5 - ResourcesNA TURAL RESOURCES ELEMENT
The City of poway comprises an area and other waters harbors fisheries
that has many natural resources such as wildlife minerals and other natural
the creeks and channels canyons resources
grassland areas and mountains These
areas provide the City with rich aesthetic Section 65302 e of the Government
visual resources that add to the City s Code which requires preparation of an
rural character and support a significant open space element that addresses
amount of native plant and animal life the use of land for preservation of
The Natural Resources Element contains natural resources managed
provisions to conserve and manage production of resources outdoor
these resources Identified are those recreation and public health and
areas of significant value to the safety
community and its quality of life
including Section 65303 of the Government
Code permits a community to prepare
Land Resource Conservation additional elements if they are
Water Resource Conservation deemed to be important The City of
Air Quality Poway recognizes the necessity to
Biological Resource Conservation preserve its cultural and historical
Open Space heritage from which the community
identity has grown and through which
The objectives and policies included it will help shape the City s future
herein are directed at ensuring that the
development of the City does not RELATED PLANS AND PROGRAMS
interfere with the intrinsic value of these There are other existing plans and
resources programs which are directly applicable to
State law requires cities and counties to
the aims and objectives of this element
Most of these plans were enacted
identify environmental resources and to through Federal and State legislation and
prepare and implement policies relating are administered by Federal and State
to the utilization and management of agencies or special districts that have
these resources The specific sections been delegated with powers to enforce
that are addressed by this element Federal and State laws One exception
include is the Regional Growth Management
Section 65302 d of the Government Strategy which is being prepared by
SANDAG pursuant to an initiative which
Code which requires the preparation was approved by the San Diego County
of a conservation element to specify voters in November 1988
policies for the conservation
development and utilization of natural California Environmental Quality Act
resources including water and its Law and Guidelines CEQA The
hydraulic force forests soils rivers California Environmental Quality Act was
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California Environmental Quality Act implementing plans and programs to
Law and Guidelines CEQA The achieve Federal clean air standards
California Environmental Quality Act was
adopted by the State legislature in The San Diego County Air Pollution
response to a public mandate that called District is preparing the Revised Regional
for a thorough environmental analysis of Air Quality Strategy as required by the
those projects that might adversely affect California Clean Air Act of 1988 This
the environment The provisions of the plan will contain transportation control
law review procedure and any measures which are being prepared for
subsequent analysis are described in the the region by SANDAG
CEQA Law and Guidelines as amended
in 1986 CEQA will continue to be Other laws Other Federal laws that are
instrumental in ensuring that the impacts concerned with the protection of
of all potentially significant projects are significant cultural and natural resources
assessed by City officials both appointed include the Endangered Species Act of
and elected and the general public 1973 amended in 1978 the Antiquities
Act and the National Historic
In conjunction with the 1991 update of Preservation Act of 1966
the General Plan a Master
Environmental Assessment MEA was
prepared and added to the volumes
comprising the Poway Comprehensive
Plan This document contains baseline
environmental information describing
existing conditions for each
environmental impact area contained in
the City s Environmental Initial Study
Checklist The MEA was prepared in
accordance with the General Plan
Guidelines November 1990 issued by
the State Office of Planning and
Research and in full compliance with the
State CEQA Statutes and Guidelines
June 1986
San Diego County Air Quality Plan
poway is located within a non attainment
area in that the Federal clean air
standards prepared by the Environmental
Protection Agency have not been
achieved To comply with the provisions
of the Clean Air Act the State of
California established a number of
special districts charged with
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LAND RESOURCES behavior are not generally suitable for
septic tanks do not capture and hold
Land has historically been one of the run off well and are highly erosive
most valuable resources The nature of Tables IV 3 IV 4 and IV 5 further
land in regard to its location soil illustrate the relative problems associated
composition topographic features with the soils found in the City
vegetation and as watershed determines WATERSHED AREAS
the value not only in monetary terms but
also to the community as a whole The The mountains on Poway s eastern
Land Resources chapter refers to the boundary are part of an extensive
relative value of the soil composition and network of canyons and creeks forming a
land form types that exist in the City major watershed area Most of this area
is covered with coastal sage scru b
SOIL COMPOSITION vegetation The City of poway considers
The knowledge of the soils suitability or the maintenance of the watershed
limitations in poway assist in the process capabilities of these areas as a very
of determining proper land uses and important objective Significant changes
conserving limited resources if to these eastern mountain areas that
necessary It can also help in avoiding would reduce the watershed capability of
the economic losses social costs and this land would severely impact the areas
severe individual hardships that result of poway adjoining natural creeks and
from structural damage to homes by the channels
failure of private subsurface sewage MINERALSdisposalsystemsfromthepreemptionof
suitable sources of construction material Poway s only known valuable mineral
near developed areas and from brush resource as recognized by the California
fires soil erosion and sedimentation In Department Conservation Division of
the following pages the Land Resources Mines and Geology is construction
chapter identifies and evaluates the quality sand and gravel which is located
general soil composition in poway in in the South poway area of the City
terms of the soil associations that exist Currently one sand and gravel extraction
and some of the soil related problems operation is located in Beeler Canyon on
that can occur without proper soil the southernmost portion of this area
management The continuation and possible expansion
of this operation is currently under study
Table VI 1 illustrates the general soil
associations that exist in Poway Figure
VI 2 delineates their boundaries
Table VI 2 illustrates that the soil
associations located in poway do pose
problems for development because most
of the soils have high shrink swell
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TABLE VI 1
GENERAL SOIL ASSOCIATION OF POWAY
1 Ramona Placentia Association A well drained to moderately well drained sandy loam
thatbasa subsoil of sandy clay over granitic alluvium generally occurs up to 15 percent
slOPe has a moderate to high shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic tank
usage has a slow to very slow run off permeability and is highly erosive
2 Reddina Association A well drained cobbly loam and gravelly loam that has a gravelly
clay subsoil over a hardpan generally occurs to 9 percent slope has a high shrink swell
potential poses severe limitations to septic tank usage has a very slow run off
permeability and is highly erosive
3 Reddina Olivehain Association A well drained gravelly loam and cobbly loam that has
a SUbsoil of gravelly clay over a hardpan of cobbly alluvium generally occurs up to 50
percent slope has a moderate shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic
tank usage has very slow run off permeability and is highly erosive
4 Fallbrook Vista Association A well drained sandy loam and coarse sand loamy that has
a subsoil of sandy clay loam and sandy loam over decomposed granidiorite generally
occurs between 9 and 30 percent slope has a low to moderate shrink swell behavior
poses severe limitations to septic tank usage has a slow run off permeability and is highly
erosive
5 Cienaba Fallbrook Association An excessively drained to well drained coarse sandy
loam and sandy loam that has a subsoil of sandy clay loam over decomposed granidiorite
generally occurs between 9 percent and 75 percent slope has a low to moderate
shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic tank usage has a moderate to
slow run off permeability and is highly erosive
6 Excheauer San Miauel Association A rocky well drained silt loam over metavolcanic
rock generally occurs between 30 percent and 70 percent slope has a low to high
shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic tank usage has a very slow
permeability and is highly erosive
7 Fraint Escondido Association A well drained sandy loam and very fine sandy loam over
metasedimentary rock generally occurs between 30 percent and 70 percent slope has a
low shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic tank usage has a slow to very
slow permeability and is highly erosive
8 Diablo Allamont Association A well drained clay generally occurs between 5 percent
and 15 percent slope has a high shrink swell behavior poses severe limitations to septic
tank usage has a very slow permeability and is slightly erosive
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TABLE VI 2
SHRINK SWELL BEHAVIOR
Low Moderate High
Vista Ramona Placentia
Cieneba Olivehain Redding
Exchequer Fallbrook Redding
Friant Escolldido Fallbrook San Miguel
Diablo Altamont
Factors Affecting Shrink swell Potential
Shrink swell
Potential Low Moderate High
Amount of clay 0 18 clay 18 35 mixed 35 mixed or
and predominant and any clay or montmorril montmorril
clay mineral mineral or lonitic clays lonitic clays
0 35 Kaolinitic
clay
Source Soil Survey San Diego Area California by U S DA Soil Conservation and Forest Service
December 1973
WA TER RESOURCES Water resources in the City should be
managed through
Natural water systems such as surface retention of the natural drainagewatersandgroundwaterareakey
element in the environmental composition systems
protection of limited groundwaterofthecommunitySurfacewaters
provide open space and recreational resources
opportunities create and sustain wildlife promotion of domestic water
habitat and provide natural edges and xconservation measures
greenways in the form of creeks and development of a reclaimed water
channels Groundwater also sustains supply and distribution system and
wildlife habitat and provides long term preservation of water quality at or
water storage The City of poway above acceptable public health
considers the natural waters a principal standards
resource worthy of active conservation
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TABLE VI 3
SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT DISPOSAL
Slight Moderate Severe
Ramona Placentia
Redding
Redding Olivenhain
F allbrook Vista
Cieneba Fallbrook
Exchequer San Miguel
Friant Escondido
Diablo Altamont
Explanation
Slight
means that soil properties are generally favorable or in other words limitations are minor
and easily overcome and the soil can support a filter field of appropriate size that is
properly installed and maintained
Moderate and Severe
indicate progressively greater limitations and the need for compensating measures In
some areas enlargement of the filter fields suffices but in others limitations may be
severe enough to preclude the use of a standard septic tank filter field disposal system
Source SoilSurvey of San Diego Area California
SURFACE WATERS recreational and open space linkages to
poway lies amidst a regional drainage connect neighborhoods within the
system of westward tending streams community
which convey surface water toward the
Pacific Ocean Two major watersheds Major creeks in the northern portion of
divide the City Surface water flows into the City include Thompson Creek
the San Dieguito River and Lake Hodges Sycamore Creek Green Valley Truck
from the northern portion of Poway while Trail Creek Green Valley Creek and
water from the southern areas of the City Warren Canyon Creek which flows into
flows into Los Penasquitos Creek Lake Poway In the southern area the
These channels not only carry flood creeks include Penasquitos Creek
waters but as continuous and city wide Beeler Creek poway Creek Rattlesnake
natural features may be utilized as Creek and Pomerado Creek
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TABLE VI4
RUNOFF POTENTIAL OF SOILS
A B C D
Ramona Placentia
Redding
Redding Olivenhain
Fallbrook Vista
Cieneba Fallbrook
Exchequer San Miguel
Escondido Friant
Diablo Altamont
A Soils with high infiltration rate when thoroughly wetted chiefly deep well drained to excessively
drained Rate of water transmission is high run off is low
B Soils have moderate infiltration rate when thoroughly wetted soils are moderately deep
moderately well drained coarse textured rate of water transmission is high
C Soils have slow infiltration rate when thoroughly wetted soils that have a layer impeding
downward movement of water or soils that are moderately fine to fine textured soils that have
a slow infiltration rate Rate of water transmission is slow
D Soils have very slow infiltration rate when thoroughly wetted chiefly clays that have a high
shrink swell potential soils that have a high permanent water table soils that have a claypan
or clay layer near the surface soils over nearly impervious material transmission is very slow
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GROUNDWATER RESOURCES existed and grown on imported water
In recent years it has been determined after the establishment of the poway
that San Diego County s groundwater Municipal Water District
resources are being depleted much
faster than they are being recharged However some areas of the City are not
This condition is called overdraft served by the community water system
poway is no different than the rest of the The foothill and mountain areas of the
County Geologic and soil conditions in eastern portion of the City must rely on
Poway are not conducive to the groundwater pumped from wells to use
replenishment of the limited groundwater for potable water and to irrigate
supply that exists Therefore poway has agriculture primarily avocados
TABLE VI 5
SOIL EROSION BY WATER
SLIGHT MODERATE SEVERE
Diablo Altamont 3
Ramona4 Placentia
Redding 4 3
Redding3 0livenhain4 3
Fallbrook4 Vista1
San Miguel1 Exchequer1
Friant3 Escondid04
Slight rating indicates that water erosion is a minor problem and the soil
is suitable for building sites or other intensive use if other
factors are favorable
Moderate ratings indicate that protective and corrective measures are needed
before and during the time the soil is used
Severe numbers indicate soil properties or qualities that affect
erodibility
1 Slope
2 Surface layer texture
3 Depth to rock or hardpan or any layer that restricts
permeability
4 Grade of structure within surface layer
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Due to the fact that Poway has limited providing water conservation offsets in
means in which to recharge the existing development
ground water that does exist the lack of
community water service is considered a Finally the City has intensified its efforts
deterrent to land development except for to gain the approvals necessary for
very large lot residential uses as construction of its proposed water
specified in the Land Use Element The reclamation facility see further
City should continue to closely monitor discussion in the Public Facilities
and regulate applications for land Element
division development and construction in
areas where wells will pump groundwater AIR QUALITYtoensurethatgroundwatersupply
remains adequate poway is located in the San Diego Air
WATER CONSERVATION Basin which has been designated as a
non attainment area for a number of air
The City of poway and all of San Diego pollutants including ozone carbon
County relies heavily on imported water monoxide and suspended particulates
supplies from the State Water Project The generation of air pollutants which
and the Colorado River Our semi arid degrade the air quality and can pose a
climate along with projected population significant health hazard are closely
growth in the region necessitates that the linked to land use transportation and
available water resources be used wisely energy use planning Daily vehicle trav
and efficiently el from the suburbs to the employment
centers of metropolitan San Diego is a
The multi year drought which began in major contributor to air pollution in the
1986 has underscored the need for water region
conservation and reclamation in order to
ensure long term availability of adequate Ozone smog is the principal pollutant of
water supplies poway has established concern in San Diego County because
the Drought Assistance Response Team violations of carbon monoxide and
DART to further the aims of nitrogen dioxide standards occur 0
conservation in the community The occasionally In 1990 San Diego County
emphasis of this one year program is exceeded the federal ozone standard on
community education and retro fit of 39 days and the state standard on 139
residential toilets showers and irrigation days This is a substantial improvement
systems over the last decade when the federal
standard was exceeded on 87 days in
The City also plans to require all new 1980 and the state standard on 167
construction to minimize its demand for days Pollution transported from the Los
water by including low flow fixtures Angeles basin is a major contributor to
water conserving appliances and low these violations Two thirds of the
volume irrigation systems and to work federal violations and about one half of
towards no net increase in demand by the state violation are caused by pollution
