DATE:
March 25, 2026
06
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO SUMMARILY VACATE A HIGHWAY SLOPE EASEMENT IN THE FALLBROOK COMMUNITY PLAN AREA AND CEQA DETERMINATION (VAC 2025-0056) (DISTRICT: 5)
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OVERVIEW
The Real Estate Division of the Department of General Services (DGS) is processing a request from TGRH3, LLC, owner of Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 125-050-54, for the County of San Diego (County) to summarily vacate the easement for highway slope purposes encumbering a portion of their property. A summary vacation is a streamlined process by which an excess street or highway right-of-way, or a public service easement, is abandoned. A highway slope easement must be vacated in the same manner as a street or highway right-of-way. The easement for highway slope purposes encumbers a strip of land running the entire length of the property frontage, adjacent to Old Highway 395. The property subject to this vacation is located within the Fallbrook Community Plan Area in the unincorporated area of San Diego County on the west side of Old Highway 395, between Via Altamira and Via Belmonte. TGRH3, LLC is requesting this summary vacation to advance their build out of the property. On February 20, 2025, the Department of Planning & Development Services approved the Site Plan to allow for the expansion and remodeling of the existing commercial plaza on the property. The Site Plan includes a condition of approval that requires that the property owner process a vacation of the highway slope easement.
A summary vacation may be requested by the public if the easement interests are found to be excess to County needs and are not required for the purposes for which they were obtained. The County's Department of Public Works (DPW) has determined that this highway slope easement is excess and no longer needed for present or future public right-of-way use because there are no existing or proposed slopes within the easement n...
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