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Del Mar council members heard details of a Crest Canyon evacuation plan on March 7 that had been in the works due to a referendum over a zoning change.
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Del Mar to begin fire evacuation study for referendum proponents
Del Mar City Hall
April 21, 2021 11:52 AM PT
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The city of Del Mar will try to complete a fire evacuation study for the Crest Canyon area in nine months as part of an effort to appease the proponents of a referendum that could overturn a recent zoning change.
A community workshop about that plan will be held in about three months, based on a request from the proponents that the city attorney announced during the council’s April 19 meeting.
Last year the City Council adopted a zoning ordinance that increased the density on the city’s North Commercial parcels, located off Jimmy Durante Boulevard, to 20 units an acre. Council members needed to approve the zoning change to fulfill a commitment made in the city’s housing element for the state’s fifth Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
Del Mar hires legal counsel for housing
Del Mar City Hall
Feb. 3, 2021 10:55 AM PT
The Del Mar City Council has enlisted a specialized legal counsel to help the city navigate housing-related issues that have drawn warnings from the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), including a referendum seeking to overturn a recent zoning change.
The city will pay up to $20,000 from the General Fund contingency for the new counsel, land use attorney Barbara E. Kautz from Goldfarb & Lipman.
Del Mar Mayor Terry Gaasterland and City Councilwoman Tracy Martinez, who serve as the council’s Housing Subcommittee, met with Kautz to discuss the city’s upcoming decisions on housing.