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Commission keeps Casanova Holloway design study on consent but questions tree protection and ADU ordinance application
Summary
Commission approved the Casanova Holloway design study on the consent agenda but pulled related activity reports for discussion on accessory dwelling unit (ADU) reporting and raised specific tree‑protection and state‑law questions about ADUs.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea Planning Commission approved a consent‑agenda design study (DS25078) for the Casanova Holloway property but members pulled two monthly activity reports for discussion and questioned possible impacts on a large redwood tree and on how the city’s ADU ordinance interacts with state law.
Commissioner Kerpakoff, who visited the site, asked whether the proposed addition and ADU would be within 6 to 7 feet of a large redwood. A city forester on staff said that “the eaves of the … the new ADU in the rear will be 6.3 [feet] from the tree. The wall of the…
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