Property Specific Requests General Plan Amendment

The Property Specific Requests General Plan Amendment and Rezone has been discontinued. For additional information, see the link below.

February 25, 2021 PSRs Notification
 

The PSRs GPA and Rezone was considered by the County of San Diego Planning Commission at public hearings on June 22, 2018, and (continued to) June 29, 2018. See the links below for the Planning Commission Recommendations and all Planning Commission hearing report documents.

Draft Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report

Public Review Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report

Board of Supervisors Hearing

The PSRs GPA and Rezone was considered by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors (Board) at a public hearing on September 12, 2018. This hearing was the first of a two-step hearing process. At this first hearing, staff received direction from the Board with regard to a preferred map option for each Analysis Area. This direction will be used in the preparation of a Resolution (General Plan changes), Ordinance (zoning changes), and CEQA Findings, for consideration and potential adoption at the second Board hearing. This second Board hearing is currently scheduled for December 12, 2018. Hearing Report documents for the December 12 hearing will be linked on this page when they are finalized. See the links below for the September 12 Board Minute Order for the PSRs item and for the September 12 Hearing Report documents. The Minute Order includes Board direction on each Analysis Area.

September 12th Board of Supervisors Hearing Report Documents

September 12th Board of Supervisors Minute Order for Item 1 (PSRs)

Planning Commission Hearing

The PSRs GPA and Rezone was considered by the County of San Diego Planning Commission at public hearings on June 22, 2018, and (continued to) June 29, 2018. See the links below for the Planning Commission Recommendations and all Planning Commission hearing report documents.

See link below for the Planning Commission Hearing Report Documents:

Planning Commission Recommendations

Planning Commission Hearing Report Documents

Public Meetings - Property Specific Requests GPA & Rezone

For additional information on the project, please call the project phone line at (858) 505-6677, or email PDS.LongRangePlanning@sdcounty.ca.gov

Project Description

The proposed project is a Property Specific Requests GPA to the San Diego County General Plan. The proposed project would result in revisions to the existing General Plan Land Use designations and zoning (when necessary for consistency) on private properties including their surrounding study areas, totaling approximately 9,336 acres within approximately 882 parcels throughout the unincorporated County. Primarily, the proposed project would change certain Land Use designations within the following community planning areas (CPAs) and subregional planning areas (Subregions):
    Bonsall CPA (approximately 965 acres)
    Crest/Dehesa CPA (approximately 101 acres) 
    Desert Subregion (approximately 338 acres)
    Fallbrook CPA (approximately 1,856 acres)
    Mountain Empire Subregion (approximately 940 acres)
    North County (NC) Metro Subregion (approximately 1,512 acres)
        *included in the NC Metro Subregion total, approximately 389 acres are in Twin Oaks
        *included in the NC Metro Subregion total, approximately 1,030 acres are in Hidden Meadows
        *included in the NC Metro Subregion total, approximately 93 acres are not represented by a CPG/CSG
    Pala/Pauma Subregion (approximately 518 acres) 
    San Dieguito CPA (approximately 69 acres)
    Valley Center CPA (approximately 3,037 acres)

The proposed project changes to land use designations would result in increased residential densities for most of the PSR areas and study areas. The proposed project would result in an increase of approximately 1,800 residential dwelling units above the number currently allowed by the existing General Plan. However, there are a few instances where the existing residential land use designation is proposed to change to a commercial or industrial Land Use designation rather than a higher density residential designation. County staff has worked with property owners, planning groups, and other stakeholders to analyze the proposed project land use maps and develop alternatives to be analyzed in the EIR. Maps of the existing, proposed (Board direction for analysis), and alternative options for each Analysis Area are found in the table below. Community-level maps of existing and proposed options are also provided at the bottom.

Additionally, the proposed project includes updates to the land use designations and zoning for properties within the expired Champagne Gardens Specific Plan area to ensure consistency with the current General Plan. Associated with the update process for the Champagne Gardens area, the proposed project also includes a revision to Residential Policy 8 of the Valley Center Community Plan. The proposed revision to this policy would involve changing the minimum lot sizes allowed in the SR-2 designation, from one acre to one-half acre and, change the minimum lot size allowed in the SR-4 designation from two acres to one acre. The stipulations in the policy for allowing the noted minimum lot sizes are not proposed to change. At their August 10, 2015 meeting, the Valley Center CPG recommended including the proposed policy revision in the PSRs GPA for further analysis, and at their May 8, 2017 meeting, the CPG recommended approval of the policy revision. A strikeout/underline document showing the proposed revision can be found here -
Proposed Policy Revision - Valley Center Community Plan Residential Policy 8
Additional information on the update process for the former Champagne Gardens Specific Plan area, including map options, can be found here - 
Former Champagne Gardens Specific Plan Area

PROJECT MAPS

PSR Analysis Area Maps and Additional Information
Note: The PSR areas are outlined in red on the maps and the study areas are outlined with a blue dashed line.

PSR Countywide and Community Level Maps