After native plants were removed from a residential property without a permit, the Yucca Valley Planning Commission will consider repercussions at tonight’s (February 8) meeting. Reporter Jef Harmatz breaks down their full agenda.
At tonight’s regularly scheduled meeting, the Planning Commission will take up the issue of a non-permitted removal of Mojave Yuccas, Our Lords Candles, and California Junipers in the 5300 block of Indio Ave, and they may require the owner to re-vegetate the property. The Commission will also consider approving the transplant of four Western Joshua Trees (in the 58000 block of Buena Vista and 58000 block of Sierra Vista), the encroachment within ten feet of 11 Western Joshua Trees (in the 55000 block of Onaga Trail, 57000 block of Sierra Way, 57000 block of Warren Way, 6200 block of Murrieta Ave, the 7500 block of Acoma Trail, the 55000 block of Onaga Trail, and the 7800 block of Hopi Trail,) the removal of four dead detached Western Joshua Trees (in the 6500 block of Paxton Ct, the 7500 block of Elk Trail, and the 7700 block of Bannock Trail) and the removal of three California junipers (in the 8500 block of Warren Vista, and the 56000 block of Spencer Road). The meeting begins tonight at 6 p.m. at the Yucca Valley Community Center.
The meeting can be attended online via Zoom at this link https://zoom.us/j/96409314835?pwd=Vk1ZMGFYZjZDWE0va2s0andXQldVZz09 using meeting ID 964 0931 4835 and passcode 251876
