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Hearing officer approves landscape screening, fencing and conditions for 13021 North Alta Lane in Los Altos Hills
Summary
The hearing officer approved a site-development permit and categorical CEQA exemption for landscape screening, a gate and perimeter fencing at 13021 North Alta Lane, subject to conditions including removal of a front-yard eucalyptus, an arborist evaluation for an on-site 42-inch blue oak, drainage revisions and reduced gate column height.
A Los Altos Hills hearing officer approved a site-development permit on Feb. 3 for landscape screening and related minor hardscape at 13021 North Alta Lane, finding the project eligible for a categorical exemption under CEQA section 15.304(b) and imposing project-specific conditions.
Jonathan Fox, the town project planner, described this as the second public hearing for the property’s landscape screening, following approval of the main residence in 2023. Fox said the revised plan emphasizes California-native plant species (about 70 percent of the species in the current plan), fills gaps in vegetation along Alta Tierra and North Alta Lane, and adds a new vehicle gate and open-style metal perimeter fencing. Planting…
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