a pedestrian walkway. The campus has approximately 482.92 feet of street frontage along Burlington Avenue to the east and 150.09 feet
of frontage along Wilshire Boulevard to the north.
The project site is limited to four R4 zoned lots on a rectangular-shaped parcel of land covering
approximately 30,750 square-feet of net lot area. The subject site is improved with a school yard, parking lot, and single-family residence. The project site has approximately 205 feet of street
frontage along Burlington Avenue to the east.
The project consists of the construction of new fences, walls, and a covered pedestrian walkway. The applicant is requesting a Director’s Adjustment to allow the construction, use, and maintenance of a 10-foot-wide covered pedestrian walkway with a maximum height of 13 feet and 8 inches in the rear yard setback, and eleven (11) over-in-height fences/walls with a maximum height of 10 to 13 feet within the front, side, and rear yard setbacks. The project does not propose demolition of existing buildings or tree removal. All buildings and trees will remain. Since the project is for the construction of new fences, walls, a covered pedestrian walkway and no physical changes to the existing buildings are proposed, this project qualifies for the Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) Categorical Exemption.
Contact Information
Name
Sophia Kim
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Job Title
City Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Ellen Castillo
Agency Name
Akerman, LLP
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Carla Rivera
Agency Name
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
Job Title
Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Burlington Ave &b Wilshire Blvd
Zip
90057
Total Acres
.71
Schools
Esperanza Elementary School, Esperanza Elementary School
Other Location Info
PROJECT LOCATION: (Camino Nuevo Charter Academy) 653-697 South Burlington Avenue and 1812 West Wilshire Boulevard
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15303 / Class 3
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt because it involves the construction of a 10-foot-wide covered pedestrian walkway with a maximum height of 13 feet and 8 inches in the rear yard setback, and eleven (11) over-in-height fences/walls with a maximum height of 10 to 13 feet within the front, side, and rear yard setbacks. None of the exceptions to the Categorical Exemption Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies to the proposed project. (a) Location: The project is not located within a hillside area and within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as analyzed in the TITLE OF JUSTIFICATION REPORT (September 29, 2026). (b) Cumulative Impact: Per ZIMAS, the LADBS Haul Route Status Table, and Navigate LA, there are no concurrent approved or pending projects or haul routes within the same place of the project site. The proposed Project will not result in significant cumulative impacts from successive projects of the same type in the same place. (c) Significant Effect: The project will not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. All/Most adjacent lots are developed with commercial uses, public facilities, and residential uses, and the subject site is of similar size and slope to nearby properties. The project site is located in a typical urbanized area of the Westlake Community Plan, and the project would be consistent with the designated zoning and would adhere to all requirements of the LAMC, with the approval of the Adjustment. The project is not unusual for the vicinity of the site, and is similar in scope to other existing uses in the area. Furthermore, there is not a reasonable possibility that the project would have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. The project site is not located in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and will comply with the specific requirements for landscaping and brush clearance. (d) Scenic Highways: The project is not in the vicinity of a state scenic highway and will not damage scenic resources in a state scenic highway. (e) Hazardous Waste Sites: The project site is not on a list compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 related to hazardous waste sites. (f) Historical Resources: Per ZIMAS, SurveyLA, and/or Historic Places LA, the project site is not identified or eligible as a historical resource. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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