Join the Board

Interested in how to become a board member of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group? It’s simple!

Details From the Bylaws

On the Normal Heights Community Planning Group, elected seats are filled by any eligible member identified below. There is no further restriction on the distribution of seats among interests in the community. 

Any member of the public may attend a Normal Heights Community Planning Group meeting, however, there are several situations where an individual may choose to sign into a meeting and demonstrate to the NHCPG their qualifications to become an eligible member of the community. An eligible member of the community must meet qualifications in the paragraphs following this one. To vote in a Normal Heights Community Planning Group election, an eligible member must have documented attendance at two planning group meetings in the 12 months prior to the March election. To become a candidate in the March election, an eligible member of the community must also have documented attendance at two planning group meetings in the 12 months prior to the regular February meeting. 

Normal Heights Community Planning Group members shall be elected by and from eligible members of the Normal Heights community. . To become an eligible member of the community, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and shall be affiliated with the community as a: 

(1) Property owner, who is an individual identified as the sole or partial owner of record, or their designee, of a real property (either developed or undeveloped), within the community’s planning area, or 

(2) Resident, who is an individual whose primary address of residence is an address in the community’s planning area, or 

(3) Local businessperson, who is a local business or not-for-profit owner, operator, or designee at a non-residential real property address in the community’s planning area: only one representative of a particular establishment may hold a seat on the community planning group at one time. 

An individual may become an eligible member of the community by attending two meetings of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group and submitting an application form to the planning group Secretary demonstrating qualifications to be an eligible member of the community prior to the March election. 

Member application forms are available at the regular monthly meetings of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group, or they may be completed online at the NHCPG’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NHCPG or emailed to: chair@normalheightscpg.org. 

Once the eligibility to vote is established, an individual remains an eligible member of the community until a determination is made that the individual does not meet the planning group’s criteria and the planning group takes formal action. However, the Normal Heights Community Planning Group shall require proof of eligibility during elections.

Application Form

The Normal Heights Community Planning Group (“CPG”) normally holds regular meetings at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in the Normal Heights Community Center, 4649 Hawley Blvd. or via Teleconference. The CPG consists of up to fifteen (15) elected members. The Normal Heights CPG is the officially recognized land use advisory group to the City of San Diego for the Normal Heights area. The role of the CPG is to review and provide recommendations to the City on land use matters and development-related projects and issues that fall within the Normal Heights Community Planning area.

There is no charge to attend meetings or to join in the activities of the CPG. General membership is open to everyone 18 or older who are residents, property owners, or persons who own or operate businesses within the Normal Heights planning area. The boundaries of Normal Heights are Interstate 15 on the east, Interstate 805 on the west, the canyon rim above Mission Valley on the north, and the centerline of El Cajon Blvd. on the south. Any person qualifying per above may qualify for voting status as a General Member.

General and Board members are encouraged to volunteer to serve on the CPG working groups or committees (examples: Transportation, Canyons, Bylaws, Facilities, Housing, Library), to participate at CPG meetings, to vote when Board elections are held, and to consider becoming candidates for Board membership when there are vacancies as specified in the Bylaws. To be a candidate to serve on the Board, a candidate must qualify as a General Member and have recorded attendance for at least two Normal Heights Planning Group meetings in the previous twelve (12) months.

This completed Application for Board Membership form may be submitted here or sent to the Planning Group Secretary or Chair by email, in person, or via USPS mail.