Jimmy Durante Blvd Bluff Stabilization Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025110540
Public Agency
City of Del Mar
Document Title
Jimmy Durante Blvd Bluff Stabilization Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/14/2025
Document Description
The project proposes engineering improvements to an existing soldier pile wall located along a bluff adjacent to Jimmy Durante Boulevard in Del Mar, California. This CEQA determination also applies to the existing wall that was installed as part of an emergency slope repair project in 2019 to stabilize an active (at the time) slope failure just west of APN 299-172-27. The proposed improvements are intended to further stabilize the slope and minimize the potential for future slope failure to occur. The project proposes to extend the existing wall approximately 45 feet to the south, utilizing a similar soldier pile wall configuration. Maximum exposed height of the proposed wall would be 6.5 feet. Such improvements would require minor grading along the slope to accommodate the wall extension as proposed. After the wall extension is constructed, drought-tolerant native species would be installed as landscaping along the slope below the wall to reduce visibility of the wall and to visually blend the improvements into the existing setting. Areas that were temporarily disturbed during project construction would be hydroseeded and planted with native plant and shrub species to minimize the potential for future erosion. Minor improvements are proposed just north of Luzon Avenue to install an irrigation system with connection to an existing water line (in Luzon Avenue). The project would also replace five existing storm drain inlets within the public right-of-way along Jimmy Durante Boulevard, north of the slope where the wall extension is proposed.
Contact Information
Name
Joe Bride
Agency Name
City of Del Mar
Job Title
Planning & Community Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Del Mar
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Luzon Avenue and David Way
Zip
92014
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
299-172-27
State Highways
Interstate 5, Highway 101
Railways
NCTD Coaster
Airports
N/A
Schools
Wylder Academy, Winston School of San Diego, Del Mar Hills
Waterways
San Dieguito Lagoon, Pacific Ocean
Township
14S
Range
04W
Section
11
Base
SBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, 15301(d); Class 4, 15304(b)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities, exempts projects involving the "operation, repair, maintenance ... or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no
expansion of existing or former use." Examples include existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities; and restoration or rehabilitation of deteriorated or damaged facilities to meet current standards of public health and safety. Section 15304, Minor Alterations to Land, also applies as the areas
disturbed by the proposed improvements would be restored with hydroseed to minimize erosion and planted with a variety of drought-tolerant landscaping. None of the exceptions listed under CEQA Guidelines § 15300.2 apply to the project and no unusual circumstances are present that could lead to a significant environmental effect.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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