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transport The California Clean Air Act atmosphere to form photochemical smog
requires the South Coast Air Quality Reductions in NOx will also help the
Management District to mitigate the region attain the state nitrogen dioxide
impact of its emissions on violations in standard Carbon monoxide is primarily
San Diego County emitted by motor vehicles
Transportation Control Measures
Air pollution is a regional problem and is developed pursuant to the Transportation
primarily being addressed through the Control Measure Criteria will in
state mandated Regional Air Quality coordination with California s new motor
Strategy and through the Regional vehicle emissions standards help
Growth Management Strategy Planning achieve the carbon monoxide standard
that can reduce the overall vehicle miles as well as the smog and nitrogen dioxide
traveled will also reduce the amount of standards
generated air pollutants High demands
for energy because of needless Most of the tactics evaluated require
inefficiency also creates pollutants as a local implementation although some are
by product of energy production While statewide measures adopted by the
poway cannot solve the regional air California Air Resources Board to meet
quality problem alone through California Clean Air Act mandates The
appropriate land use transportation and scope is comprehensive ranging form
energy use planning the City can large hilly boilers to household consumer
contribute to the improvement of the products Tactics that can directly affect
regional air quality the general community such as solar
energy consumer products and backyard
REGIONAL AIR QUALITY STRATEGY barbecues are included As required by
RAQS the California Clean Air Act tactic
In 1989 the Air Pollution Control Board evaluations include cost effectiveness
established the Air Quality Strategy total emission reduction potential the
Development Committee to provide rate of reduction implementation
community input to the board and assist schedule technological feasibility
the district in revising the regional air enforceability and public acceptability In
quality strategy The committee has addition evaluations address impacts on
reviewed 52 individual industrial and other resources and pollutants such a
areawide control tactics Areawide natural gas electricity toxics and
sources are small sources scattered substances that deplete the stratospheric
across the county and their cumulative ozone layer
impacts are significant Examples
include space heating and air The baseline em SSlons of reactive
conditioning household products and organic gases ROG from targeted
charcoal lighter fluid The tactics focus industrial operations are 21 tons per day
on reducing reactive organic gases Implementing tactics recommended in
ROG and oxides of nitrogen NOx the the RAGS at maximum stringency would
two pollutants that react in the reduce these emissions by ten tons per
day or 48 percent
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These industrial tactics will require service stations will further reduce
paints adhesives and solvents with emissions associated with gasoline
increasingly lower organic content storage and handling Reducing
forcing manufacturers and users alike to emissions from stripping gasoline from
work together to produce alternative contaminated soil and groundwater will
formulations for all applications While help in the short term as older leaking
significant reductions have been made in tanks are removed and replaced with
coatings related emissions the tactics in more leak resistant tanks as part of the
these areas will require further reductions statewide program to upgrade
in some industries and affect some underground storage tanks
specialty coatings Also higher
efficiency application technologies will be Requirements for large petroleum based
required reducing the coatings loss and solvent dry cleaning facilities would be
excess emissions from overspray strengthened from the current 80 percent
Cleanup operations will require the use control to 90 percent Also current
of closed systems that maximize solvent requirements will be extended to smaller
recovery and reuse thereby decreasing facilities The control of ethylene oxide
solvent use and related emissions form sterilizer operations is being
required as an air toxic control measure
Manufacturing operations for fiberglass and will also reduce organic emissions
will be affected as less polluting materials Controls on large commercial bakeries
are required and transfer efficiency is will help reduce emissions associated
increased Emissions form the with bread making operations which are
manufacture of paint and ink can be currently uncontrolled
reduced through improving manufacturing
processes and control on filling The baseline emissions of reactive
containers organic gases ROG from deodorants
consumer products and small utility
Alternative blowing agents or the addition engine controls which tactics are to be
of control equipment such as carbon implemented by Air Resources Board
absorbers or incinerators to limit and commercial charbroiling architectural
emissions of volatile organic compounds coatings marine fueling operations and
chlorofluorocarbons and methylene charcoal starter fluid are 38 tons per day
chloride form the manufacture of Implementing all of these tactics would
polystyrene polystyrene foam extrusion reduce these emissions by ten tons per
polyurethane and other polymeric egg day or 27 percent These areawide
cartons and packing material This tactic sources generally represent small widely
will also reduce emissions of ozone dispersed activities Cumulatively the
depleting chemicals large numbers of areawide sources
contribute significantly to the region s air
Controlling the decommissioning of both quality problem and controlling these
large bulk gasoline storage tanks and sources must be considered particularly
small underground storage tanks at in light of the Clean Air Act requirements
for implementing all feasible measures
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The Air Resources Board has already fuel docks are exempt from gasoline
adopted statewide regulations providing vapor recovery equipment required for
emission reductions from deodorants serve stations The tactic for marina
consumer product and small utility refueling would extend the requirement
engines Consumer product ranging for Phase II vapor recovery equipment to
from air freshener to windshield washer these refueling operations
fluid will be regulated to require
alternative formulations The Air Strengthening architectural coatings
Resources Board is continuing research requirements by using product
on consumer products Emission reformulations similar to industrial tactics
standards for categories not currently would provide further reductions from
regulated will likely be considered by the painting homes and other structures
Air Resources Board in the fall of 1991
The state program for small utility The baseline emissions of oxides of
engines requires everything from chain nitrogen NOx from industrial operations
saws and week whackers to ride along are 57 tones per day Implementing the
mowers to reduce organic gas emissions tactics recommended in the RAGS would
Some of the improvements will also reduce these emissions from 25 to 33
increase fuel economy tons per day or 44 percent to 57 percent
The development of fuel cell technology
Commercial charbroiling operations such would allow even further reduction to 61
as cooking operations at some fast food percent or 35 tons per day
restaurants as well as other eateries are
widespread Controls have been Oxides of nitrogen emissions are also
installed on some restaurants in responsible for smog formation and the
response to public complaints of smoke State Air Resources Board now requires
and odor from charbroiling operations In reduction in these emissions contrary to
addition these controls are also effective the past practice of focusing smog
in reducing organic emissions occurring strategy solely on reactive organic gases
when the fats draining form the meat are Stationary sources represent
burned Extending these controls to approximately 15 percent of county wide
charbroilers in general will provide emissions of this pollutant with most
additional organic emission reductions coming from large electrical generating
boilers and turbines In addition there
In addition to emission reductions form are smaller scale boilers turbines and
commercial charbroiling operations internal combustion engines that could
emission reduction are possible from reduce emissions by means of advanced
backyard barbecues By requiring less controls
polluting charcoal starter and
encouraging the use of alternatives the Several control measures including low
contribution of starter fluid to the air excess air low NOx burners flue gas
quality problem can be minimized recirculation urea injection selective
atalytic reduction or selective non
Current refueling operations at marina catalytic reduction have been evaluated
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for large commercial and industrial tactics would reduce these emissions by
boilers Combining some of these about three tons per day or 55 percent
individual control technologies such as
flue gas recirculation and 10w NOx Oxides of nitrogen emissions from
burners will optimize emission reductions areawide sources can be reduced
through improving products found in most
Currently many small engines in the homes and small scale commercial
County are exempt from permitting and buildings One tactic would require home
control requirements Reducing the water heaters to be replaced with low
exemption threshold to 50 horsepower NOx varieties already required and
and requiring currently available controls marketed in the South Coast Air Basin
will provide emission reductions Another would require these units be
used in small scale commercial buildings
Requiring the use of less polluting fuels using household type water heaters
can also reduce oxides of nitrogen New homes would be constructed with
emissions Allowing the use of only these units and units in existing homes
natural gas or methanol would provide would be replaced with the less polluting
emissions reductions Also requiring the models when existing units are no longer
installation of fuel cells to replace aging serviceable
electrical generating equipment is a long
term technology forcing measure that The Air Resources Board requirements
shows great promise for enormous for controls on small utility engines will
reductions also reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions
This will reduce the contribution of
One tactic would limit emissions from all commercial as well as common
new and existing stationary combustion household utility equipment to the
equipment to no greater than emissions region s smog Interim standards are to
from burning gaseous fuel such as be met 1994 and can be met with minor
natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas changes to existing engines More
This tactic would have the effect of stringent standards representing a 60 to
banning liquid and solid fossil fuel 70 percent reduction from interim
However if a source is adequately standards are set for 1999
controlled it could use any fuel Another
tactic would require the exclusive use of The baseline emissions of oxides of
methanol or substitution of methanol for nitrogen NOx from sources such as
diesel fuel in stationary gas turbines and pool heaters water heaters and space
utility electrical generation Using both heaters for homes are seven and three
methanol and conventional fuels to co quarter tons per day Implementing
fire large boilers is also feasible recommended tactics would reduce these
emissions by about three tons per day
The baseline emissions of oxides of or 30 percent
nitrogen NOx form areawide sources
such as water heaters are five and one Energy related control measures provide
third tons per day Implementing these the added benefit of reducing energy use
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TABLE VI6
VEGETATION HABITAT TYPES IN THE CITY OF POWAY
of
Type Acres Total Characteristics
Coast Live Oak Woodland 285 1 Coast live oak with a poorly developed shrub layer
of toyon currant laurel sumac and desert
elderberry North facing slopes shaded ravines or
intergrading with coastal sage scrub or mixed
chaparral
Southern Coast Live Oak 352 1 Coast live oak with an understory of toyon
Riparian Forest California wild rose desert elderberry poison oak
and mugwort Bottomlands and outer floodplains
along streams
Southern Cottonwood 2 1 Cottonwood and several species of willows with
Willow Riparian Forest an understory of sandbar willow mulefat and
mugwort Along perennially wet streams
Southern Willow Scrub 60 1 Black willow arroyo willow large leaf willow
lance leaf willow and sandbar willow with scattered
cottonwoods and sycamores May represent a
successional stage leading to riparian woodland or
may be stable Loose sandy or fine gravelly
alluvium deposited near stream channels
Mulefat Scrub 52 1 Mulefat dominated scrub along intermittent streams
with coarse substrate and deep water table May
represent a successional stage or may be stable
Freshwater Marsh 4 1 Bulrushes and cattails in permanently flooded
wetlands
Disturbed Floodplain 23 1 Open patchy stands of southern willow scrub and
mulefat scrub along the western portion of Beeler
Creek
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of
Type Acres Total Characteristics
Open Water 69 1 Lakes ponds reservoirs
Coastal Sage Scrub 8 269 30 California sagebrush flaMop buckwheat laurel
sumac and white sage Dry sites such as steep
south facing slopes or clay rich soils About 1 m in
height
Chaparral 6 249 23 Chamise mission manzanita California lilac
mountain mahogany toyon and scrub oak Dry
slopes and ridges at low and medium elevations
About 1 3 m in height
Coastal Sage 95 1 Post fire successional community with equal
Chaparral Scrub amounts of sage scrub and woody chaparral
species Slopes bordering Poway Creek
Stipa Grassland 2 1 Dense stands of purple needlegrass with brome
grasses blue eyed grass mariposa lily and clarkia
Fine textured clay soils
Nonnative Grassland 662 2 Slender wild oat ripgutgrass red brome soft chess
red stem filaree and talWeed Disturbed areas old
fields and openings in native scrub habitats May
have replaced native grassland or coastal sage
scrub
Eucalyptus Woodland 32 1 Dense stands of gum trees Along drainages and
disturbed areas
Disturbed Habitat 3 811 14 Russian thistle tumbleweed sweet fennel
horseweed mustard lamb s quarters fountain
grass and castor bean Altered areas vacant lots
roadsides and abandoned fields
Agricultural Areas 838 3 Actively cultivated lands fallow lands and nursery
operations
Developed Areas 6 360 23 No native vegetation man made structures and
roads
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through improvements in product Environmental and Energy Services Co
efficiency thereby further reducing to prepare a detailed biological
emissions and dependence on imported assessment containing current
fuel Solar energy can provide all the quantitative information on biological
energy needed for swimming pool resources within the City and its adopted
heating and more than half the energy sphere of influence The objective of the
needed for heating domestic hot water study was to coordinate long range
hot tubs and spas One series of solar planning goals with the preservation of
energy tactics would require all new biologically effective open space The
homes swimming pools hot tubs and report and associated maps resulting
spas be equipped with solar water from that study are the main source of
heating systems New commercial information for the updated Plant and
buildings would also be required to install Animal Resource Conservation element
solar water heating systems The of the General Plan The complete
second series of solar energy tactics detailed biological assessment is
would require solar water heating contained in the Master Environmental
systems be installed on current homes Assessment MEA volume of the poway
pools hot tubs and spas when the Comprehensive Plan
homes are sold
The major vegetative community types
Heat pumps can also help reduce include chemise chaparral grassland
emissions and energy demand for space southern mixed chaparral agriculture and
heating by pulling heat from outdoors oak woodland Coastal sage scrub
and using it to heat indoors rather than comprises nearly 50 percent of the
burning fuel to provide the heat One vegetation in Poway Table VI 6
tactic would require heat pumps be delineates the extent of the vegetative
installed in new homes in lieu of natural communities in Poway In terms of
gas fired central furnaces A companion relative value the creekside oak
tactic would require heat pumps be woodland areas are particularly
installed in existing homes when significant because even though they
furnaces are replaced I comprise the least overall area they
J sustain the greatest variety of plant and
BIOLOGICAL animal life
1
RESOURCESrt V y
L i 0 Other important aspects of plant life in
o poway are trees particularly large stands
The physiography and climate of Poway of trees Trees are very important to
sustains a variety of plant and wildlife Poway s rural character the California
resources These resources are an Live Oak is displayed on the City s seal
important part of Poway s rural character Other significant trees in poway are the
and should be preserved sycamores and eucalyptus Eucalyptus
trees are introduced species many of
As part of the 1990 91 General Plan which were planted years ago as
update program the City retained ERC windbreaks Their preservation should
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Resolution No 95 096
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1 Goal IX Policy A City Water System Strateoy 6 shall be amended by theadditionofthefollowinolanouaoe
The extension of the City water system into the rural residential areas of the
Resource Conservation Area as defined in the adopted Poway Subarea
Habitat Conservation Plan and companion Implementing AgreementdocumentsshallbecooperativelyplannedamongtheCityUSFishand
Wildlife Service California Department of Fish and Game and involved
