Agenda - City of Santa Monica

subject to wild-land fire hazard, high risk of fire or explosion, or significant public
health risk. The project site is also not located within a delineated earthquake fault
zone or seismic hazard zone or a l andslide flood plain, and flood way area; on
developed open space; or within the boundary of a state conservancy.
4. Community level environmental review was adopted within five years of the date of
the project application. Specifically, a Final EIR for the LUCE was certified in June
2010.
5. The project site is approximately 0.34 acres and does not exceed the threshold of
four acres.
6. The project includes 53 units and does not exceed the threshold of 100 residential
units.
7. The proposed project will satisfy the City’s Affordable Housing Production Program
by providing at least five very-low income units, and three low-income units.
8. The proposed project is located within one-half mile of a m ajor transit stop at
Fourth Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. This stop is served by at least four Big
Blue Bus routes including Lines 1, 2, 3, and 7 with 15 minute headways or less
during the morning and afternoon peak commuter hours.
9. The proposed project is approximately 46,421 square feet and does not exceed
100,000 square feet.
10. The proposed project provides the equivalent density of 154 units per acre and
thus, is presumed to promote higher density infill housing.
Furthermore, in accordance with Section 21559.24(b), there is no reasonable possibility
that the project will have a project-specific, significant effect on the environment due to
unusual circumstances. There is no feature of this project which would distinguish it
from any other mixed-use project in this area or other projects in the exempt class. No
substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the project is being
undertaken have occurred since the community-level environmental review (LUCE Final
EIR) was certified. In addition, no new information has become available regarding the
project and its circumstances that was not known at the time of the LUCE Final EIR.
Therefore, based on the above, the proposed project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to
Section 21559.24.
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