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Board upholds CEQA exemption for Rancho Santa Fe slope landscaping, requires indemnity and security
Summary
The Board of Supervisors denied an appeal and upheld a CEQA exemption for a minor‑deviation permit to replace landscaping on a graded slope in Rancho Santa Fe, and required the applicant to sign a defense and indemnity agreement and provide security if litigation is filed.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday denied an appeal and upheld a County Planning and Development Services (PDS) CEQA exemption that cleared a minor‑deviation permit to update landscaping on a slope in Rancho Santa Fe.
PDS planner Mike Johnson presented the item and said the approval covered a minor deviation to a previously approved site plan, consisting of replacement landscaping on a graded slope. The plan approved 76 Cape honeysuckle plants and 18 California pepper trees on an existing landscaped slope, he said; no new grading was proposed and the plan matched landscaping in surrounding properties and the specific plan. Johnson told the board the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District had reviewed and approved the plan and that the project met the criteria for a Class 4 (minor alteration) CEQA exemption.
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