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CEQA Class 32 Exemption – 400 W Warner Ave April 7, 2025 Page 7 of 10 a) Location. Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11 are qualified by consideration of where the project is to be located – a project that is ordinarily insignificant in its impact on the environment may in a particularly sensitive environment be significant. Therefore, these classes are considered to apply all instances, except where the project may impact on an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies. b) Cumulative Impact. All exemptions for these classes are inapplicable when the cumulative impact of successive projects of the same type in the same place, over time is significant. c) Significant Effect. A categorical exemption shall not be used for an activity where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. d) Scenic Highways. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, rock outcroppings, or similar resources, within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway. This does not apply to improvements which are required as mitigation by an adopted negative declaration or certified EIR. e) Hazardous Waste Sites. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project located on a site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. f) Historical Resources. A categorical exemption shall not be used for a project which may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The applicability of the above-listed conditions to the 400 W Warner Ave Project is discussed below. a) This Condition would not apply under a Class 32 exemption, as it only applies to Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11. b) As presented within this Memorandum, the Project would not result in any significant individual or cumulative environmental impacts. As such, Condition b) is not applicable to the Project. c) No significant effects would occur as a result of the Project. The Project proposes retrofitting of an existing urban use within a developed area of the City. No unusual circumstances exist. As such, Condition c) is not applicable to the Project. d) According to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) California Scenic Highway Mapping System, the nearest officially designated state scenic highway is a portion of California State Route 91 located approximately 9.2 miles northeast of the Project site. This section of the scenic highway is not visible from the Project site or surrounding areas.3 As such, the Project would not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; Condition d) is not applicable. e) Pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, the Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites (Cortese) List is a planning document used by the State and local agencies to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act requirements in providing information about the location of hazardous materials release sites. Below are the data resources that provide information regarding the facilities or sites identified as meeting the Cortese List requirements. 3 https://caltrans.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=465dfd3d807c46cc8e8057116f1aacaa.