Camino del Norte Hazardous Tree Removal Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070715
Public Agency
City of Poway
Document Title
Camino del Norte Hazardous Tree Removal Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/17/2025
Document Description
The project consists of removing approximately 160 hazardous, non-native and invasive trees and clusters of invasive saplings [4" in Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) or smaller] identified by an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Board Certified Master arborist and trimming of approximately 315 trees to maximize fuel load reduction. Hazardous trees are defined as trees that have poor overhead spacing, dead, diseased, dying, poorly structured, seedlings or would, through their removal, reduce the probability ignition of nearby trees or structures during wildfire.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Piscitelli
Agency Name
City of Poway
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Poway
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Pomerado Road and Twin Peaks Road
Zip
92064
State Highways
California
Township
Poway
Other Location Info
An approximately 200-foot riparian greenspace corridor west of the intersection of Pomerado Road and Twin Peaks road. Project is at the USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle map.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, Section 15304, Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is determined to be ministerially and categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15268 (Ministerial Projects) and Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) because it would consist of the removal of existing hazardous, not-native and invasive trees and invasive saplings identified by an arborist as hazardous and/or not healthy. The tree and sapling removal will also reduce the probability ignition of nearby trees or structures during wildfire conditions.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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