Dead-Dying Tree Removal Permit - Pine - Denied - 2018CITY of CAMPBELL
Community Development Department
September 13, 2018
Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
1500 Brommer St
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Re: File No: PLN2018-279
Address: 1642 Las Piedras Ct LG
Application: Tree Removal Permit
Status: Denied
Dear Applicant,
The Campbell Planning Division has completed review of your Tree Removal Permit
application (PLN2018-279) for removal of one (1) Monterey Pine tree measuring 24 inches in
diameter located at the abovementioned property.
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.
2. 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.
3. 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).
5. 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.
The stated reasons for removal are dying tree is in a poor condition/declining health foliar.
70 North First Street • Campbell, CA 95008-1423 • TEL (408) 866-2140 • FAX (408) 866-5140 • E-MAIL planning@cityofcampbell.com
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Based upon a review of the application documents and an inspection of the tree, the
Community Development Director has determined that the required findings for approval have
not been met and the application is denied.
Finding #1 (Diseased/dying) applies to a tree that is diseased or presents a danger of falling that
cannot be controlled trough reasonable preventative procedures. Based upon an inspection of
the tree and provided pictures, staff identified that apart from a few dead branches the tree
looks healthy. Staff suspects that the ivy covering the soil and the roots of the tree is sucking
its water and nutrients and thus causing the branch dieback, and slowly killing the tree. Staff
recommends pulling out the ivy.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me by phone at (408) 866-2732
or by email at kristinap(a�citvofcampbell.com.
Sincerely,
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Kristina Paulauskaite
Planning Technician
cc: Paul Kermoyan, Community Development Director
70 North First Street - Campbell, CA 95008-1423 • TEL (408) 866-2140 • FAx (408) 866-5140 - E-MAIL planning@cityolicampbelLaom