residents and property owners to achieve the conservation objectives and
requirements of the subject Plan and companion Agreement
C Transportation Element
1 Goal XII Policy A Planning Strateoy 9 shall be added to read as follows
9 The development of public streets public and I3ri ato rcsidcAlial reads and
OaElOfficnts scenic roadways trails and pedestrian routes shall comply with
the adopted Poway Subarea Habitat Conservation Plan and companionImplementingAgreementandtherequirementsthereofincludingtheLand
Use and Management Compensation Mitigation Strategy Mitigation Ratios
and Special Development Requirements
Compliance shall also be required for regional transportation improvements
and other land use development undertaken by other public agencies and
surrounding jurisdictions
D Natural Resources Element
1 The Biological Resources section of the Natural Resources Element current
pages 16 through 25 up to OPEN SPACE and pages 5355 including text tables
Policy C and strategies shall be rcplaecd egQme with the adopted PowaySubareaHabitatConservationPlanandcompanionImplementingAgreement
documents These documents shall be fully incorporated by reference as a
separately bound appendix including the Final Joint NEPAlCEQA document
Ihe followina brief introduction shall be included after the existina ina of
Biolooical Resources
On August 15 1995 the City of PowaylPoway Redevelopment Agency CityadoptedthePf1N8YSubareaHabitatConservationPlanlNaturelCommunityConservationPlanPowaySubareaHCPandthecompanionImplementingAgreementIAdocumentsThesubjectdocumentswereadoptedtocomply
Resolution No 95 096
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with the requirements of the State of California Natural CommunityConservationPlanningNCCPActof1991theNCCPProcessand
Conservation Guidelines NCCP Guidelines as adopted in November 1993
by the California Department of Fish and Game CDFG in collaboration with
the U S Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS and the USFWS Federal
Endangered Species Act Section 4 d Special Rule for the threatened
California gnatcatcher which is incorporated into the NCCP Guidelines
The City has received long term permits from USFWS and CDFG which
allow for the incidental take of Federal and State listed plant species
wildlife species and their habitats Such long term permits will apply to @JJ
public I 1I and t9 private development projects ere1pvaArCfrTvWJw M rftEffJ4IG2tltll0tirftiiYiJlit9oweuareaAancampanaaJmec
t rparocfrf 1y f5 yi o df r 13 1f ag i 1icra cf pm fftpl6 J
mere SIch projects GOFllply with the requircmcnts of tho subject GOGIoJFlIents
including the Compensation Mitigation Strategy Mitigation Ratios and
Special Development Requirements
includingThesedocuments the approved environmental review
NEPAlCEQA documents are separately bound as an appendix to the
Natural Resources Element
2 Goal XII Policy A Planning Strateov 4 shall be amended by the addition of the
followino lanouaoe
The City shall encourage the neighboring County of San Diego and City of
San Diego jurisdictions to cooperatively develop and adopt s bregional and
subarea habitat conservation plans which are consistent with and foster the
implementation of the adopted City of Poway Subarea Habitat Conservation
Plan and companion Implementing Agreement documents
All necessary clerical changes shall be made to the general plan to make its text consistent
with the terms of this resolution
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway State of
California this 15th day of August 1995
0L J dL r
Susan Callery Deputy MayOr
ATTEST
haL i I I t
Ma orie K Wahlsten City Clerk
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be encouraged where appropriate to Diegan coastal sage scrub chaparral a
maintain and enhance Poway s rural coastal sage scrub chaparral mix and
character Stipa grassland All of these native
communities are considered sensitive
poway also provides the habitat for an except chaparral which is considered
increasing number of rare or endangered sensitive when it supports sensitive
plant species These plants were species provides significant wildlife
abundant in past years however their habitat value or serves as a wildlife
numbers have greatly diminished as a movement corridor Native vegetation
result of changes to and deletion of their communities including large tree stands
habitat To preserve these species the are very important to Poway s rural
City should protect the threatened character as reflected on the City s seal
sensitive rare or endangered plants in
Poway against unnecessary poway also provides habitat for 33
encroachment sensitive threatened and endangered
plant species as identified in the MEA
It is not uncommon in Poway to see These plants were abundant in past
wildlife roaming the City Poway s rural years however their numbers have been
character and large areas of untouched greatly diminished as a result of changes
open space have retained a variety of to and loss of their habitat Plant species
wildlife within the City limits This are designated as sensitive because of
experience exists in few cities today their overall rarity endangerment unique
Poway s wildlife are considered an habitat requirements and or restricted
important part of the City in the Country distribution In general it is a
atmosphere combination of these factors that leads to
a sensitivity designation Sensitive plant
PLANTS AND VEGETATION species include those listed by the U S
Thirteen native vegetation communities Fish and Wildlife Service California
were mapped within the study area Department of Fish and Game and
Table VI 6 In addition introduced or California Native Plant Society The
nonnative communities such as CNPS listing is sanctioned by the CDFG
nonnative grassland and eucalyptus and serves as its list of candidate
woodland were also delineated as were species A table of potentially occurring
disturbed habitat agricultural areas sensitive plant species in the poway area
developed areas and larger bodies of is included in the MEA
open water Native vegetation
communities include coast live oak Biological Resources Overlay maps
woodland southern coast live oak scale 1 200 are on file in the Planning
riparian forest southern cottonwood Services Department and should be used
willow riparian forest southern willow as a guide in the City s initial
scrub mulefat scrub freshwater marsh environmental review process However
alkali marsh disturbed floodplain San these maps are not a substitute for
Diego mesa hardpan vernal pools site specific project review by a qualified
biologist Detailed biological surveys
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should be conducted for all proposed value of these areas has already been
projects including associated identified and they have already been
infrastructure that occur within the protected to some extent they logically
sensitive areas delineated on the serve as the foundation for a City wide
overlays or within areas that have the system of reserves and wildlife corridors
potential to support sensitive resources
Surveys and associated reports should In keeping with Poway s rural character
be consistent with the County of San and as a buffer from encroaching
Diego Guidelines for Biological Surveys development from the surrounding
and should be conducted at the communities of San Diego Santee
appropriate time of year for detecting Ramona Lakeside and other population
sensitive plant species and breeding growth and expansion in the County it
birds and should assess biological would be desirable for the City of poway
resources with respect to regional wildlife to acquire designate and maintain
corridors Surveys should also include connected large areas of undisturbed
areas immediately adjacent to the natural communities as an open space
proposed development site to consider green belt around the City and to serve
offsite direct and indirect impacts of the as preserves for plant and wildlife
project conservation These areas would also
serve to allow movement of wildlife
Important Biological Resource Areas populations both within the City and to
areas outside the City thereby
Biologically important resource areas are maintaining biological diversity and
those areas that have been identified as protecting self sustaining populations of
supporting or potentially supporting sensitive species
sensitive biological resources i e
habitats plants or animals and or that The City should also seek to control
are large enough in area to support development design in the
significant wildlife populations The environmentally sensitive coastal sage
biological value of these areas is often scru b habitat areas and in large
increased and or enhanced by proximity expanses of chaparral The following
to protected open space areas Some of guidelines should be used to evaluate
these areas in poway have some degree projects in these areas for approval
of legal protection from development or
other adverse activities Conserve as much existing
contiguous area of native
Important biological resource areas are communities as feasible while
identified in the MEA and include protecting the remaining areas from
Resource Conservation Areas RCAs highly impactive uses
parks wilderness areas ecological
reserves designated open space areas Minimize fragmentation or separation
the San Dieguito River Valley Regional of existing contiguous natural areas
Open Space Park and lands linking these
important areas Because the biological
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Maintain connection of existing Regional Open Space Joint Powers
natural areas with each other or open Authority
space areas to maintain local and
regional wildlife movement corridors Priority areas for future acquisition and or
as identified in the Detailed Biological protection include but are not limited to
Assessment
areas within the boundaries of the
Maintain the broadest possible San Dieguito River Valley Regional
configuration of natural habitat area to Open Space Park
aid dispersal of organisms within the
habitat unprotected lands within and between
designated Resource Conservation
Where appropriate based on Areas as identified in the MEA
community character and design
cluster residential or other uses near riparian habitat and large coastal
the edges of the natural areas rather sage scrub buffers along Green
than dispersing such uses within the Valley Thompson and Sycamore
natural areas creeks
Where significant yet isolated habitat lands linking the former BLM open
areas exist design development to space parcels on the City s eastern
preserve and protect them boundary with each other and with
the wilderness area around Lake
Conserve the widest variety of poway
vegetation and physical conditions
onsite to maintain the highest level of lands serving as wildlife corridors
habitat diversity and through Rattlesnake Canyon Warren
Canyon Beeler Canyon the eastern
Consider adjacent uses and location end of poway Creek and the northern
in project design to maximize tributary of poway Creek
conformance to these guidelines
coastal sage scrub habitat around
The City acquired large areas of land and between Twin Peaks and Van
along its eastern border from the Bureau Dam Peak north of Beeler Creek
of Land Management BLM in 1986 north of Lake poway and Espola
which are intended both as resource Road south of Highland Valley Road
conservation areas and as buffers from and along the northern end of
development in adjacent communities It Pomerado Road these areas support
has since participated in the acquisition important populations oflhe California
and preservation of the Blue Sky Ranch gnatcatcher
and the joint acquisition of the Goodan
Ranch with the City of Santee and lands linking open space areas within
County of San Diego The City is also a Poway to open space areas in the
member of the San Dieguito Valley region such as the Sycamore
Canyon County Park
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WILDLIFE zones are more species rich than
Poway s rural character and large areas chamise chaparral and support more
of undisturbed open space have retained wildlifebut that does not necessarily
a variety of wildlife within the City This infer that the removal of chamise
experience exists in few cities today chaparral would not be detrimental to the
Poway s wildlife is considered an continued support and existence of
important part of the City in the Country wildlife on a regional level This
atmosphere discussion implicitly refers to habitat
connectivity which is of the utmost
In general the regions of highest wildlife importance in the maintenance of viable
value are present in the southern wildlife populations
eastern and northern sections of the City The western portion of the study areaanditsadoptedsphereofinfluence
These sections possess a diversity of has the lowest relative wildlife value in
habitats including Oiegan coastal sage the study area indicating the extreme
scru b southern mixed chaparral patchiness and disturbance of habitat
chamise chaparral riparian woodland The southern portion of the study area is
and scrub oak woodland and exfoliating rapidly being degraded but is an
granito diorite boulder fields important area that should be preserved
in order to maintain a connection to Los
In terms of species richness each of Periasquitos Canyon and the coast
these habitats has species that are either Within this area Beeler Creek should be
specialists in a specific habitat e g the focal point in any effort to maintain
California gnatcatchers in certain phases such a connection The northern and
of Oiegan coastal sage scrub or prefer eastern portions of the study area have
one habitat type over another even the highest wildlife values reflecting the
though they are not restricted to any presence of extensive tracts of
particular habitat e g orange throated high quality open space encompassing
whiptail which prefers open Diegan several sensitive habitat types and the
coastal sage scrub but is not restricted to connection of these habitats with
it In addition there are wildlife species continuous open space habitat outside
such as mountain lion bobcat and mule the study area Representative key
deer that utilize all the habitat types in areas include but are not limited to
their normal activities i e foraging and Green Valley Sycamore and Thompson
patrolling territories creeks including large tracts of adjacent
coastal sage scrub habitat the entire
Because of this variety in wildlife habitat north south mountain range along the
specialization and because habitats eastern boundary of the study area
intergrade throughout the Poway area Rattlesnake Canyon Warren Canyon
wildlife habitat value cannot be assessed the eastern end of poway Creek and
solely on a habitat by habitat basis The Lake poway and its adjacent upland
habitats present in poway can be ranked habitat
by overall species diversity e g riparian
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The study area is rich in valuable wildlife sphere of influence provide a critical link
habitat Development in the south and between wildlife populations on its
north are reducing this value albeit only urbanized western boundary with
minimally at the current time However populations and habitats on the relatively
continued development will decrease the undeveloped eastern boundary
wildlife habitat value perhaps to a Similarly City lands link the San Dieguito
significant level Reduction in habitat River Valley on the northern border of
value can be kept to a minimum if the poway with large open space areas on
key wildlife areas are maintained intact the south
and connected to each other as well as
to open space habitat outside of Poway The MEA identifies a system of regional
through a system of corridors wildlife corridors within the Poway area
that 1 connect areas of open space
The City of Poway supports 53 species within the City thereby maximizing the
of sensitive wildlife species including 3 wildlife habitat value of these areas and
invertebrates 1 amphibian 8 reptiles 35 2 provide essential links in a region wide
birds and 6 mammals These are system of wildlife corridors Such a
species listed by the U S Fish and wildlife corridor system can be
Wildlife Service California Department of maintained by protecting lands along a
Fish and Game and Audubon Society north south and an east west corridor
The USFWS and CDFG officially list through the area The north south
sensitive species as either threatened or corridor is designated below as the San
endangered and unofficially recognizes Dieguito River Sycamore Canyon
many other species as candidates for corridor while the east west corridor is
listing referred to as the I r 0 n
Mountain Peiiasquitos Corridor
The USFWS is currently evaluating a
formal proposal for the listing of the San Dieguito River Sycamore Canyon
California gnatcatcher as an endangered Corridor This corridor links the open
species poway supports a large space areas that form the eastern
regional population center of California boundary of the study area from the
gnatcatchers with major subpopulations southern slopes of the San Dieguito
occurring in coastal sage scrub habitat River Valley to the County parks and
north of Lake poway and Espola Road Navy lands south of Poway Much of
along the northern end of Pomerado this corridor is already in public
Road between and around Twin Peaks ownership including the former BLM
and Van Dam Peak and north of Beeler lands and the Blue Sky Ecological
Canyon A list of other potentially Reserve Substantial portions of the
occurring sensitive animal species in the privately owned lands along this corridor
project area is included in the Detailed are constrained by slopes of greater than
Biological Assessment 25 percent Land acquisitions are
recommended to bridge gaps in this
Wildlife Corridor System corridor
Lands within the City of poway and its
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A critical function of this corridor is to chains of mountains that run north and
provide a link in the regional California south of the Santa Maria Valley
gnatcatcher population Significant Ramona These connections are
populations of gnatcatchers exist to the outside of the poway sphere of influence
northwest in Camp Pendleton and however a poway corridor system plays
Carlsbad La Costa The poway area an important role in conducting wildlife
links these northern populations to through the Poway area to points west
