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Planning commission allows front‑yard pear removal for homeowner, requires large replacement tree
Summary
The Planning Commission granted a homeowner—s appeal to remove a protected pear tree at 385 Redondo Terrace, citing potential hazard and landscape incompatibility, and conditioned the approval on planting a large replacement tree in the front yard.
The Sunnyvale Planning Commission on Oct. 27 granted a homeowner—s appeal and approved a tree removal permit for a 21‑inch fruitless pear tree at 385 Redondo Terrace, attaching replacement‑tree requirements and concluding the removal met municipal code standards cited by the commission.
Staff planner Cindy Holmes summarized the record and recommended upholding the director—s denial, saying the tree was healthy, that corrective pruning and root/soil work were recommended by the city arborist, and that removal criteria in Sunnyvale Municipal Code were not…
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