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Commission approves home, driveway and removal of 49 oaks on Toro-area parcel with conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a single-family residence, detached garage and related site work on a steep Toro-area parcel, including an after-the-fact use permit for grading, removal of up to 49 coast live oaks and conditions for tree replanting, erosion control and arsenic testing.
Monterey County planning commissioners on June 11 approved an after-the-fact use permit and related coastal and land-use approvals for a single-family residence, detached garage and driveway on a steep parcel in the Toro area, with conditions addressing tree removal, erosion control and water quality.
Staff presenter Haya Honorado described PLN180503 for a property listed at 103 Laguna Place in Salinas within the Toro Area Plan. Honorado said the parcel is zoned low-density residential with a visual-sensitivity overlay and that the proposal includes construction on slopes in excess of 25 percent, a driveway using an existing private easement and the removal of up to 49 coast live oak trees. Honorado reported a pre-existing grading violation—after-the-fact grading to clear and improve an access road—and said the applicant applied for a use…
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