populations farther south i e Fanita
Ranch Miramar and Mission Trails Park Most significant in this regard is Los
via the San Dieguito River Valley An Penasquitos Canyon Los Penasquitos
important link to the San Dieguito Valley Canyon and the adjacent Del Mar Mesa
occurs through the Green Valley Creek are the most significant areas of coastal
riparian strip Green Valley Creek flows open space south of Camp Pendleton
out of the Blue Sky Ecological Reserve These areas are surrounded on the north
and courses northwestward to the San and south by dense urbanization North
Dieguito Valley Riparian vegetation City West and Mira Mesa The only
along these drainages is mostly intact connection of Los Penasquitos Creek to
and bordered by Diegan coastal sage additional open space is to the east
scrub along most of their lengths These through southern Poway The drainage
creeks and adjacent uplands should be splits in poway into Poway Creek and
preserved as part of the San Dieguito Beeler Canyon both of which originate in
River Sycamore Canyon Corridor the rugged hills southwest of Iron
Mountain
Iron Mountain Penasquitos Corridor
This corridor includes the slopes The poway Creek drainage is already
southwest of Iron Mountain Beeler heavily urbanized and holds little
Canyon and the fragments of open potential as a wildlife corridor
space on the mesa between poway and Conversely Beeler Canyon is less
Beeler creeks It provides east west developed and can still support wildlife
linkage of the mountainous regions east movement Sections of Beeler Creek are
of the study area and the coastal highly disturbed particularly the area just
lowlands and river valleys to the west upstream of its junction with Poway
This corridor also provides links to the Creek and in the vicinity of the CalMat
patches of California gnatcatcher habitat quarry Additional upland buffer should
in the western part of the City ie Twin be provided to facilitate animal
Peaks and Van Dam Peak movement through these bottlenecks
This corridor intersects with the San A connection to the mountains may be
Dieguito River Sycamore Canyon important for many wildlife species
Corridor in the southeast corner of the present in the lowlands Many species of
City The mountainous areas that form moths butterflies and birds have
the eastern boundary of the poway area populations in both areas Maintenance
are adequately connected to the larger of east west corridors will facilitate
mountain systems to the east via the
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movement between populations and Dam Peak is approximately 1100 acres
promote genetic exchange in size and supports roughly 15 20 pairs
of California gnatcatchers
Although Los Penasquitos Canyon and
Del Mar Mesa presently support both A number of patches of privately owned
mountain lions and mule deer these dedicated open space occur along the
populations are not expected to persist north and south slopes of the mesa
indefinitely given their present isolation between Beeler and poway creeks
and proximity to urban areas However These patches are roughly 50 100 acres
many other less sensitive mammal in size and adjacent patches are no more
species including bobcat should persist than 1800 ft apart These patches can
in this selling and a protected connection serve as stepping stones enabling
to larger populations to the east is immigration between the gnatcatcher
important population on Van Dam Peak and those
in the expanse of Diegan coastal sage
Movement of wildlife from Iron Mountain scrub to the east
and areas to the east into the study area
is inhibited by Highway 67 The only Another set of small patches of dedicated
topographically defined corridor that open space between Van Dam and Twin
crosses the highway is a riparian strip Peaks may serve as stepping stones
bordering the northern tributary of Poway between those areas These patches
Creek approximately 0 12 mile south of should be considered for acquisition as
Iron Mountain Drive Unfortunately there part of the Iron Mountain Periasquitos
is no bridge or underpass at this Corridor Although it is not yet known
crossing so large mammals have to whether gnatcatchers will cross the
traverse the four lane highway heavily urbanized areas between these
Retrofitting this crossing with an patches the inclusion of these stepping
underpass would greatly facilitate wildlife stones can only increase the likelihood
movement of this type of movement
Twin Peaks and Van Dam Peak are OPEN SPACE
islands of steep Diegan coastal sage
scrub habitat in the western portion of The vast amount of open space land intheCityBothpeaksareisolatedfromPowayrepresentsasignificantpartoftheotherhabitatbyurbanareasaridruralcharacteroftheCityThehighwaysThisisolationreducesormountainsthatsurroundtheCitytheeliminatestheirvalueashabitatforcreeksthatcrossthevalleyfloorandthesensitiveortargetmammalspeciesbutagriculturalareasremindusofPoways
not for gnatcatchers Due to access beginnings each is an integral part of theconstraintsgnatcatchersurveyswerenotrurallifestyleconductedintheapproximately1300
acres of sage scrub habitat on Twin
Peaks although small patches of scrub
nearby do support gnatcatchers Van
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There are five major areas of open space The creeks and channels that cross the
within the City They are the valley floor should be preserved for
undeveloped areas to the north east aesthetic biological and public safety
and south the creek areas the reasons From the aesthetic standpoint
agricultural areas the public and private the creeks and the vegetation that grows
open space land such as parks and around them contribute significantly to
wilderness areas and significant the rural character of the City To the
archeological and historical sites biological communities the creeks and
preserved from the past wetlands represent a significant riparian
environment providing a source of food
The undeveloped open space lands that water and shelter A variety of
surround the poway Valley comprise indigenous rare endangered and
approximately 50 percent of the total City diminishing plant and animal species
land area Most of this area is in open thrive within these areas providing a non
space because of its biological renewable resource that must be
significance topography the lack of preserved
adequate public services and the lack of
adequate access These vacant lands In regard to the public safety value of the
also harbor a significant quantity of the creeks and channels Poway s flood
City s biological resources where plant control depends primarily on natural
and animal species can remain virtually channels rather than improved concrete
undisturbed The open space lands channels poway must keep the creeks
represent an area of significant scenic and channels open and unencumbered
value because of the numerous hills and to reduce the chance of loss to life and
mountains such as Iron Mountain Mt property
Woodson Goat Peak and several
unnamed hills poway began as a farming community
over 100 years ago and some of the
An important component of the agricultural areas still remain Today
Resources Element is the protection of avocado and citrus orchards are seen as
the mountains and hillsides Their the remaining form of agriculture While
preservation in large parcels greater than the City does not encourage the
20 or 40 acres will serve to 1 preserve expansion of agricultural uses across the
the biologically significant habitat of mountainsides it recognizes the need to
these areas 2 preserve the scenic value protect the current investments that
and enhance the rural character of individuals have made and market
Poway and 3 preserve the integrity of demand for the product Over time it is
larger parcels thus avoiding a expected that some of the agricultural
fragmented land use pattern which areas may be converted to very low
places greater demands on public density rural residential The General
services When not preserved through Plan however does encourage the
open space the development of hillsides combination of agricultural and rural
should be restricted to preserve the residential uses as is now developed in
natural appearance of the landform High Valley and parts of Green Valley
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Public and private recreation and Open Space The report is an element
wilderness areas represent a majority of of the Regional Open Space Plan which
the designated open space within the will be prepared in phases Subsequent
City Through the years the City has phases will present 1 criteria for
developed an extensive public park and evaluating preservation techniques 2
recreation system To meet the growing institutional arrangements for acquiring
and varied needs of the community the and managing open space and 3 means
City proposes to increase the number of of financing open space activities
active and passive recreational areas
within the various neighborhoods and The report describes four major
progressively increase the wilderness components of the Regional Open Space
area through the acquisition and Plan as follows
dedication of biologically sensitive
habitats hillsides and ridgelines located 1 Reqion Defininq Ooen Soace The
throughout the City Previously the City major undeveloped areas along the
acquired approximately 1 900 acres on border of San Diego County define
the City s eastern perimeter from the and separate it from other regions
Federal Bureau of Land Management The first impression upon entering
These 1 900 acres in conjunction with the San Diego region should be the
the Blue Sky Ranch and Lake poway feeling of openness and a break in
and Rexrode Wilderness have created continuous urbanization
an approximately 3 000 acre regional
recreation wilderness area which contain 2 Natural Resource Areas Certain
a variety of active and passive undeveloped areas should be
recreational opportunities preserved in their natural state
because of their environmental
Although limited in number private quality or sensitivity and overall value
recreation golf swim and tennis soccer to the region These areas include
and equestrian clubs also provide steep slopes floodplains and
significant open space areas within the wetlands Other resource categories
community and their continued use is should be added when sufficient
encouraged These private facilities and information is available to identify
the City s developed park and recreation their locations and extent
facilitiesare designated Open Space
Recreation OS R in the Land Use All jurisdictions in the region should
Element and are discussed in the Public have generally consistent policies for
Facilities Master Element Amended per preserving these natural resources in
GPA 93 01A a comprehensive and coordinated
manner This action will assure that
REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT OPEN adequate quantities of diverse
SPACE habitat types are maintained and that
In February 1991 SANDAG issued a the plants and animals found in
report defining Regionally Significant these habitats are less likely to
become endangered
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3 Reaion Servina Open Space The SANDAG report concludes that a
Numerous areas are lightly uniform ordinance is not required as long
developed with activities or facilities as a more consistent approach to steep
that serve the region as unique or slopes is followed It recommends that
outstanding recreational safety or each agency include the following
managed production agriculture element in ordinances which address
mineral extraction areas These steep slopes
areas should be retained as open
space and in some cases increased 1 Intent Include a statement
to serve the region s expanding indicating that steep slopes are
needs considered sensitive lands and that
the topography and native vegetation
Additionally corridors of open space should be preserved
within and between communities
should be retained in order to 2 Definition of Steep Slopes Use a
provide identity and a sense of definition indicating that steep slopes
community and to link significant are those with 25 percent or more
open space areas natural gradient The minimum
height of slopes to be reviewed
4 Rural Lands Areas outside the should be 25 feet and the minimum
identified urban area should be amount of excavation to be reviewed
planned to remain in a low intensity should be 200 cubic yards these
rural land use pattern These areas two are optional criteria to determine
provide a contrast to complete the threshold for review
urbanization and result in the visual
appearance and feeling of more 3 Gradina Grubbina and Clearina All
openness in the region grading grubbing removal of plants
and their roots and clearing should
Steep Slopes The Regionally be regulated and a permit included
Significant Open Space Definition in the local Grading Ordinance
describes steep slopes or hillsides as should be required whether or not
those lands having a slope of 25 percent development is proposed to follow
or more These areas are typically This provision should protect
susceptible to erosion in the rainy season sensitive biological resources as well
and to wildfire in the summer and fall In as avoid erosion
addition steep slopes can have a very
positive visual impact if they are left Clearing required by the appropriate
undeveloped They tend to be more agency for public safety purposes
prominent than an equal area of flat land should either be exempt or allowed
and give a greater impression of to have an expedited permit without
openness Major ridgelines that are a fee Such clearing should be
visible from significant view corridors or limited according to specified
vista points are of particular importance standards to avoid resource loss
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4 Zonina Lower density zoning should area of the steeper slopes This
be adopted to recognize steepness approach should reduce erosion
of slopes and reduce environmental restore the appearance of the natural
damage slope and conserve water
5 Hillside Review Hillside review D An open space easement low
policies or guidelines should be density zoning or other restriction
adopted with the specific should be applied to the remaining
requirements to be determined by undeveloped area of steep slopes
the local agency Review of cut and This requirement is necessary to
fill slopes should recognize ensure that no further grading or
protection of the visual aesthetic and construction will take place on the
environmental value as well as steep slopes in the future
engineering requirements A
landscape ordinance or manual may E A penalty for grading clearing or
be useful to explain more fully the other violation should include a
planting and irrigation requirements significant fine and or grounds for
on disturbed slopes denial of a discretionary permit for a
specified time This penalty is
The report further suggests that specific required to ensure that proponents of
requirements which should be included in development will follow the
the Hillside Review are appropriate process
A Design Guidelines should be poway currently has policies and or
prepared to show examples of ordinances in place which conform to
appropriate development Undulating items 1 2 4 and 5 above An ordinance
contour grading should be used to to regulate grubbing and clearing is
eliminate the sharp edges and to currently being prepared
restore the natural appearance of the
manufactured slope Ridgelines and Floodplains During the 1960s a
prominent viewsheds should be number of federal programs were
protected by setbacks and other established to provide flood insurance
design features and disaster assistance at the same
time the natural and beneficial values of
B Encroachment into the steep slopes floodplains and the wetlands that occur
25 should be limited to there were recognized All federal
minimize disturbance of the natural agencies were directed to avoid to the
area Exemptions should be allowed extent possible the long and short term
for specific uses for example roads adverse impacts associated with the
shown on the General or Community occupancy and modification of
Plan floodplains and to avoid direct and
indirect su p po rt of floodplain
C Landscaping of the manufactured development wherever there is a
slopes should blend into the natural practicable alternative
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The SANDAG report recommends that all least periodically the land
of the region s agencies adopt supports predominantly
ordinances similar to those in force in the hydrophytes 2 the substrate is
County of San Diego City of San Diego predominantly undrained hydric
or City of Encinitas Figure IV 3 shows soil and 3 the substrate is
the various floodplain encroachment nonsoil and is saturated at some
schematics followed by San Diego time during the growing season
County The cities ordinances more of each year
severely limit the development permitted
in floodplains by disallowing filling except The report suggests that in order to
for very few uses For examples in San provide increased protection for wetlands
Diego filling is allowed only for roads the following should be regulated by the
shown in an adopted community plan local jurisdictions brushing clearing and
utilities low intensity recreation and sand grubbing agricultural use grazing
and gravel extraction with a conditional discing draining ditching and herbicide
use permit Channelization is permitted use In addition it recommends that an
only for water supply projects public appropriate buffer be provided around
safety and protection of existing remaining wetlands
development or to protect fish and
wildlife A buffer of 25 feet is required
adjacent to any permitted flood channel
Wetlands The report identifies several
categories of priority wetlands including
salt marshes freshwater marshes
wetland flats riparian wetlands and
vernal pools Of these poway has
creeks which fall into the riparian wetland
category and one site which has
unprotected vernal pools of limited
quality The report recommends the
acceptance by the region of the U S
Fish and Wildlife Service definition of
wetlands
Wetlands are lands transitional
between terrestrial and aquatic
systems where the water table is
usually at or near the surface or
the land is covered by shallow
water For purposes of this
