DATE:
January 29, 2025
05
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
APPEAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION FOR THE HENKEL LANDSCAPE UPDATE; PDS2024-AA-24-001 - CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT SECTION 15304 EXEMPTION (DISTRICT: 3)
Body
OVERVIEW
This is a request for the Board of Supervisors (Board) to consider an appeal of the environmental determination for the Henkel Landscape Update; Site Plan Minor Deviation PDS2021-STP-14-016M1 (Project) in accordance with Sections 86.401 through 86.406 of the San Diego County Regulatory Code. This is a landscape-focused plan change for an existing single-family home that is being appealed by a neighbor based on staff's environmental determination. The decision to approve the Project will be stayed (i.e., paused) until the Board considers the environmental determination.
This Project updates a previously approved Site Plan to reflect existing landscaping planted along an existing slope on a lot that contains a single-family residence, driveway and pool. This landscaping includes 76 Cape Honeysuckle plants and 18 California Pepper trees. The Project was processed to resolve a Code Compliance case. The site is located within the San Dieguito Community Plan at 7633 Road to Singapore, San Diego, CA 92127, north of Top O The Morning Way and Artesian Way.
On September 10, 2024, the Director of Planning & Development Services (PDS) found the Project to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines in conformance with Section 15304 (Attachment A on file with Clerk of the Board). This exemption applies to projects that consist of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation that do not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes. To qualify for this exemption, projects must be found to not impact environmental resources of hazardous or critical concern where designa...
Click here for full text