DATE:
January 28, 2026
08
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO SUMMARILY VACATE A PORTION OF DEHESA ROAD IN THE CREST-DEHESA-GRANITE HILLS-HARBISON CANYON COMMUNITY PLAN AREA AND CEQA FINDING (VAC 2024-0163) (DISTRICT: 2)
Body
OVERVIEW
The Real Estate Division of the Department of General Services is processing a request from the owner (applicant) of Assessor's Parcel Number 516-020-22 to summarily vacate a portion of the Dehesa Road public highway easement including all the incidental rights to extend drainage structures and excavation and embankment slopes beyond the remaining right-of-way (ROW) that encumbers a portion of their property located on the south side of Dehesa Road just east of Sloan Canyon Road, and across the street from Dehesa School. The property is located in the Crest-Dehesa-Granite Hills-Harbison Canyon Community Plan Area. A summary vacation is a streamlined process by which an excess public road right-of-way, or a public service easement is abandoned. It may be requested by the County of San Diego (County) or 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 Department of Public Works has determined that the portion of Dehesa Road proposed for vacation is excess and no longer needed for present or future public use because the remaining ROW exceeds the width needed for existing traffic operations and will also exceed the minimum required half width for this classification of road. A road vacation often benefits the public by enabling improved use of the land it formerly occupied. The vacation was requested by the property owner and will reduce encumbrances that could allow for better use of the subject properties and allow for the potential for future development at the owner's discretion.
Today's request is for the Board of Supervisors to adopt a Resolution to summarily vacate ...
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