Reso PC21-10 0073 PC Reso 239 Vera Ave

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ATTY/RESO.0073/PC RESO 239 VERA AVE REV: 09-24-2021 VR Page 2 of 16 in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Municipal Code, other applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and certified environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this resolution. Section 2. The Commission finds that, based on substantial evidence in the administrative record, including but not limited to the CEQA Memorandum, the Project is Categorically Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15332 (Class 32) for Infill Development Projects. Specifically, the project complies with each required condition of the exemption as: a. The Project is consistent with the General Plan designation and applicable Zoning Ordinance regulations, as set forth in the staff report and its attachments; and b. The proposed development occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses, in that the Project nearby uses include Sequoia Station in close proximity of approximately less than a mile, and c. The project site has no value as habitat for endangered species, in that the project site is located in in a highly urbanized area, and is completely paved ; and d. Approval of the Project would not result in significant effects related to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality, because the project is located in a transit priority area and exempt from additional CEQA transportation analysis, and the conditions of approval, or other existing regulations, would address concerns related to air quality, noise, or water quality; and e. The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. In addition, none of the exceptions under CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply specifically; 1) As a stand-alone project, there is no cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time, 2) There is no reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances because no unusual circumstances exist on the project site or surrounding area, as described in the staff report,