classification wetlands must
have one or more of the
following three attributes 1 at
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Various policies and strategies are determination of their location is related
included in the General Plan to provide to the preservation of sensitive biological
protection for riparian corridors outside of ecosystems described above
the core area of the City where Information concerning these corridors
significant lengths of the creeks have was provided by the studies done by
already been altered These and the ERCE
ordinance regulating clearing and
grubbing which is being prepared are Region Serving Open Space
designed to protect the wetlands to a
level comparable to that described in the Region serving open space includes
SANDAG report areas providing opportunities for outdoor
recreation especially regional parks
Sensitive Biological Ecosystems The which generally are publicly owned or at
Regionally Significant Open Space least provide access to all of the public
Definition report indicates that various In addition agricultural production lands
sensitive ecosystems natural which should remain open due to public
communities and their environments safety requirements such as airport clear
should be preserved in major portions of zones and mineral production lands are
the County in order to retain as much of included
the region s biological diversity as
possible It suggests however that The Lake Poway Rexrode Wilderness
insufficient information is currently Blue Sky Ranch area is included on the
available to identify the appropriate list of region serving open space Also
areas As part of the 1991 included is the San Oieguito River Valley
Comprehensive Plan update Poway had Regional Open Space Park which is
a detailed biological assessment adjacent to Poway s northern border and
prepared by ERC Environmental and includes a small section of the City
Energy Services Co ERCE In addition
ERCE prepared a Focused California ACTION PROGRAM
Gnatcatcher Resource Study for the City
as mitigation for the Old Coach Golf Implementation of the Resources Master
Estates project With this data base Element calls for the use of various
poway is prepared to make informed planning tools including regulatoryjudgmentsaboutthesensitivedevicesreviewproceduresland
ecosystems in the City and to participate acquisition and education This section
in regional environmental efforts as soon discusses the primary techniques that will
as other studies are completed be used to ensure that Poway s natural
Wildlife Corridors While the major
resources are protected for the future
open space areas provide life cycle Goals and policies related specifically to
room for many wild animals in the region resource protection and preservation are
open space corridors provide the lifelines listed at the end of this master element
for the region s wildlife Preservation of however many additional goals and
appropriate areas is important and the
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policies of this general plan relate people to increase densities in rural
indirectly to resource preservation A residential areas
complete listing of all goals and policies
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONiscontainedintheGoalsPoliciesand
Strategies Section of the General Plan Various forms of regulation are available
contain
to protect resources Both General Plan
Areas which are likely to Strategies and Land Use Ordinance
sensitive biological prehistoric or historic provisions impose design limitations for
resources are identified on maps buildings on steep slopes DevelopmentcontainedintheGeneralPlanandtheonprominentridgelinesisprohibited
Master Environmental Assessment Grading and the amount of the site that
can be developed are limited based on
OPEN SPACE ZONING slope A new ordinance will require City
The most direct way for the City to review before brushing can occur
protect natural resources is to acquire Development is also prohibited in
ownership of them Through purchase floodways and restricted in floodplains
dedication required as part of the
development process and transfer of title LOT AVERAGING
from the Bureau of Land Management Lot averaging provisions encouragePowayhasgainedcontrolofhundredsofdevelopmenttobeclusteredinorderto
acres of land which will be preserved in preserve open space and sensitive
natural open space These lands are resources This is particularly important
designated Open Space Resource in preserving large contiguous openManagementintheLandUseElementspaceareasandbiologicalcorridors
and in the Zoning Ordinance The uses
allowed in these areas will be limited ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
mainly to hiking and horse riding along The California Environmental Quality ActimprovedtrailsCEQAwasenactedtoprotectthe
In addition the City owns about 200 environment from adverse impacts of
public and private projects It requiresacresofdevelopedparklandandthereis
site specific assessment of potentialanadditional150acresofprivateimpactsfromproposeddevelopmentandrecreationalopenspaceTheseareas
mitigation of impacts identified If thearedesignatedandzonedOpenSpaceproposedprojecthasthepotentialtoRecreation
cause significant environmental impacts
RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING an Environmental Impact Report EIR
must be prepared The EIR must include
Much of undeveloped poway is zoned for discussions to the extent they are
large residential lots under the Rural relevant of the project s impacts on the
Residential categories These densities area s natural resources including
are protected through General Plan topography air and water quality
provisions which were adopted by voter valuable natural habitats rare or
initiative which require a vote of the endangered species cultural resources
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etc The EIR must also identify This group was created for the purpose
mitigation measures to minimize the of creating an open space preserve in
impacts of a project and alternatives to the San Dieguito River watershed area
the proposed project that may be more extending from near Julian in the east to
environmentally responsive the ocean on the west
Mitigation may include the dedication of Finally all of the jurisdictions in the
portions of the site as permanent open region have participated in a regional
space In addition valuable resources open space committee which through
may be preserved through acquisition by SANDAG has issued a report entitled
developers in other jurisdictions as off Regional Significant Open Space
site mitigation for the environmental Definition
impacts of their projects
FINANCING
INTER GOVERNMENTAL The principal source of funding for open
COORDINATION space acquisition will be developer fees
In 1988 a 410 acre area known as the under the Quimby Act land acquired as
Blue Sky Ranch was acquired by a off site mitigation for environmental
combination of agencies including the impacts and dedication of land required
City of Poway the California Department as a condition of subdivision map
of Fish and Game the Nature approval
Conservancy and a developer seeking
off site mitigation This area is now
operated by the Department of Fish and
Game as a biological preserve
The cities of poway and Santee are
currently working with the County of San
Diego to acquire a site the Goodan
Ranch adjacent to the Sycamore
Canyon Park This property will be
added to the Sycamore Canyon Park
The facility will include active uses such
as a conference center riding facility and
campground in the area that has been
disturbed through the ranching activity
with the remainder being kept in
permanent open space to help form a
buffer between the more developed
areas in Santee and Poway
poway is also part of the San Dieguito
Regional Park Joint Powers Authority
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PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC RESOURCES ELEMENT
INTRODUCTION Complex and the late prehistoric Luiseno
and Kumeyaay Indians
Whereas most cities in Southern
California have chosen to exchange the San Dieguito Complex
remnants of their rural or farming
community beginnings for urban The term San Dieguito Complex is a
development the City of poway has cultural distinction given to a group of
chosen to retain its rural character and people who occupied sites in this region
image Important to this decision is the between 10 000 and 8 000 years before
desire to preserve the vestiges of the present B P The artifacts
Poway s beginnings such as historic recovered from these sites duplicate a
landmarks and prehistoric occupation typology which corresponds to that which
sites The preservation of cultural has been attributed to the Western
resources expands the community s view Pluvial Lakes Tradition Moratto 1984
of who they are where they have been Although sites associated with this
and what they want to become The complex are few in number stratigraphic
tangible presence of buildings and sites evidence at two sites has indicated that
that speak of other people other cultures the San Dieguito may have been the first
and other times is a form of history that culture to migrate into the coastal plain at
enables the current residents of poway San Diego Warren 1966 Moriarty 1967
to trace some of the paths to the present The artifact typology of the San Dieguito
and the future Without the many Complex includes bifacially flaked knives
reminders of early Poway that still well made planes and scrapers
remain the City s ability to define its crescentic stones and possibly milling
rural character might not be possible tools
An assessment of the prehistoric and The San Dieguito Complex is the least
historic resources of the City was understood of the cultures that have
completed in conjunction with the 1991 existed in San Diego County This is
General Plan update and is included in due primarily to the fact that San
the Master Environmental Assessment of Dieguito sites rarely contain stratigraphic
the Poway Comprehensive Plan information or datable material
Currently controversy exists among
PREHISTORIC researchers which centers upon the
occupation of the San Dieguito along the
RESOURCES coast whether the San Dieguito
Complex evolved quickly into the La Jolla
The cultural chronology for the poway Complex or was assimilated into the La
area includes the generally accepted Jolla Complex or eventually migrated
cultural phasing within San Diego away from the coastal plain Within the
County consisting of occupation by the Poway area very little evidence of the
San Dieguito Complex the La Jolla San Dieguito Complex has been
identified
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La Jolla Complex zone occurred approximately 1 500 years
ago when Yuman and Shoshonean
At approximately 9 000 to 8 500 years speaking peoples moved from the
before the present a major new cultural Colorado River basin to the coast in
tradition became established in the search of a more plentiful food supply
county primarily along the coast This Moriarty 1969 Fortunately
tradition has been called the La Jolla ethnographic information is available
Complex and dates from sites attributed from the period of the earliest Spanish
to the culture span a period of 6 000 to contact to the late 1800s which has
7 000 years between 8 500 and 2 000 recorded a great deal of the non material
B P The La Jolla Complex is best aspects of these groups
recognized for its pattern of shell
middens and grinding tool closely Sites of the late prehistoric component
affiliated with the marine resources of the are focused in the foothills and
area and flexed burials Shumway mountains rather than along the coast
Hubbs and Moriarty 1961 The subsistence pattern was based on
the collecting of seeds especially
The tool typology of the La Jolla acorns berries and bulbs and the
Complex displays a wide range of hunting of small game Artifacts of the
sophistication in the lithic manufacturing late prehistoric people include milling
techniques used to create tools tools ceramics projectile points
Scrapers the dominant flaked tool type scrapers planes beads shaft
were created by either splitting cobbles straighteners and hammerstones
or by finely flaking quarried material Ethnographic information denotes that
Inland sites of the La Jolla or Pauma the culture of the Kumeyaay Indians
Complex located away from the marine included a close clan system religious
food resources generally lack shellfish beliefs and complex trade associations
remains but retain most of the typical with relatives living in the Colorado River
implements of this culture True 1958 basin Kroeber 1925
These inland sites likely represent
manifestations of the seasonal ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE PATTERNS
movements which comprised the The dominant geographical elements in
subsistence pattern of these people the area are poway Valley and the main
Traces of the La Jolla Complex have drainages in the valley poway Creek
been identified in the study area and Rattlesnake Creek Undoubtedly
principally along Poway Creek and near these combined to present an
Sycamore Creek north of Espola Road environment of consistent food and water
The inland valleys such as Poway Valley resource potential As a consequence
were the easternmost extension of the La most cultural resource sites are located
Jolla Complex on terraces or elevations along the main
waterways with the exception of
Luiseno and Kumeyaay Indians resource specific sites such as quarries
The last major migration into the coastal
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The major sites in the valley setting are valley by La Jolla Complex was not as
extensive as that by the Kumeyaay The
1 Site SDi 8245 a major late area was likely a stop in the subsistence
prehistoric campsite located on a knoll pattern of the La Jolla Complex who
overlooking the west end of Poway migrated seasonally from the coastal
Valley and the confluence of Poway lagoon to the inland valleys From an
and Rattlesnake Creeks The site archaeological perspective no definitive
includes milling features rock art and evidence has been yet uncovered in the
midden deposits county area to directly associate the La
Jolla and Kumeyaay peoples The La
2 Site Sdi 4428 a large quarry location Jolla Complex faded from the area at
where basalt materials were procured approximately 1 500 B P after being
for artifact manufacture This site is established along the coastal area for
considered to be a significant nearly 7 000 years The Kumeyaay
prehistoric resource associated with Indians migrated to the coastal side of
the late prehistoric occupation in the the Laguna Mountains at approximately
poway area 700 A D For a span of nearly 1 000
years generations of Kumeyaay Indians
3 Site Sdi 10 154 probably the major lived peacefully in the poway area until
prehistoric occupation location in the Hispanic Intrusion and the foundation
poway Valley The site is situated of the Mission San Diego de Alcala in
along poway Creek and has been 1769
extensively disturbed by development
and relic hunting The cultural The archaeological record for the poway
materials have been deposited by region documents the presence of
Poway Creek through time to depths several different types of prehistoric sites
as great as 20 feet Materials which The variety of sites reflect the pattern of
have been recovered by relic hunters food collection areas living sites and
include a large number of manos and resource exploitation locations which
metates steatite pipes and bowls were needed by the prehistoric
smoking pipes projectile points inhabitants to survive in the region The
pottery burials flakes and cores and types of sites recorded in the poway
lithic tools area include the following
The data provided by the record Permanent villages and long term
searches indicates that the dominant habitation sites For the La Jolla
culture in the poway vicinity was that of Complex and the Kumeyaay Indians
the Kumeyaay Indians who occupied the seasonal transhumance throughout
valley for approximately the past 1 000 their range in search of food was
years until the settlement of the area in usually focused around major village
the 1800s Before the Kumeyaay locations Ethnographic evidence
Indians the La Jolla Complex also suggests that most villages were not
occupied the valley The use of the necessarily abandoned from one
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season to the next although most Milling stations Perhaps the most
capable individuals followed the commonly recognized prehistoric sites
maturation cycle of plants to assist the in San Diego County are milling
tribe or family group in the collection stations which are comprised of a
of food or tool making materials single bedrock outcrop or a group of
necessary for survival Villages were outcrops of granite usually located
the locations to which the foraging near streams or oak groves upon
groups returned with stores of food for which the Kumeyaay and related
consumption or preservation Villages groups processed seeds usually
are usually located at or very near acorns for food The milling process
permanent or semi permanent normally included the use of mortars
sources of water and or acorns and in to break the shells of the acorns and
relatively sheltered settings The slicks or oval basins to grind the
variety of artifacts found at a village acorns into meal Milling stations
site is usually very diverse because may be found either in isolation or in
the entire range of activities association with large or small
associated with the culture of a group temporary camps or villages
would eventually have occurred there
As a result a village site usually lithic scatters lithic scatters are
includes food preparation tools characterized by a surface dispersion
cooking features hearths lithic of lithic production waste and tools
manufacturing and maintenance tools These scatters represent locations
hunting implements projectile points where lithic tools were prepared from
milling tools basketry tools a core or where tools were sharpened
cremations and religious articles to create a new working surface
through flaking Within the poway
Temporary camps When the seasonal area some of the recorded lithic
movements of the prehistoric scatters are associated with lithic
inhabitants of poway required the use quarries where naturally occurring
