Tree Removal Permit - 2016Community Development Department
September 23, 2016
Robert Laws
235 Rose Ct
Campbell, CA 95008
Re: File 1Vo: PLN2016-271
Address: 233 Rose Ct
Application: Tree Removal Permit
Dear Applicant,
The Campbell Planning Division has completed review of your Tree Removal Permit
application (PLN2016-271) for removal of one (1) pine tree measuring over 12 inches in
diameter located along the north property line of 233 Rose Ct (Courtland Manor Apartments).
Pursuant to Campbell Municipal Code Sec. 21.32.080 (Campbell Tree Protection Ordinance),
the Community Development Director may only approve a Tree Removal Permit after making
at least one of the following findings:
.1. Diseased or Danger of Falling -The tree or trees are diseased or presents a danger of falling
that cannot be controlled or remedied through reasonable preservation and/or preventative
procedures and practices such that the public health or safety requires its removal.
Structure Damage -The tree or trees can have caused or may imminently cause significant
damage to the existing main structure(s) that cannot be controlled or remedied through
reasonable modification of the tree's root or branch structure.
Utility Interference -The tree or trees have interfered with utility services where such
interference cannot be controlled or remedied through reasonable modification/relocation of
the utilities or reasonable modification of the tree's root or branch structure.
4. Overplanting -The tree(s) is crowding other protected tree(s) to the extent that removal is
necessary to ensure the long-term viability of adjacent tree(s).
Economic Enjoyment and Hardship -The retention of the tree(s) restricts the economic
enjoyment of the property or creates an unusual hardship for the property owner by severely
limiting the use of the property in a manner not typically experienced by owners of similarly
zoned and situated properties, and the applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
approval authority that there are no reasonable alternatives to preserve the tree(s). A minor
reduction of the potential number of residential units or building size due to the tree location
does not represent a severe limit of the economic enjoyment of the property.
PLN2016-271 233 Rose Ct Page 2 of 2
The stated reasons for removal are disease and structural damage.
Based upon a review of the application materials and an inspection of the tree, the Community
Development Director has approved removal of the tree because it appears to be suffering from
a disease with dead needles covering a significant portion of the tree (satisfying Finding No. 1
-Diseased) and because the roots have caused or may imminently cause damage to the nearby
main structure that cannot be controlled or remedied through reasonable modification of the
tree's root or branch structure (satisfying Finding No. 2 -Structure Damage).
Removal of the tree is subject to the following Conditions of Approval:
The applicant shall plant one (1) 24-inch box tree somewhere on the above referenced
property. Replacement species may not include fruit trees or Eucalyptus trees. The
replacement trees shall be planted within 30 days 'of the date of removal, unless
accepted arboricultural practices dictate a preferential planting period for the species
chosen as the replacement trees.
2. The applicant shall provide the Project Planner with photographs. of the installed
replacement tree (email address below).
3. ~ This permit is valid for a period of one year.
This decision including the above conditions of approval is final, in 10 calendar days of the
Community Development Director's decision, unless an appeal is received in writing at the
City of Campbell Community Development Department, 70 North First Street, Campbell, on
or before October 3, 2016. A written appeal must be accompanied by the required $200 appeal
filing fee. If an appeal is received, you will be notified of its receipt. If no appeal is received,
you may remove the approved tree after the close of the 10-day appeal period.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me by phone at (408) 866-2144
or by email at nazp@cityofcampbell.com.
Sincerely,
Naz Pouya
Project Planner
cc; Paul Kermoyan, Community Development Director