Planning Commission recommends revised map, permit modification for Pala Mesa Highlands

The county's Planning Commission has approved a revised tentative map and Major Use Permit modification for the Pala Mesa Highlands project.

The Planning Commission's 7-0 vote Sept. 11 allows Beazer Homes, Inc., to reduce the improved width of Pala Mesa Drive to match the updated general plan's designation for the road, to replace the proposed sidewalk along Pala Mesa Drive with a pathway eight feet wide, and to remove several biological mitigation conditions which are no longer required.

Because only a Major Use Permit and tentative map and not a rezone, General Plan Amendment, or Specific Pl...