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The Week in Larkspur · March 8 – March 14, 2026
Planning Commission · hearing held Tuesday, March 10

Sequoia Living asks for an oversized structure, 126 yards of grading and an 8-foot fence at 501 Via Casitas

The week's one substantive piece of city business landed Tuesday night, when the Planning Commission opened a public hearing on a three-part request at 501 Via Casitas (APN 022-080-06). Applicant Chad Reynoso, on behalf of owner Sequioa Living, is seeking Design Review for an accessory structure larger than 400 square feet, a Slope Use Permit for 126 cubic yards of cut and fill to create a level pad for site improvements, and a Fence Height Exception.

The fence is the plainest ask: an 8-foot chain link fence where Larkspur's limit is 6 feet. Each of the three pieces is its own discretionary approval, which means the commission could grant some and not others. The posted agenda listed no staff recommendation on any of them.

No minutes or action summary from the March 10 meeting had been posted by the end of the week, so the outcome isn't yet on the record. The meeting was recorded and the video is up on the city's YouTube channel for anyone who wants to hear the hearing themselves before the paperwork catches up.

Agenda|Meeting video
Planning Commission · hearing held Tuesday, March 10

A 141-inch Coast Live Oak on Lower Via Casitas goes before the commission

Two doors down the same hillside street, the commission's second hearing concerned a Heritage Tree Removal Permit at 220 Lower Via Casitas (APN 022-153-19). Bartlett Tree Service, applying for owner Casitas of Larkspur, wants to remove a Coast Live Oak with a 141-inch circumference — a trunk roughly 45 inches across.

Larkspur treats heritage trees of that size as a public matter rather than a counter permit, which is why a tree gets its own noticed hearing. The agenda stated no reason for the removal and carried no staff recommendation.

As with 501 Via Casitas, the result isn't yet in the written record. Watch for the March 10 minutes, which will come to the commission for approval at a future meeting.

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