DATE:
July 17, 2024
11
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
RESOLUTION TO SET ASIDE THE BOARD'S MAY 5, 2021 DECISION GRANTING THE APPEAL IN NORTH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES PROJECT AND AFFIRM THE FEBRUARY 5, 2021 DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVING THE PROJECT AND CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICT: 5)
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OVERVIEW
The North County Environmental Resources Project (Project) is a recycling facility that would recycle: 1) tree waste chipping and grinding; 2) wood and construction debris; and 3) concrete, asphalt, and inert material from demolition projects. The Project site is located west of Interstate 15, directly south of Mesa Rock Road, and within the Twin Oaks Community Sponsor Group Area of the North County Metropolitan Subregional Plan Area. The Project site consists of six contiguous parcels totaling 139.5 acres. However, the Project would be constructed on 18 acres in the southeast portion of the site, approximately 0.25 miles south of Mesa Rock Road. The Project includes construction of two steel buildings with an associated parking lot, one 100,000-gallon water tank, a security trailer, truck scales, and up to twenty storage containers.
On June 25, 2020, the County Zoning Administrator found the Project qualified for a 15183 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption. CEQA Section 15183 applies to projects that are consistent with a community plan, zoning, and general plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified. A 15183-consistency checklist is prepared by staff after the technical reports for the project have been completed and reviewed to demonstrate that there are no "peculiar" circumstances or impacts that will occur upon construction and implementation of a project that were not identified in the General Plan EIR or would require additional review.
Four groups-the Twin Oaks Valley Community Sponsor Group (CSG), Hidden Meadows CSG, City of Escondido, and Montreu...
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