DATE:
October 22, 2025
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
GENERAL SERVICES - ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO SUMMARILY VACATE KEYS PLACE IN THE NORTH COUNTY METRO COMMUNITY PLAN AREA AND CEQA DETERMINATION (VAC 2018-0269) (DISTRICT: 5)
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OVERVIEW
The Real Estate Division of the Department of General Services (DGS) is processing a request from the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego, owner of Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 169-220-12, for the County of San Diego (County) to summarily vacate all of Keys Place. A summary vacation is a streamlined process by which an excess public right-of-way, or a public service easement, is abandoned. Keys Place is within the public right-of-way and is a dead-end street that runs northwest from its intersection with Buena Vista Drive. The property subject to this vacation is located within the North County Metro Community Plan Area in the unincorporated area of San Diego County between Vista and Oceanside. In this situation, the public right-of-way only provides access to the applicant's property. The Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego is requesting this summary vacation to advance their build out of a cemetery on this property. On August 22, 2025, the Planning Commission approved a Major Use Permit to allow for the development of a cemetery on this property.
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. County Department of Public Works (DPW) has determined that Keys Place public right-of-way is excess and no longer needed for present or future public use because the road is not part of the General Plan Mobility Element, only serves to provide access for the owner/applicant's property, and does not continue through such ownership or end touching property of another. The easement for Keys Place was originally planned to provide public access to four lots, but is no longer needed bec...
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