of short term camps to serve as the materials were exploited for tool
focal points for food collecting and manufacture
hunting sites were chosen to which
the gatherers would generally return Features Two primary types of rock
year after year for hundreds of years features can be found in the poway
Thus while each period of occupation area rock cairns and granary
may not have been long repeated features Cairns are usually stacked
annual use of the sites would result in piles of rocks which served as trail
the development of a deep midden markers or boundary locations
deposit of artifacts although these Granary features are circular stacks
materials would not be as diverse as of rocks usually two or three tiers
would be found at the village site high upon which baskets or basket
because the range of activities would like containers were placed to serve
have been limited to the collection of as acorn collection locations The
necessary resource materials acorns would be left for a length of
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time to dry in the granary prior to archaeological record is common to San
being ground into meal Diego County
Rock art Pictographs painting on PREHISTORIC SITE SENSITIVITY
the surface of large rocks are the ISSUES
most common form of rock art found The study area includes approximately
in Southern California and in Poway 27 248 acres of which 10 784 acres have
Pictographs recorded in the study been subjected to archaeological
area include the Rancho Bernardo surveys resulting in the recordation of
maze and other symbolic designs 167 prehistoric sites The site records
Petroglyphs made by actually incising for the area indicate that the cultural
a design into the surface of a rock resources represent a significant and rich
comprise a less common form of rock record of the human occupation of the
art in the area poway area over the past 4 000 to 6 000
years The pattern of recorded sites
Isolates Throughout the poway indicates that nearly all areas of Poway
region isolated artifacts may be found were utilized by prehistoric inhabitants to
representing the discarding of or exploit the resources necessary for
breakage of tools or pits during the survival and cultural fulfillment However
process of collecting food or traveling the pattern of prehistoric use is not
from one location to another uniform throughout the study area The
recorded sites are clustered around
Rock shelters Although neither areas with water and food resources
natural nor enhanced rock shelters or Therefore while the entire area of poway
enclosures are common features in may be considered potentially sensitive
Southern California several have at some level the analysis of existing
been recorded in the poway area A environmental conditions including
rock shelter is generally any natural topography and biology and the
formation of large rocks which affords documented pattern of prehistoric sites
shelter for man or for storage In has been utilized to plot relative levels of
addition shelters were sometimes archaeological sensitivity throughout the
enhanced by stacking rocks or making City The hierarchy of sensitivity high
other alterations to make them more moderate low is based upon the
suitable following criteria in descending order of
importance
The dominant site types found in the
poway area include bedrock milling sites 1 The recorded pattern of sites
camp sites of temporary occupation and
lithic scatters For the most part these 2 The relative number of village and
sites reflect resource exploitation within major camps or clusters of sites in an
the catchment area represented by area
poway Valley and the related drainage
systems The range of sites noted in the
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3 The proximity to water water even means which may not have impacted the
more than food was a primary factor subsurface soil such as properties
in prehistoric occupation and containing older homes on above ground
subsistence patterns in the poway foundations or homes on very large and
Area generally undisturbed lots areas of
agricultural uses and areas of moderate
4 The proximity to food resources slopes and bedrock exposures
especially riparian and oak woodland
habitats High Sensitivity Areas which have not
been disturbed are located near food and
5 The proximity to lithic resources for water resources which have not been
tool manufacture previously surve yed which include
bedrock outcrops or abundant vegetation
6 The proximity to routes of or which contain clusters of prehistoric
ingress egress especially along sites
poway and Rattlesnake Creeks
Based upon the archaeological record
7 Topographic setting which included prehistoric site densities range from one
relatively mild slopes and terraces to ten sites per 160 acre tract a quarter
affording commanding views of the section in areas which were previously
area and ease of access to food and surveyed Overall the poway area was
water resources a major prehistoric occupation area
within San Diego County especially for
Utilizing these criteria Poway may be the late prehistoric Kumeyaay Indians
viewed as consisting of areas of varying The review of previous studies in the
sensitivity which are illustrated on the area revealed that neatly all of the
Projected Archaeologically Sensitive archaeological survey programs
Areas Map Despite previous conducted within the City and its sphere
development many areas still retain high of influence but outside of areas
or moderate potential for the presence of disturbed by development have resulted
sensitive and potentially significant in the discovery of at least one
archaeological resources The zones of historically prehistoric site This
high moderate and low sensitivity are correlation is significant because it
characterized as follows demonstrates that the potential for the
discovery of archaeological sites is high
Low Sensitivity Areas of low sensitivity throughout the area
are those which have been previously
surveyed without the discovery of any
resources areas which have been
extensively graded and areas which have
been developed
Moderate Sensitivity Areas which
have been developed or altered but by
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HISTORIC PERIOD
requirement or chose to ignore the
grant because he never completed the
improvements Bancroft 1964 Aguilar
The first recorded historic event in Poway retained his home in Old Town and
Valley was the baptism of an Indian remained active there and while his heirs
woman Cupemia at the Rancheria of claimed that he had conformed to the
paguay baptism records Mission San requirements of the grant it is probable
Diego de Alcala No 3162 undated in that he did not occupy or pursue the use
1804 Following that year most of the of the Rancho paguay Upon his death
Indian baptisms and marriages took the rancho passed to Aguilar s heirs
place at the mission indicating that the which appears to indicate that even if
occupants of the Kumeyaay villages in Aguilar was ambivalent about the grant
the poway area especially the he did assume that his ownership was
Rancheria of paguay had been moved valid
to the mission to join the assembled TheIndiangroupsthere owner of the Rancho de los
Penasquitos Francisco Maria Alvarado
After the Spanish lost control of tried to attach the Rancho paguay to hi
California to Mexico in 1821 the area of rancho lands After Aguilar s death in
Poway was probably still used by the 1846 despite the claims of Aguilar s
Franciscan fathers to graze cattle After heirs Alvarado acquired the land
the secularization of the missions in Hassan 1988 Alvarado was taxed on
California in 1835 the most desirable the property in 1851 and in 1854 when
lands in the region were taken from the Alvarado s possessions were sold at a
church and made available to the sheriffs auction to fulfill a court
Mexican citizens through land grants settlement the Rancho Paui paguay
Public or government land was frequently was offered for sale although no offers
used by various individuals to graze were made on the rancho San Diego
cattle Hassan 1988 Herald September 9 1854 Alvarado
eventually reacquired his rancho as a
In the 1830s Corporal Rosario Aguilar of result of negotiations between Philip
the Mexican Army a long time San Crosthwaite and Richard Kerren
Diego resident applied for a land grant The claims of
of the Rancho Paguay Although no
both Alvarado and
formal record has ever been located for Aguilar s heirs to the Rancho Paui were
this application Hassan 1988 the grant eventually heard by the United States
for the rancho which contained one
Land Commission and by the 1870s
square league approximately 4 428 neither had submitted sufficient proof of
acres was approved by Governor Juan ownership to be granted a patent by the
Bautista Alvarado in 1839 To secure government Philip Crosthwaite whose
the grant Aguilar was required to wife Josefa was related to Mrs Alvarado
construct a house and plant trees around formed an agreement in 1855 with
it Aguilar either refused to honor this Francisco Alvarado to purchase half of
Rancho paguay if a secured deed could
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be obtained by Alvarado Prior to that named George D W Robinson owned
time Crosthwaite lived near Old Town on several parcels in Poway He used a
property he owned in Mission Valley group of squatters lent to him by
Alvarado gave permission for William W Ormsby to occupy several
Crosthwaite to plant a garden for their parcels under the Homestead Act
joint use in the Poway Valley Later in Hassan 1988 Other settlers came to
1855 Crosthwaite filed a pre emption the valley at about the same time the
claim homestead for 160 acres of the Charles Stone Family came from Texas
Rancho paguay apparently believing with their 12 year old daughter Matilda
that Alvarado s claim to the rancho would Frederick W Fisher Antoine Hector
not materialize Hassan 1988 The and Alphonse LeClaire and John
claim filed by Crosthwaite corresponds to McCann and William Reymaan The
an area which appears to include the majority of these settlers were bachelors
present Haley Trust property located Homesteads in the valley were by the
south of poway Road and east of late 1860s often contiguous to each
Community Road Part of the claim other By the 1870 census the
includes the statement that a landmark in Costanos Paine or Payne family settled
the 160 acre parcel was an old at Rock Spring Station and the Andrew
abandoned adobe perhaps this is a Jackson Babb family settled in the valley
reference to the structure which Aguilar The community of poway became firmly
was required to build to satisfy the grant established
for the Rancho paguay
The economic base of the region was
By 1856 Crosthwaite had built an adobe expanded from stock ranching to include
house and moved his family to Poway grain farming with only moderate short
Judge Benjamin Hayes spent the night lived friction between the two factions
there and recorded the hospitality he The fields of the immigrant farmers were
received from the Crosthwaites Smith often damaged by wandering livestock
1982 Crosthwaite raised livestock and The short term solution to the problem
farmed on his poway land and was was for the farmers to shoot the
assessed for improvements and livestock offending animals The No Fence Law
in the years 1857 and 1861 In spite of of 1850 was implemented in the area of
the success which Crosthwaite appeared poway by 1870 As a result the
to achieve at Poway he inexplicably responsibility for damage to crops
gave his 160 acre parcel to Mathilda caused by wandering stock was shifted
Kerren Anderson Crosthwaite then from the farmer to the rancher
moved his family to his large ranch in
Baja Mexico the 45 000 acre Rancho Ranchers were forced to fence their
San Miguel Tamplain 1975 lands The shift in responsibility allowed
the community to diversify economically
Settlement activity was minimal until after and grow socially
the Civil War ended when settlers began
to flow into the valley An absentee The year 1870 was a banner year in the
landowner and short term resident history of Poway An old wagon road
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was transformed into a county road of Good Templars IOGT constructed a
which passed through the valley and hall which served as a focal point for
served the neighboring communities community functions A Grange and a
This enhanced the ability of farmers to Literary Society were indications that the
market their products outside the valley community had become refined as well
In addition the name of the valley as diversified Landholdings were divided
became firmly established that same and immigrants with marketable skills
year The Indian name which had been other than farming settled in Poway By
variously recorded as paguay the end of the decade telephone
Paguai pawii paui Pauwai and communication and road expansion
others became poway when the further modernized the valley
Postmaster General established a postal
station in the valley Although a The 1890s witnessed a brief decrease in
schoolteacher was hired that year it was population and a disappointing attempt to
not until the following year that a formal bring railroad service to the valley
schoolhouse was planned The county However a daily stagecoach continued
Republican convention was held in to serve the area until the automotive
poway in 1871 That year a local age Despite the growth and success of
resident was named the Poway delegate the farming community during the 1880s
to the Democratic convention and the lack of a dependable water supply
became superintendent of schools restricted continued expansion in the
Hassan 1988 The decade closed with area This dependable water supply did
a federal survey of area townships not become available until 1954
A drought during the last years of the By the turn of the century 800 people
1870s caused a reduction in the number resided in the community of poway
of farmers in the valley but the boom of Howard 1988 The World Wars and the
the 1880s reversed that trend The rains Great Depression affected the region no
of 1880 ended the drought and the more or less than other rural
exodus from the area Bees and citrus communities poway was a haven for
broadened the agricultural spectrum urbanites who sought a rural way of life
providing poway with greater economic near the urban center of San Diego By
diversification Orchards were expanded 1970 the population of poway had
and the valley became a fertile haven for grown to 14 000 residents As of April
farmers during this period An informal 1990 the population of the incorporated
campaign against natural predators in the city was over 43 516 citizens U S
area such as mountain lions coyotes Census 1990 poway has shared the
wildcats and bears decreased the losses experience of the rest of the Southwest
of domestic fowl and livestock to other in receiving a major influx of people from
animals By the end of the 1880s the all over the nation The character of the
community boasted a satisfactory road area has changed dramatically since the
system a school a cemetery a church ranching and farming era of the 19th
mechanized farming and wire fencing century
Hassan 1988 The International Order
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In 1987 1988 the City of poway or last surviving example of its kind or
conducted an informal architectural and
historical survey for structures within its 4 Is at least 100 years old and
corporate boundaries resulting in a possesses substantial stratigraphic
preliminary list of 37 historical sites MC integrity or
1745 030 Since the valley was settled
generally after 1850 and primarily after 5 Involves important research questions
the Civil War the types of structures that historical research has shown
which have been built vary in design can be answered only with
producing diverse eclectic architectural archaeological methods
styles The types of structures which
have been recorded include Mexican and Thus structures features or buildings
Spanish influenced adobe homes and are generally considered significant if
barns prairie or pioneer style cottages they represent or depict a particular style
craftsman style ranch houses and historic period movement or event or if
bungalows stick Victorian houses and they illustrate the work of a famous or
rock houses which have come to well recognized architect More
represent a significant aspect of Poway s specifically historic and architectural
historic element According to the City s sites provide direct visual and tactile links
study at least 40 historical sites in with the historic past In Poway for
Poway are more than 50 years old instance stone houses have come to
However the recorded site information represent a distinct remnant of rural
for the Poway area indicates that at least home sites especially in South Poway
30 more sites or approximately 70 sites
are more than 50 years old Neighborhoods take their identity from
the architectural styles of the homes they
HISTORIC SITE SENSITIVITY ISSUES contain thus affording cultural
Historic structures which are important significance to architecture Historic or
archaeological resources as defined by architectural districts frequently become
Appendix K of CEQA are those which focal points for restoration and urban
renewal which in turn enhance
1 Are associated with an event or community awareness
person of recognized significance in
Other features of the development ofCaliforniaorAmericanhistoryor
poway as an agricultural center and as a
2 Can provide information which is both community include tree groves windmills
of demonstrable public interest and wells old roads and bridges Pomerado
useful in addressing scientifically Road Espola Road Midland Road
consequential and reasonable or Community Road and poway Road are
archaeological research questions or all examples of trails and early roads
which provide continuity between the
3 Has a special or particular quality past and the future development of the
such as oldest best example largest community All of these elements of
historical background should be
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recognized in the historical site listing for other records as being associated with
the City structures or other features of historical
sensitivity
The pattern of historic use is not uniform
