No Zoning Laws For You: Equine Facilities Given Carte Blanche by San Diego County Code Enforcers...
Don't know how much money that owners of equine facilities contribute to San Diego County supervisors who face 2012 election contests, but the good news for these facilities is zoning laws now seem moot.
"On March 2, 2011 the Board of Supervisors directed DPLU to explore options for amending the County’s equine regulations...On June 29, 2011 we are scheduled to bring these options back to the Board," said Jarrett Ramaiya, San Diego County Project Planning Manager in a memo this month sent to county planning and sponsor groups.
"In a nutshell, the Interim Policy will suspend active enforcement on zoning violations related to commercial horse boarding uses established before March 2, 2011," Ramaiya said.
It may seem a bit of a reach, but county officials said they did not feel it was fair to enforce zoning laws regarding equine facilities while new policy options were being prepared for supervisors.
"Once the Board gives direction on how to proceed with the Equine Ordinance amendment we will then initiate preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)," Ramaiya said. "EIRs typically take 18 months to complete. Based on this timeframe, it is likely the Equine Ordinance amendments and associated EIR will be presented to the Board for final consideration in the Fall of 2012."
Marks added: "Either the direction to ignore the law is being generated in that department or from a higher level, something needs to be done to ensure the rules be enforced."
Meanwhile, county officials released a list of open code enforcement against county equine facilities. These unfortunates soon may return to their happy zones, since cases against them are...well, listen to the words of Gig Conaughton, county media official, who also presented the list of open equine facility cases.
"These are open Code Enforcement cases where the property owners have been issued warnings. And again, at this point, DPLU is currently studying options to potentially change our horse-related regulations. The Board of Supervisors is expected to consider potential changes in fall of 2012. Until then, DPLU has created an interim policy which will suspend enforcement of active horse-related zoning violations (public health and safety issues would still be enforced)on violations that occurred before March 2 of this year."
1. 4777 S Mission Rd. Fallbrook - Cagle Family Trust
2. 30673 Andreen Rd., Valley Center – Michael A. Scott of Oasis Pure Trust (Sally Cobb)
3. 8960 Detwiler Rd., Escondido – Jacqueline M. Grande
4. 1009 Country Club Dr., Escondido – Michell A. Hunter/Stillman/Kimball
5. 2967 Milpas Dr., Escondido - Michell A. Hunter/Stillman/Kimball
6. 925 Country Club Dr., Escondido - Michell A. Hunter/Stillman/Kimball
7. 8647 Indian Hill Rd., Escondido – C Enterprises
8. 1849 Country Club Dr., Escondido – Rancho Pacific Group LLC
9. 4572 S. Mission Rd., Fallbrook – Perham 1992 Trust
10. 427 W. Haverford Rd., Ramona – Shirlene H. Taylor.
