TR-2018-49 Action Letter.pdfCITY OF
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CUPERTINO
January 2, 2019
Rupal and Vikas Desai
10290 Scenic Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95013
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DIVISION
CITY HALL
10300 TORRE AVENUE • CUPERTINO, CA 95014-3255
TELEPHONE: (408) 777-3308 • FAX: (408) 777-3333
CUPERTINO.ORG
SUBJECT: TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ACTION LETTER — Application TR -2018-49
This letter confirms the decision of the Director of Community Development, given
January 2, 2018, approving a Tree Removal permit to allow the removal of five (5)
hazardous Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees measuring between 15"DBH and 27"DBH,
located in a Single Family Residential Zone located at 10290 Scenic Blvd.
Staff has made the finding that the tree or trees are irreversibly diseased, are in danger
of falling, can cause potential damage to existing or proposed essential structures, or
interferes with private on-site utility services and cannot be controlled or remedied
through reasonable relocation or modification of the structure or utility services; The
finding is necessary to grant the tree removal permit in accordance with Cupertino
Municipal Code (CMC) Section 14.18.180 (A) (1).
The application is approved with the following conditions:
1. APPROVED PROTECT
The approval is based on the report prepared by Diane Hayford of Skyline Design
Studio, dated November 14, 2018, consisting of a justification statement and site plan,
except as may be amended by conditions in this resolution.
2. IN -LIEU FEES
The required replacement trees are ten (10) 24 -inch box trees. The required
replacement tree is one (1) 36 -inch box tree. The Director of Community Development
has determined that it is physically infeasible to plant the required replacement trees
on the subject site. Therefore the tree replacement fee is the cost to procure and install
the replacement trees at $4,500, which the applicant paid on November 20, 2018 in
accordance with the Protected Tree Ordinance, Section 14.18.160(B)(1).
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3. NOTICE OF FEES, DEDICATIONS, RESERVATIONS OR OTHER EXACTIONS
The conditions of Project Approval set forth herein may include certain fees,
dedication requirements, reservation requirements, and other exactions. Pursuant to
Government Code Section 66020(d) (1), these Conditions constitute written notice of
a statement of the amount of such fees, and a description of the dedications,
reservations, and other exactions. You are hereby notified that the 90 -day approval
period in which you may protest these fees, dedications, reservations, and other
exaction, pursuant to Government Code Section 66020(a), has begun. If you fail to file
a protest within this 90 -day period complying with all of the requirements of Section
66020, you will be legally barred from later challenging such exactions.
Sincerely,
Erick Serrano
Associate Planner
(408)-777-3205
ericks@cuperitno.org