El Cerrito Enclave Project Review

CACPB Recommends Denial of Permit
Project Now Goes Before the Planning Commission

At its October 13 meeting, the College Area Community Planning Board (CACPB) recommended that the City of San Diego deny a permit for the El Cerrito Enclave Project. This project (#72057) proposes to demolish the existing single-family home at 5402 Gilbert Drive, subdivide the 0.62 acre lot and build 4 new single-family residences. Reasons for recommending denial include impacts on traffic and parking, large amounts of fill dirt required to level the lot, and a design better suited to mini-dorms or rooming houses than to families. Many residents from the surrounding neighborhood attended the meeting to express their objections.

Community input on the El Cerrito Enclave project includes a letter from the ECCC voicing many of the same objections included in the CACPB recommendation. This letter was approved by a vote of the active membership at the September 16 ECCC community meeting. The project now goes to the San Diego City Planning Commission for consideration.

Whether residents approve of this project, disapprove, or have some other comment, it is important for people to inform government representatives. You can express your position on this project by writing to

The City of San Diego Planning Commission
1222 First Ave, 4th floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Or email planningcommission@sandiego.gov
Subject: El Cerrito Enclave Project #72057

You can contact your City Council Member about this project by writing to

Marti Emerald
7th District City Council Member
City Administration Building
202 C Street, MS #10A
San Diego, CA 92101
Or email martiemerald@sandiego.gov
Subject: El Cerrito Enclave Project #72057

The only way for elected or appointed representatives to know that this project, or any other issue, is important to the community is for residents to contact them.

Neighbors of the El Cerrito Enclave are circulating a petition urging the City to deny the request for a permit for this project. Residents interested in joining this petition drive should call Maurize Rios at (619) 708-1423.

Select the following link to read or download a copy of the
El Cerrito Enclave Petition

Select the following link for
a template for letters and emails
with Complete Contact Information for the Planning Commission
and 7th District Council Member, Marti Emerald

Select the following link to read the
ECCC Letter to the College Area Community Planning Board

Select the following link for access to
El Cerrito Enclave Architectural Plans