throughout the study area The recorded
sites are clustered in the flat areas of the
valleys where farming and ranching
were possible Therefore analysis of
existing environmental conditions
including topography and the
documented pattern of historic sites
plotted on township plats and quadrangle
maps may be utilized to illustrate the
relative levels of historical sensitivity
throughout the city The relative areas of
historic sensitivity have been plotted on
the Projected Historically Sensitive Areas
Map Despite the level of development
in Poway many areas still retain high or
moderate potential for the presence of
sensitive and potentially significant
historical resources The division of the
project area into zones of high moderate
and low sensitivity was accomplished
using the following criteria
Low Sensitivity Areas which have
been previously surveyed without the
discovery of any resources areas which
have been extensively graded and areas
which have been developed
Moderate Sensitivity Areas within the
city which have been developed while
leaving existing historically sensitive
homes on existing lots undisturbed lots
areas of agricultural uses areas of
moderate slopes and along the historic
road systems
High Sensitivity Areas which have
been listed as historical sites such as
farms houses or public buildings or
areas indicated on the township plats or
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GOALS POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
The goals policies and strategies shown below are those that relate directly to issues
discussed in the Resources master element The various elements of the General Plan
are intended to be consistent with each other and should be interpreted to be consistent
goals and policies contained in other elements will also support those included here A
complete listing of all goals policies and strategies is contained in Section II of this
General Plan
GOAL II IT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF POWAY TO PROVIDE FOR AN
ORDERLY BALANCE OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND USES IN
CONVENIENT AND COMPATIBLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITYAND
TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUCH USES SERVE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE
THE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTER AND IMAGE OF THE CITY
Policv B Distribution of Land Uses
Land uses should be distributed so as to encourage in fill development within the built up
parts of the City protect the integrity of existing land uses and densities and preserve the
open space and rural nature of Poway
Strateoies
1 Encourage land uses and densities that are consistent with a rural lifestyle and
image including preservation of open space and development of very low density
residential land uses The density of land use shall remain primarily rural within
the hillsides and remote regions of the City and suburban within the developed
central community core
2 Large contiguous areas of open space shall be encouraged throughout the City
and shall not be fenced or otherwise constricted
3 Watershed areas with slopes greater than 25 percent shall be retained in parcel
sizes of 40 acres or more
4 The majority of residential construction in the City shall be in rural residential
categories Rural residential areas shall be primarily devoted to large lot custom
home construction although in some instances tract homes that simulate custom
homes may be allowed
5 Various types of multiple family units are encouraged in order to provide greater
variety in regard to design and lifestyle preference
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6 Multi family residential land uses shall be located in areas compatible with
existing land uses and in proximity to major roads transit commercial areas and
public services and facilities
7 Recreational uses e g resorts golf courses may be allowed in rural areas
providing that provisions are made for the health safety and welfare of the users
and surrounding residents and that the uses are consistent with the policies of the
Land Use and Community Design Elements
8 In rural residential areas most uses other than agricultural and residential shall
be limited to areas with natural slopes of 10 percent or less Other uses such as
hiking and riding trails driving ranges golf courses and other recreational uses
may be considered on steeper slopes providing that they do not significantly alter
the landform Buildings and parking lots must adhere to slopes of less than 10
percent
9 The distribution of land uses should consider the health safety and welfare of the
community in regard to natural hazards
10 Public or quasi public structures schools churches hospitals shall be located
in low risk seismic or geologic hazard areas
11 Community commercial land uses that will serve the entire community or
subregion in which Poway is located are encouraged along poway Road adjacent
to existing uses of similar intensity
12 Limited neighborhood commercial activities may be located on the border of rural
residential and urban land uses
13 Mobile home park land uses shall be located in areas compatible with existing
land uses and in proximity to major roads transit commercial areas and public
services and facilities
14 New urban development projects residential areas with greater than two dwelling
units per acre du ac commercial and manufacturing shall be bounded on a
minimum of two sides by existing urban land uses and existing public facilities
15 Where a commercial area abuts a residential area the following improvements
shall be made to ensure compatibility
Structures shall be adequately set back from the residential property line to
avoid land use impacts
An eight foot high solid masonry wall shall be constructed along the
residential property line except where it is clearly demonstrated that a
shorter wall will adequately protect the residential property
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Landscaping in the form of trees shrubs and ground covers shall be
planted within an area at least five feet wide in addition to wall footings on
the inside area of the wall
16 It is the specific intent of the City that commercial land uses on Pomerado Twin
Peaks and Espola Roads not be substantially expanded beyond their present
locations
17 Public and semi public uses should be located where the use is compatible with
surrounding land uses development intensity topography and architectural style
The following provisions shall guide the location of such uses
Site should be located adjacent to a Transportation Element roadway
Public utilities should be immediately available to the site
Sites where the public semi public uses can serve as a buffer between
residential and other potentially incompatible use are particularly
appropriate
18 Manufacturing uses shall be located so as not to create adverse impacts on
surrounding land uses and or the City transportation system
19 Commercial and manufacturing service land uses adjacent to residential land
uses shall include a buffer zone or noise attenuation wall to reduce outside noise
levels at the property line to 60 dBA
20 Incompatible land uses shall not be made contiguous without adequate buffering
and or setbacks Special emphasis and techniques shall be used in buffering
surrounding land uses from commercial uses In the event a question of
compatibility exists between two uses or intensities the lower intensity use shall
take precedence The City Council shall make the final determination in those
areas of questionable land use compatibility
21 Provide information on all submitted development proposals that may affect
student enrollment to the Poway Unified School District PUSD for review in light
of their planning goals The City shall provide the PUSD with regular reports of
building permit activity
Floodplains and Floodways
22 Land within the 100 year floodplain should be designated for low density
residential or open space uses
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23 Structures which do not conform to Poway Flood Hazard Management standards
must be brought into conformahce with these standards if reconstruction
rebuilding or repairing made necessary by damage will exceed 50 percent of the
reasonable replacement value of the structure prior to any damage
24 Critical emergency uses hospitals fire stations police stations public
administration buildings and schools shall not be located in flood hazard areas
25 Development within the 100 year floodway is prohibited
26 Development in the 100 year floodplain may be approved if the following
conditions are met
All structures both permanent and temporary must be raised one foot
above the 100 year flood level
Information certifying the 100 year flood level must be submitted by a
qualified civil or hydrological engineer
All weather access must be provided to all developments for divisions of
land residential units commercial buildings manufacturing buildings or
public buildings
Information certifying that no upstream or downstream changes to the 100
year floodplain will occur must be submitted by a qualified civil or
hydrological engineer
27 For purposes of land division floodway areas shall not be included in the
calculation of net area
28 To prevent increased flooding within Poway all new land divisions and
commercial developments shall be reviewed to determine the feasibility of storm
drainage detention Should the project increase the storm drainage runoff by ten
percent or more the differential storm drainage runoff shall be detained to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer This does not preclude the City from requiring
storm drainage detention for projects which do not exceed a 10 percent
differential increase in storm drainage
29 No development shall be approved that would inhibit prevent or preclude the
location of proposed detention basins on Rattlesnake Creek and the north and
south branches of poway Creek as outlined in the Floodwater Detention Basin
Survey dated August 1981
Policv A Scenic Areas
Scenic areas prominent vistas and open space areas that typify Poway s rural history and
image should be preserved and protected through appropriate land use policies
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GOAL IV IT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF POWAY TO PRESERVE ITS
NATURAL SCENIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE BENEFIT
AND ENJOYMENT OF ITS RESIDENTS AND TO PROTECT BIOLOGICAL AND
ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Strateoies
1 Significant open space areas and scenic vistas along local scenic roadways
should be protected
2 The mountains hillsides and prominent ridgelines are a valuable natural resource
and should be preserved through appropriate land use policies
Policy B Waterways
The natural character of creeks and channels should be maintained or restored to the
greatest extent possible with consideration for maintaining adequate flood protection
Strateoies
1 Development including roads should be set back from riparian corridors a
minimum distance of 50 feet or a sufficient distance as determined by a qualified
biologist to avoid any damage to these areas These riparian corridors and
associated buffer areas should be designated as permanent natural open space
easements and the buffer areas should be vegetated only with appropriate native
species as determined by a qualified biologist or native plant horticulturist
2 No activity or development shall be permitted within the watershed or viewshed
of Lake poway which would diminish water quality of the lake or its open space
and recreational value
3 Natural locations and rates of discharge into creeks and channels should not be
increased without sufficient mitigation to ensure that significant alteration of the
natural system will not occur
4 The use of rip rap in stream channels shall be limited to the minimum area
required to protect adjacent improvements and stream banks from excessive
erosion
5 Public access to creeks via trails paths and greenways shall be encouraged to
the extent possible without negatively impacting the riparian habitat value
6 Coordinate with other jurisdictions to monitor and maintain acceptable water
quality standards in local streams
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RESOLUTION NO 02 120
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY CALIFORNIA
APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GPA 0202
AMENDING THE NATURAL RESOURCES ELEMENT
OF THE GENERAL PLAN
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Poway recognizes that the need may
arise to amend the City s General Plan and
WHEREAS Section 65350 et seq of the Califomia Government Code describes
the procedures for amending General Plans and
WHEREAS on February 2001 the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
SDRWQCB issued a revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPDES
Permit to the County of San Diego the San Diego Unified Port District and the 18
incorporated cities within the County including the City of Poway Included in the Permit is
the requirement that the City assess and update its General Plan in areas conceming water
quality and
WHEREAS on October 8 2002 the City Council initiated the GPA 0202 and
WHEREAS the City Council finds that the proposed General Plan Amendment
would assist in the maintenance and improvement ofwater quality in the City of poway and
within San Diego County and
WHEREAS on November 19 2002 the City of Poway held a properly noticed public
hearing in accordance with the Califomia Government Code
NOW THEREFORE the City Council does hereby resolve as follows
Section 1 The proposed General Plan Amendment is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act CEQA pursuant to Section 21080 15 of the CEQA Guidelines
in that the adoption of updated General Plan policies and strategies concerning the
improvement of water quality will have no environmental impacts and are being
undertaken by the City of Poway to implement a rule or regulation imposed by a State
agency board or commission
Section 2 The City Council hereby approves General Plan Amendment 0202
amending the Natural Resources Element Goal IV Policy B of the City of Poway General
Plan to read as follows
Resolution No 02 120
Page 2
Policy B Waterways and Water Quality
The natural character of creeks and channels should be maintained or restored to the
greatest extent possible with consideration for maintaining adequate flood protection
Development will comply with all State regulations relative to water quality protection to the
maximum extent practicable
Strategies
1 Development including roads should be set back from riparian corridors a minimum
distance of 50 feet or a sufficient distance as determined by a qualified biologist to
avoid damage to these areas These riparian corridors and associated buffer areas
should be designated as permanent natural open space easements and the buffer
areas should be vegetated only with appropriate native species as determined by a
qualified biologist or native plant horticulturist
2 The preservation and where possible the creation or restoration of areas that
provide important water quality benefits such as riparian corridors wetlands and
buffer zones shall be encouraged
3 No activity or development shall be permitted within the watershed or viewshed of
Lake Poway which would diminish water quality of the lake or its open space and
recreational value
4 Disturbances of natural water bodies and natural drainage systems caused by
development including roads highways and bridges shall be limited to the extent
practicable
5 Natural locations and rates of discharge into creeks and channels should not be
increased without sufficient mitigation to ensure that significant alteration of the
natural system will not occur
6 Avoid to the maximum extent practicable development of areas that are particularly
susceptible to erosion and sediment loss or establish development guidance that
identifies these areas and protects them from erosion and sediment loss
7 The use of rip rap in stream channels shall be limited to the minimum area required
to protect adjacent improvements and stream banks from excessive erosion
8 Public access to creeks via trails paths and greenways shall be encouraged to the
extent possible without negatively impacting the riparian habitat value
9 Coordinate with other jurisdictions to monitor and maintain acceptable water quality
standards in local streams
Resolution No 02 120
Page 3
10 Activities within the City s natural drainage systems which would adversely affect
water quality such as pesticide use construction of septic leach fields and
underground storage of hazardous substances shall be strictly regulated to ensure
water quality is not compromised
11 Substances such as hazardous wastes or untreated wastewater shall not be
discharged into the City s natural water systems
12 Urban runoff from impermeable surfaces which may be contaminated with oil
grease vehicle fuels or other toxic substances shall have such contaminants
substantially removed before discharge into the City s natural drainage systems
The City shall comply with the requirements of the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System NPDES permit
13 Minimize the amount of impervious surfaces in areas of new development and
redevelopment and where feasible slow runoff and maximize on site infiltration of
runoff
14 The implementation of pollution prevention methods supplemented by pollutant
source controls and treatment shall be encouraged The use of small collection
strategies located at or as close as possible to the source Le the point where
water initially meets the ground to minimize the transport of urban runoff and
pollutants offsite and into the storm drain system shall be encouraged
15 Postdevelopment runoff from a site shall not contain pollutant loads which cause or
contribute to receiving water quality objectives being exceeded or which have not
been reduced as much as feasible
16 Grading should not increase the natural rate of erosion or cause siltation of stream
channels
17 Through the development review process for projects identified as priority projects in
the Citys Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan SUSMP methods available
shall be utilized to estimate increases in pollutant loads and flows resulting from
