§ 30.52.075. Exemption from Coastal Development Permit Requirements.

A.

The following projects and activities shall not be subject to the receipt of a Coastal Development Permit upon a determination by the Director of Planning and Community Development that the criteria specified in Subsection 30.52.060.A have been met:

1.

The grading of a fire break or the clearance of vegetation when required, pursuant to an order form the Del Mar Fire Department to protect structures on existing developed legal lots. The Fire Department's order shall require the grading or clearance of no more material than is minimally necessary to provide for protection of public health and safety. Unless specifically stated in the written order, the clearance of vegetation shall be limited to the selective removal of vegetative growth through normal pruning, thinning by hand, and/or cutting operations which do not involve grading, clear-cutting of vegetation to a uniform height, or disturbance of soil or root systems.

2.

The replacement or removal of vegetative material on an existing legal lot with a single-family residence when such activities are carried out in a manner which does not threaten the preservation of the sandstone bluffs, canyons, and related slopes that characterize properties within the Bluff, Slope and Canyon Overlay Zone and when such activities are carried out in a manner that involves appropriate erosion control measures, including replacement vegetation, to provide soil stability and when conducted so as to not create the potential for adverse erosion to adjacent properties or downstream resources.