Developer Agrees to Save Oaks at Exclusive Calabasas Project
The developer of a proposed tract of million-dollar homes in Calabasas has agreed to a request by nearby residents to save most of the trees on the site, a representative of a homeowners group said Tuesday.
Wendy Peddicord of the Calabasas Highlands Homeowners Assn. said developer Bijan Bakahtiar has agreed to remove six dead trees and to work with the homeowners group in evaluating the condition of 10 others before deciding their fate. All other trees on the 14.3-acre Calabasas Manor site will remain, she said.
Plans for the development, at Mulholland Highway and Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road, had originally called for removal of 69 of the 100 oak trees on the site so that existing roads could be widened and the hilly meadow could be leveled for building.
Peddicord said the two sides appeared before the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission on Monday and announced that they had worked out a number of issues to help preserve wildlife and the scenic nature of the area.
Among other conditions, the developer also agreed to maintain a running stream on the property for the area’s wildlife, she said.
Calabasas Highlands borders the proposed development.
The Regional Planning Commission is expected to rule on the compromises Aug. 29.
Representatives of Calabasas Manor could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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