projected future development Structural and non structural Best Management
Practices BMPs as required by the San Diego County Regional Water Control
Board shall be required to mitigate the projected increases in pollutant loads and
flows as much as is feasible
Resolution No 02 120
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PASSED ADOPTED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
State of California this 19th day of November 2002
ATTEST
u
Sherrie D Worrell Deputy City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SS
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
I Sherrie D Worrell Deputy City Clerk of the City of Poway do hereby certify under
the penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No 02 120 was duly adopted by
the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of November 2002
and that it was so adopted by the following vote
AYES EMERY GOLDBY HIGGINSON REXFORD CAFAGNA
NOES NONE
ABSTAIN NONE
ABSENT NONE
Sherrie D Worrell Deputy City Clerk
City of Poway
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7 Activities within the City s natural drainage systems which would adversely affect
water quality such as pesticide use construction of septic leach fields and
underground storage of hazardous substances shall be strictly regulated
8 Substances such as hazardous wastes or untreated wastewater shall not be
discharged into the City s natural water systems
9 Urban runoff from impermeable surfaces which may be contaminated with oil
grease vehicle fuels or other toxic substances shall have such contaminants
substantially removed before discharge into the City s natural drainage systems
The City shall comply with the requirements of the nonpoint source urban runoff
wastewater discharge permit
10 Grading for development shall not increase the natural rate of erosion or cause
siltation of stream channels
Policv C Bioloaical Resources
Wildlife and natural plants are a valuable natural resource and should be preserved and
protected
Strateaies
1 The acquisition and dedication of undeveloped land adjacent to and between
existing dedicated open space areas is encouraged to promote large contiguous
areas necessary for watershed habitat and viewshed protection If private
development is required to purchase and dedicate land to mitigate environmental
impacts the acquisition of areas adjacent to existing large permanent open space
areas is preferred
2 Biological corridors shall be preserved in order to provide linkages for vegetative
and wildlife communities between nonconnective open space areas Special
effort shall be made to acquire and preserve the two major wildlife corridors
identified in the Detailed Biological Assessment and lands linking open space
areas in poway to open space areas in the region such as the Sycamore Canyon
County Park and San Dieguito Regional Park
3 Development should not disrupt habitats considered to be sensitive or the habitat
of sensitive declining threatened rare or endangered species An assessment
performed by a qualified biologist shall be required in areas where the existence
of a sensitive species is known or reasonably expected to be present
4 Off road vehicle use is prohibited
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5 Access of humans and domestic animals to preserved biological habitats and
sensitive biological areas shall be limited as deemed necessary to preserve the
integrity of the areas
6 Confinement of horses cattle and other livestock shall not be permitted in natural
open space areas or sensitive biological areas
7 Mitigation for significant impacts to biological resources in theform of preservation
onsite and offsite or restoration shall be required All preservation and
restoration areas shall be dedicated as permanent biological open space
8 The City and development community should use the important biological
resource areas as identified in the Detailed Biological Assessment as the
foundation for a City wide system of reserves and wildlife corridors Efforts
should be made to acquire unprotected lands within and adjacent to these areas
through mitigation banking programs or other land transfer and acquisition
programs for the purposes of biological resource preservation and natural open
space management
9 Require biological monitoring during construction where there is the potential to
impact sensitive biological resources Construction monitoring shall be conducted
by a qualified biologist and follow the guidelines outlines in the Detailed Biological
Assessment to ensure that all construction practices consider the protection of
sensitive biological resources both on and offsite
10 Long term biological management plans for open space areas within a proposed
development should be developed by a qualified biologist and implemented by the
developer
11 Habitat conservation plans should be developed for endangered resources
Wildlife
12 The hunting of wildlife shall be prohibited in Poway
13 Development proposals shall consider areas determined to be particularly
valuable to wildlife as identified for each quadrant of the City in the Detailed
Biological Assessment Efforts shall be made to minimize encroachment into
these areas
Plants
14 Plant resources particularly large expanses of undisturbed natural areas oak
woodlands riparian corridors significant tree stands and sensitive declining
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threatened and endangered species should be preserved through appropriate
means such as buffering and dedicated open space
15 Large tree stands comprised of oaks sycamores or eucalyptus should be retained
and integrated into project designs The understory in these stands should also
be retained or enhanced with native species as deemed appropriate by a qualified
biologist or native plant horticulturist Areas preserved shall be designated as
permanent natural open space
16 A permit is required prior to the removal of any coast live oak holly oak
California Sycamore or any tree within the public right of way
Policv 0 Archaeoloalcal Sites
Archaeological resources are an important part of our heritage and should be preserved
and protected
StrateQies
1 Archaeological guidelines for the treatment of archaeological resources
discovered during the environmental review process shall be implemented These
guidelines are on file at the City of Poway
2 The City shall require that all artifacts recovered from sites within poway during
environmental impact studies be presented to the City for permanent curation
This is also recommended for the sphere of influence The City shall designate
a repository Le a museum for the artifacts or direct that a suitable structure be
built or converted within the city boundaries to house the collections The City
shall ensure the proper treatment of the artifacts by selecting an
archaeologist historian to define the necessary elements for curation of specimens
as outlined by the National Park Service If the City cannot designate a facility
to curate the artifacts then an agreement could be reached with the poway
Historical Society or the San Diego Archaeological Society to temporarily curate
the artifacts
3 Consider mitigation alternatives which include in kind measures that provide
unusual or more beneficial results than the mitigation measures listed in the City
archaeological historical guidelines
4 Maintain a listing of significant prehistoric sites and document the locations of all
open space easements that include archaeological sites These easements have
been granted to protect resources however without acknowledging the locations
of such easements the success of the use of such easements for resource
protection cannot be assured The City should conduct a research effort to
determine where easements for archaeological sites are located especially those
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easements which were inherited from the County of San Diego when the city
was incorporated
Policy E Historical Sites
The historical structures which remain in Poway contribute significantly to the rural small
town character of the community and should be preserved
StrateQies
1 Complete a comprehensive survey to identify and evaluate historic structures and
sites in Poway
2 Maintain a Historic Sites List that will include a register of locations photographs
and historically relevant information regarding each site structure or feature
recognized as historically sensitive or significant to the city s heritage The
Historic Sites List will include as its foundation the criteria for relative categories
of significance included in the City s Ordinance 296 The method to be used for
adding structures to the Historic Sites List is also provided in Ordinance 296
Prehistoric sites should not be included on this list as it will be available to the
public and the locations of significant prehistoric sites should not be made publicly
known
3 Support community efforts to register local prehistoric and historic features that
fulfill state or federal requirements The basis for the registration of local sites of
historic and prehistoric significance will be the Historic Sites List The City shall
consider funding a periodic review of the Historic Sites List by a qualified historian
for the purpose of completing nomination forms for the National Register and
state landmarks list
4 Maintain appropriate legislation to apply alternative building code requirements
as deemed necessary on an individual basis to preserve historic structures The
City shall also maintain appropriate legislation prohibiting the demolition of an
historic structure without an evaluation of the condition of the structure and the
costs of rehabilitation
5 Study the feasibility of securing contracts with the owners of historic structures or
places to restrict the use or alteration of the property or structures as defined in
Government Code Section 50280 et seq for tax advantages in the form of an
historic easement In the event that a contract or historic easement is executed
the City shall inform the County Assessor of any agreement reached for the
purpose of historic preservation and encourage the Assessor to re examine the
assessment of the property based upon the agreement
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6 Prior to the demolition of any historic structure for a definition of a historic
structure see Ordinance 296 and the archaeological guidelines filed at the City
of poway Planning Services Department that structure shall be fully documented
with plans photographs and an archaeological architectural assessment In the
event that demolition is permitted for any historic structure within Categories A
B or C as described in Ordinance 296 mitigation may be accomplished through
the payment of a fee which would be applied to the improvement of Old poway
Park The City shall determine an equitable mitigation fee for the demolition of
historic structures
7 Mitigation of impacts to significant or sensitive historic structures may be
accomplished by moving the structure to a new location within the city This
location should be similar in setting to the original site depending upon the
uniqueness of the original site
8 Historic structures or places should not be designated for land uses that would
lead to their demolition or to a depreciation in their value Adjacent land uses
should not conflict with the preservation of an historic structure or place
9 Standards should be developed for community design adjacent to historic
structures to preserve the integrity of the structure and its surrounds
10 New development and physical improvements proposed on the east and west
sides of Midland Road between Hilleary Place and Twin Peaks Road shall be
consistent with the adopted Old Poway Specific Plan
GOAL VIII IT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF POWA Y TO MINIMIZE INJURIES
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM NATURAL AND
MAN MADE HAZARDS
Policv D Flood Hazards
The public should be protected against potential loss of life and property through regular
dam and creek maintenance proper flood hazard management policies and future capital
improvements
Strateaies
Lake poway Dam
1 Lake poway Dam shall receive regular inspections of the embankment spillway
and inleUoutlet facilities to ensure safe operation
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2 Lake Poway shall be kept at or below the designed high water level to reduce the
risk of spilling
Natural Watercourses
3 Natural watercourses shall be maintained as the primary flood control channels
Where feasible the natural creekside environment shall be preserved
4 Maintain a program to ensure that the floodways are kept free and clear at all
times Costs associated with creek maintenance shall be borne by the property
owner or the holder of open space easement rights
5 Upstream detention basins shall be constructed on Rattlesnake Creek and the
north and south branches of Poway Creek as outlined in the Floodwater
Detention Basin Survey published in August 1981 in order to mitigate flood
hazards while retaining the natural character of the major creeks and channels
Watershed Areas
6 Watershed areas in the eastern Poway mountains should be preserved to
maintain the health safety and welfare of residents living adjacent to the City s
major creeks in the Poway Valley
Financing
7 The City shall explore and adopt appropriate legislation to finance the acquisition
and construction of the detention basins including but not limited to developer
financing bonds and assessment areas drawn upon drainage area boundaries
8 The cost of improvements to the City flood and drainage control system made
necessary by new development shall be borne by the developeL
GOAL IX IT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF POWAY TO PROVIDE AN
EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL PUBLIC WATER AND WASTEWATER
TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS
OF POWAY
Policv B Groundwater
Groundwater supplies should be protected and monitored to ensure that overdraft does
not OCCUL
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with the requirements of the State of Califomia Natural Community
Conservation Planning NCCP Act of 1991 the NCCP Process and
Conservation Guidelines NCCP Guidelines as adopted in November 1993
by the California Department of Fish and Game CDFG in collaboration with
the U S Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS and the USFWS Federal
Endangered Species Act Section 4 d Special Rule for the threatened
California gnatcatcher which is incorporated into the NCCP Guidelines
The City has received long term permits from USFWS and CDFG which
allow for the incidental take of Federal and State listed plant species
wildlife species and their habitats Such long term permits will apply to ll
public fjR5 m and a private development projectse ew a MtniiaestrftfFdlraoWlftelaanaJea00It
ppwBr4 op w r t1 A7MV1 i w teowaytiSubareaJilCJbandtcomgantogjyreelWJAJIjMQH7fWhwAMxmrjMW7W@Vbw
whoro cJch reject comply with tho rOCluiremcnt C tho wbjoot documont
including the Compensation Mitigation Strategy Mitigation Ratios and
Special Development Requirements
These documents including the approved environmental review
NEPiVCEQA documents are separately bound as an appendix to the
Natural Resources Element
2 Goal XlL Pclicy A Planning Strateav 4 shall be amended bv the addition of the
followina lanouaae
The City shall encourage the neighboring County of San Diego and City of
San Diego jurisdictions to cooperatively develop and adopt SL bregional and
subarea habitat conservation plans which are consistent with and foster the
implementation of the adopted City of Poway Subarea Habitat Conservation
Plan and companion Implementing Agreement documents
All necessary clerical changes shall be made to the general plan to make its text consistent
with the terms of this resolution
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway State of
California this 15th day of August 1995
J
OLu r liL r
Susan Callery Deputy Mayor
ATIEST
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Ma orle K Wahlsten City Clerk
POWA Y COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GENERAL PLAN
Strateoies
1 Rural land uses may use wells where it is not feasible to connect to the
community water supply if it can be proven that an adequate supply of good
quality groundwater is available If well water is to be the primary water source
the provisions of the groundwater policy of the City shall be fulfilled
2 Agricultural uses are not encouraged on wells that could deplete the groundwater
supply
GOAL XII IT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY OF POWAY TO ENCOURAGE
REGIONAL COOPERATION AND COORDINATION
Policy A Plannina
Support the coordination of land use and public facility planning programs among local
regional state federal jurisdictions and special districts
Strateoies
1 Continue to refer applications for regionally significant development to affected
jurisdictions according to the terms of the interjurisdictional memorandum of
understanding
2 When considering major changes to its land use program the City will evaluate the
impact of proposed changes on regional land use planning and the planning
programs of neighboring jurisdictions
3 Continue to support and participate in the San Diego Association of Governments
SANDAG regional land use planning programs as consistent with the poway
General Plan goals and policies
4 rt Cooperate with regional measures to offset potential wildlife habitat loss or
i increase existing habitat such as land banking or open space acquisition and
c e
10 rfll preservation programs
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5 Support regional transportation planning programs which minimize the disruption
of externally generated traffic on Poway
6 Support efforts to develop a limited access roadway between 1 5 and 1 15 along
the SR 56 corridor
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7 Support and encourage an amendment to the Regional Transportation Plan 1990
to designate South poway Expressway as an expressway to provide the major
easUwest route through poway from 1 15 to SR 67 and explore a state route
designation for the expressway
8 Facilitate the continued development of a regional trail system to serve
equestrians pedestrians and bicyclists
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